if - interactive fiction and literacy with quest
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Interactive Fiction and Literacy
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Interactive FictionWhy shouldn't one demand a certain effort on the reader's part? Everything is always explained to him. He must eventually tire of being treated with such contempt.Raymond Queneau
A mathematician, genius, who managed to tell the same short story 99 different ways, demonstrating the tremendous variety of styles in which storytelling can take plac2
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Why IF?IF a much sexier title than text based adventures and a lot quick to type.
Given the choice of reading conventional literature or interactive fiction, most of the students in the author's classes choose IF. Brendan Desilents
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What is IF?Interactive FictionText adventuresHypertext narrativeForked storiesCreative Your Own AdventureMulti-User Dungeons ('MUDs').Non Sequential Writing
PlayThe Things That Go Bump in the Night
How Does it Play?
Design IF
Behind the Screen
EducationReading becomes playing
Writing becomes game design
EducationDeep thinking skillsCreative expressionCoding and order skills
Education
Free (OS)
Next StepsDownload and play Quest gamesTrain the trainer courses Train yourself (Moodle / Quest Wiki)AQA IF qualification
Samuel BeckettEver tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
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