The 1st drafts of the IF projects are available to play online.
Check some of them out and blog about your impressions.
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Play the IF 1st Drafts Online
November 13, 2008 – 1:51 pm
Prepping for Digital Storytelling
November 3, 2008 – 9:54 am
We are starting our next project in digital storytelling today.
Here are links to tutorials for the software you might be using:
Windows Movie Maker (comes free on all Windows machines).
Another free download you might want to try is Photo Story 3 for Windows.
On the Macbooks, there is iMovie 08.
Lastly here is a site with links to [...]
Updates to the Inform 7 Snippets
October 25, 2008 – 4:15 pm
I’ve updated the snippets site with some new ones in these two areas:
Conversations
New stuff about asking, telling, and showing a character something.
Vehicles
Several new vehicle examples such as riding a horse, flying on a broom, and limiting where you can drive a vehicle.
Check ‘em out. There might be something useful for you.
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IF Project - First Draft (Fall 08)
October 24, 2008 – 9:00 am
This coming Monday (October 27) is the due date for your first drafts of your IF pieces.
Email me (and Steve) the text of your source code plus your released work by the end of the day. (I’ll explain how to do this during Monday’s class.)
Also make sure you have posted your story and your plot [...]
Riding A Sea Horse
October 20, 2008 – 9:37 am
Jessica has asked an interesting question so here is a way to create some form of vehicle that the player can ride: like a horse, a tractor, or even a broom (key terms are in bold):
Include Rideable Vehicles by Graham Nelson.
The Ocean Edge is a room. “The ocean goes further on to the north.”
The sea [...]
Code regarding Vehicles (cars, etc.)
October 16, 2008 – 11:51 am
Had a couple requests to implement cars in IF. This uses an object called a “vehicle.”
Look at this code:
The Parking Lot is a room. “Main Street is to the north.”
The Maserati GranTurismo is a vehicle in the parking lot. The description is “Nice. This baby will hit 60 mph in 5.2 seconds and is capable [...]
Code regarding Question During Last Class
October 16, 2008 – 11:40 am
I had two questions about how a note could be attached to something and not show up in the room description. Here is a simple solution:
The Foyer is a room.
The window is in the foyer. The description is “Upon closer examination, there is a small note written on the window.”
The note is scenery and part [...]
The IF Project - Fall 2008
October 13, 2008 – 8:40 am
Here is the Interactive Fiction Project Assignment and requirements for this semester:
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Inform 7 Demo
October 1, 2008 – 11:02 pm
This morning I demo’ed two short works of IF: Nine Points and The Legend of Grammy’s Apple. Both serve as demonstrations and tutorials of how to play and interact with works of interactive fiction (text adventures.) For a more detailed explanation of playing IF, read this useful overview.
After that, we discussed the importance of creating [...]
The Interactive Fiction Project (Fall 2008)
September 29, 2008 – 10:56 am
On Wednesday (October 1), we will begin discussing our next project: creating a work of interactive fiction with the Inform 7 authoring software. We will go through the Inform 7 interface, basic I7 coding, and view some basic works of interactive fiction.
Inform 7 is freeware and is available for Windows, Mac, and Unix platforms. Find [...]
Michael Wesch - from The Chronicle
June 28, 2008 – 9:51 am
Michael Wesch, an assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, set out to study the culture of YouTube users, and he ended up becoming a video star in the process. He and his students have been lovingly documenting how people are using their Web cams to express themselves, and his short videos about [...]
Growing Up Online
April 16, 2008 – 8:57 am
For our (future) discussions regarding social networking, Frontline has a great piece on Growing Up Online: Just How Radically is the Internet Transforming Childhood?
Great journal/blogging ideas here for discussion. You can watch the complete program online too. Take the time to check this out.
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REMINDER! First Draft of IF Project Due
April 11, 2008 – 4:12 pm
Just a gentle prod/reminder that students first draft of their IF project is due on Thursday, April 17.