Glossary
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For the game by Caleb Wilson, see Glossary (game).
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Acorn action Adrift adventure game Adventure International AGT AGiliTy AIF Alan alpha-testing amusing Archimedes archive art show ask-tell author authoring system
B
Babel fish puzzle backstory BBC Micro beta-testing
C
cave crawl character choose your own adventure (CYOA) clue combinatorial explosion command Commodore compass compiler competition containment conversation system CRPG cruelty scale cue cut-scene CYOA
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daemon darkness death default behavior default response description designer diagnose dictionary diegesis disambiguation Dungeons and Dragons dungeon crawl (see cave crawl)
E
Eamon Easter egg endgame ending
F
fake spoiler feelies full score fuse
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GAGS game game file game world Generic Adventure Game System (GAGS) genre geography glk glulx goals grammar grue guess-the-verb
H
hint homebrew parser Hugo hunger puzzle
I
immersion Infocom Inform interaction interactive fiction interactivity interactor interpreter inventory inventory management puzzle Invisiclues
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K
L
last lousy point lazy medieval Level 9 library library module light source linear location losing
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Magnetic Scrolls map maze MDL menu-based conversation meta-command metagame Microstory middle game mimesis minicomp MUDs and MOOs multipath multiple endings multiple solutions
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narrative narrator natural language processing (NLP) navigation non-player character (NPC) NPC
O
object object tree optimal ending
P
parser participatory comedy PC Phoenix player player-character (PC) plot prologue prompt purple prose puzzle puzzleless
Q
quest quit
R
ractive rail game rails, being on rank red herring refusal message replayability restart restore riddle rogue-like role-playing game (RPG) room ROY G. BIV RPG
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sack object save scope score sense-passing session setting simulation simulationist solution soup cans SPAG Spectrum speed-IF spoiler status bar status line The Status Line story-driven story file sudden death synonyms
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TADS TADS 3 (T3) terp text adventure timed puzzle timer Topologika transcript traversal triangle of identities trigger turn two-word parser
U
undo unreliable narrator unwinnable user
V
verb vile zero error from hell (vzefh) virtual machine
W
walkthrough winnable winning world
X
xyzzy
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Z
z-code z-machine ZIL