One thing that seems to trip authors every time in I7 is finding the name of the action to work with. Here are some hints for finding the name of the action when you encounter the “that did not make sense as a description of an action” error.
Undo Restart Restore
Interactive Fiction theory and design
Five easy improvements to your game
Here’s a list of five easy things to do to give that final polish to your IF game. These are all things that many players come to expect from a well-made game and experience has shown that a lack of these basic things suggests a lack of overall quality as well.
IFComp 2009: Correlation between rating and the number of testers
Everybody’s always talking about how important it is to have your game tested (or at least I’m always talking about it). But does it really matter? Surely if you have a great idea and enough enthusiasm you can do without?
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New at IFDB- A poll by Victor Gijsbers: Villains September 1, 2010
- A review by Jeff Sonas of You are a Chef! September 1, 2010
- A new listing for The Mist by anonymous September 1, 2010
- A review by Matt Wigdahl of LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup August 31, 2010
- A review by Victor Gijsbers of Sand-dancer August 31, 2010
- New at IFWiki
- Alexei Othenin-Girard August 31, 2010
- Sand-dancer August 31, 2010
- Time For Tea August 17, 2010
- The Great Rent Money Adventure August 17, 2010
- A Green Rain August 17, 2010
- New at Planet-IF
- Grand Text Auto: A Probabilistic Multi-Pass Level Generator September 2, 2010 Ben Weber
- Emily Short: Homer in Silicon September 2, 2010 Emily Short
- Grand Text Auto: Welcome Back, ELO Site September 2, 2010 Nick Montfort
- The Gaming Philosopher: Thoughts on "Tiwsty Little Passages", part 1 September 1, 2010 Victor Gijsbers
- Emily Short: GDC Online September 1, 2010 Emily Short
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