Adrift Forum Digest

Please note that this is a mirrored version of the corresponding entry on the AdriftWiki.

This page highlights selected topics from the Adrift Forum. New additions to this collection will be published in the InsideAdrift newsletter (Weblink) as well. So far, this collection only covers topics newer than January 1, 2005. Threads are sorted by topic and date.

Last update: June 10, 2007.

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Adrift 4.x

• Default responses

Adrift 5.x

Main Resource: ADRIFT 5 Beta Testing Forum

• ADRIFT 5.0 Map
• What Adrift 5 Needs Most Of All
• Task responses and ambiguity

Programming Help

Main Resource #1: Adrift Help and Reference Forum

Main Resource #2: INFO: Guide to help topics available

• Converting fractions to integers. (old link)
• Best practices with events (old link)
• (no female)? (old link)
• Fractions (old link)
• Variables and Conversations (old link)
• NPC and Location? (old link)
• NPCs and Movement (old link)
• Player descriptions (old link)
• General babbling about aliases and synonyms. (old link)
• Using "it" in a command (old link)
• Bug with %variable1% must equal %variable2% (old link)
• Events before room description (old link)
• Operator precedence in numeric expressions (old link)
• say subject to character - use of synonyms (old link)
• Items required to exit room, different response for each item (old link)
• Are reusable events possible?, Can an event be re-triggered by a task? (old link)
• Comparing Variables (old link)
• Conversation, stopping and starting (old link)
• Moving on the turn count (old link)
• Notepad / journal (old link)
• Changing static object's description... (old link)
• Repeating positive scores when repeating a task (old link)
• Trouble with events (old link)
• Event triggering when someone enters a room? (old link)
• Problem with task involving the player's name (old link)
• Removing static objects (old link)
• Moving the inventory back and forth? (old link)
• Move character to same room as object (old link)
• Map problems (old link)
• Conversation System Tutorial - Part 1 (Basic) (old link) and Part 2 (Medium) (old link)
• Conversation System (old link)

Game Design, Writing Techniques

• Game design question (old link)
• The Walking Dead (old link)
• Genre question (old link)
• Best / worst puzzles (old link)
• A maze amazes (old link)
• Presentation / Default Look (old link)
• Do you like writing descriptions? (old link)
• Serial IF (old link)
• How do you write yours? (old link)
• Realism (old link)
• Getting rid of examine (old link)
• Compromises (old link)
• Creating puzzles (old link)
• IF & Immorality (old link)
• How does David do it!? Or ANYONE who completes a game? (old link)
• My god! It's full of objects! (old link)
• Details or full plotline first? (old link)
• Too many clichés. Are clichés just dear old friends? (old link)
• Interactive Novels (old link)
• Forgotten Genres (old link)
• Directions in a game, do you always stick by the compass? (old link)
• Game Openings (old link)
• Telling the Player What the Commands Are, Or Can We End Guess the Verb? (old link)
• Things not allowed to do in a game (old link)
• Secrets and Alternatives (old link)
• The PC (old link)
• Describing what isn't there... (old link)
• Where do you get your ideas? (old link)
• The role of story in IF (old link)

Player Preferences

• Is fairness in IF games overrated? (old link)
• What's cool to have in an RPG? (old link)
• inspired by the bulldog (old link)
• Is lots of detail worth the effort? (old link)
• Game Expectations (old link)
• how do you make a good game? (old link)
• Control Panel (old link)
• Font sizes (old link)
• Get it off your chest, What do you hate about IF games? (old link)
• Colors? (old link)
• Sound and graphics (old link)
• Automatically picking up items (old link)
• Exits... (old link)
• Clearing the screen (old link)
• Pet peeves (old link)
• Researching Puzzles (old link)
• What is the largest file you would be willing to download (old link)
• How would you rate yourself as an adventurer? (old link)
• Difficulty (old link)
• Enjoyability. What makes your boat float? (old link)
• Random acts (old link)
• Hints (old link)
• IF with a story only. Your thoughts? (old link)
• Disabling the map (old link)
• How Much Would You Pay? (old link)
• Replayability (old link)
• Spelling (old link)
• Time-based puzzles (old link)
• Favorite genre? (old link)
• A little survey (old link)
• Interactive Battles (old link)

Non-Adrift related IF Topics

• Inform 7 (old link)
• IFwiki.org (old link)

Competitions

Main Resource #1: Adrift Competitions

Main Resource #2: General IF Competitions

• Competitions good or bad? (old link)

• Spring Thing 2007: Spring Thing Results (old link) and Spring Thing 2007 (old link)
• IF Comp 2006: Results (old link)and Random thoughts on the IF Comp (old link)
• Spring Thing 2006: Spring Thing Results (old link)
• IF Comp 2005: IF Comp Results (old link), A few random thoughts on the IFComp 2005 (old link) and IF Comp 2005 discussion (old link)

Miscellaneous

• The Future of ADRIFT and IF (old link)
• Feedback here vs feedback there (old link)
• Commercial games and EBay (old link)
• Newcomers: Have Your Say! (old link)
• The Bigger Picture (old link)
• Increasing the appeal of IF (old link)
• Switching PC characters (old link)
• Can horror IF be truly scary? (old link)
• Writing vs Playing (old link)
• Introducing IF to a wider audience (old link)
• Hey, who wants to hear a really dumb idea?, ... A collaborative game. (old link)
• Newbies and mazes (old link)
• Why haven't you finished a game? (old link)
• Scorecards (old link)
• Writing more than one game a year (old link)
• Voting (old link)
• Fear of Theft (old link)
• Remakes (old link)
• When does a game become adult? (old link)
• Rewrite (old link)
• Procrastination (old link)
• When is a game too hot to handle. When is a game considered Adult (old link)

Sorted by Issue

Forum Digest 1 (April 1st to May 22, 2006): Published in the InsideAdrift 29 May/June 2006 issue.

Forum Digest 2 (May 23 to July 19, 2006): Published in the InsideAdrift 30 July/August 2006 issue.

Forum Digest 3 (July 19 to September 29, 2006): Published in the InsideAdrift 31 September/October 2006 issue.

Forum Digest 4 (September 30 to November 22, 2006): Published in the InsideAdrift 32 November/December 2006 issue.

Forum Digest 5 (November 22, 2006 to January 25, 2007): Published in the InsideAdrift 33 January/February 2007 issue.

Forum Digest 6 (January 25 to March 27, 2007): Published in the InsideAdrift 34 March/April 2007 issue.

Forum Digest 7 (March 27 to June May 25, 2007): Published in the InsideAdrift 35 May/June 2007 issue.