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Graham Nelson
English Mathematician
Born: 1968
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Related authors: Ada Lovelace Alan Turing Alfred North Whitehead Andrew Wiles Charles Babbage Isaac Newton James Joseph Sylvester Ronald Fisher
The 'interactive fiction' format hasn't changed in any fundamental way since the early 1970s, in the same way that the format of the novel hasn't since 1700. Graham Nelson
Changed Way Since Same Any Fiction Interactive Format Novel Fundamental Early
A deliberate choice on my part was for the player to continue to find new possibilities in the early Attic rooms far into the game. I think this builds atmosphere, though it means there's no neat division of the prologue from the middle game. Graham Nelson
Game Think Though Possibilities Find Atmosphere Deliberate Division Part Attic New Builds Continue New Possibilities Middle Rooms Far Choice Means Neat Player Early
Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better! Graham Nelson
World Better First Shifting On-Screen Later Inserted Rather Had New Hour Toy Until Alphabet Said Understood Been Lines Text Screen Anything Working Page Full Hello Show Suddenly Found Eventually
For a fortnight nobody at all emailed me, or posted a follow-up. Doesn't anyone care, I thought? It turned out my newsreader was broken, and hadn't posted at all. Graham Nelson
Me Broken Care Thought Emailed Out Posted Follow-Up Nobody Anyone Turned Fortnight
If pushed, though, I'd say that the next stage will be reached when it it's no longer true that about 75% of the best games were written in 1980's on the way to that. Graham Nelson
Best Will Stage Way Say Though About Pushed Written True Longer Reached Were Next Games
What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this. Graham Nelson
Decision Few Pay Enjoy Though Would Some More Points Attention Most Make End Up Where Inadvertently Much Actually Player Players Career
Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity. Graham Nelson
Writing General Points Major Context Undertaking Ambiguity Being Different Sensitivity Far Really Hardest Resolution

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