E’ iniziata. I giochi sono qui. http://ifcomp.org/comp07/download.html Quest’anno concorrono 26 giochi.

Ancora da Gamasutra, segnalo un altro interessante articolo di design:

The Everyman and the Action Hero: Building a Better Player Character

Un interessante articolo sul ciclo di vita dei giochi. An Analysis of the Game Product Lifecycle

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20070515/cook_01.shtml

Sono disponibili i giochi della “Spring Thing 2007″

ADRIFT Games:
Starship Volant: Stowaway, by C. Henshaw
The Reluctant Resurrectee, by David Whyld

TADS 3 Games:
The Epic Origins of CamelGirl! by Brandi Wilcox

Z-Code Games:
Fate, by Victor Gijsbers

You can find out everything you need to know at: http://www.springthing.net/2007/

Il termine per le votazioni è la mezzanotte del 25 aprile.

Second Person - Role-Playing and Story in Games and Playable Media Segnalo questo interessante libro a cura della MIT Press:

Games and other playable forms, from interactive fictions to improvisational theater, involve role playing and story–something played and something told. In Second Person, game designers, authors, artists, and scholars examine the different ways in which these two elements work together in tabletop role-playing games (RPGs), computer games, board games, card games, electronic literature, political simulations, locative media, massively multiplayer games, and other forms that invite and structure play.

Scorrendo l’indice trovo alcuni nomi a noi noti:
II. Computational Fictions 107

Enlightening Interactive Fiction: Andrew Plotkin’s Shade - Andrew Douglass
The Creation of Floyd the Robot in Planetfall - Steve Meretzky
Fretting the Player Character - Nick Montfort
On Savoir-Faire - Emily Short
Pax, Writing, and Change - Stuart Moulthrop