Howdy howdy howdy.


Sat, 02 Dec 1995 14:31:28 -0500

Hey, folks!

As a long time IF fan, I thought I'd say hello and formally welcome
myself to the group. <g> I've looked in on rec.arts.int-fiction now and
again for the last couple of years, but now I'm going to try to make the
commitment to visit regularly. I'm introducing myself largely for those
of you who cry that the IF community is shrinking: the chorus is at least
one voice stronger than you thought. My lack of participation here
hasn't been due to any lack of passion...I've just never spent time
regularly on the internet ere now (being a commercial service sorta guy).

I've never produced a work of IF (I am a registered TADS owner, though),
but I did recently produce a CD-ROM devoted to multimedia storytelling,
called Calliope. It's all linear fiction, click the button to advance
type of stuff, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

The next big project I hope to undertake is a graphical adventure game
authoring system that would let anyone create games in the
Sierra/LucasArts mold. I know many people don't consider that true IF,
but I believe just as many people do. In any case, I already have a very
early prototype sitting on my hard drive. The first version will only
allow directed dialog of the multiple choice variety, but in the long
run, I'd love to add a text parser along the lines of Legend's in
Companions of Xanth.

I'm also the sysop of the Mac Entertainment Forum on CompuServe and a
regular reviewer to Inside Mac Games, so I do pay attention to what's
happening in the game world.

So, consider us met, and I look forward to interacting with all you good
folks in the future. :-)

-- Ivan