danyadsmith

Member since March 12, 2012
Last visited August 22, 2023
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I remember playing IF games on my Commodore 64 as a child and I remember enjoying the Choose Your Own Adventure stories that I often checked out at the public library. The method of storytelling intrigued me but at the time I was too young and impatient to play the games through to completion.

Sometime in 2012, I found a game buried in the Terminal on my Mac. After playing it, I started to search for text-based adventures I could play on my laptop and found a standalone version of Adventure. I don't recall how I stumbled across the Zoom software but over the the course of a week I finished The Dreamhold, downloaded Frotz on my iPhone and catalogued a long list of games that I plan to play. I'm also hoping to locate some of the games I remember from childhood and finally finish them this time around.

Creative writing has been a passion of mine since high school. I'm a computer programmer, ux and web designer by trade.

Now it's 2022. I've been on a long hiatus from playing IF. I'm back looking for games to entertain me over the holidays as I travel and enjoy some downtime. I'm reading Aaron Reed's Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform7.

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Reviews by danyadsmith

A Colder Light, by Jon Ingold   April 21, 2012
"As I continue my beginner's journey into the worlds of interactive fiction, I am learning that I am a purist in some respects. When I..." - See the full review

Violet, by Jeremy Freese   April 9, 2012
"My history with interactive fiction is fraught with frustration and failed attempts. I remember having at least two games on my Commodore..." - See the full review

danyadsmith's Play Lists

Played Games

Grandpa's Ranch, by Kenneth Pedersen
The Absence of Miriam Lane, by Abigail Corfman
Adventure, by William Crowther and Donald Woods
Glass, by Emily Short
9:05, by Adam Cadre

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Wish List

Achtung Panzer!, by Larry Horsfield
Thaumistry: In Charm's Way, by Bob Bates
Scents & Semiosis, by Sam Kabo Ashwell, Cat Manning, Caleb Wilson, Yoon Ha Lee
Open Sorcery, by Abigail Corfman
Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!, by Steph Cherrywell

See all 25 entries in the Wish List