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by David Welbourn

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Daddy's Birthday

by Jonathan8 profile

2021

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About the Story

It all started with a walkthrough of an imaginary game that 8-year-old Ruth typed for Daddy's birthday... then Daddy converted it into a real game, with Ruth's help. It is possible to play it exactly as in the original walkthrough, or to enjoy a very different birthday. A short interactive fiction story written using Inform 7.


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The hoary advice given to authors is to write what you know. It’s not bad advice (though not applicable if want to write games about demons, comic-book supervillains, or financial crimes), but it can be difficult to get other readers invested in something that happened in your own life, even if it was interesting to you. To quote much better advice, personal isn’t the same as important. Especially in a short game with no time to develop the protagonist as a character, it’s tricky to get the audience involved in a low-stakes story without any context or universality. “Daddy’s Birthday” manages to avoid this problem by being charming and short enough to avoid wearing out its welcome.
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  v.12: 06-Feb-2024 02:19 - Zape (Current Version) - Edit Page - Normal View
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v.10: 05-Feb-2024 03:21 - JTN
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v.8: 24-Sep-2021 11:13 - Jonathan8
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v.7: 24-Aug-2021 22:31 - David Welbourn
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v.6: 03-Aug-2021 02:24 - kaemi
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v.5: 02-Aug-2021 18:52 - kaemi
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v.4: 06-Jul-2021 15:50 - Adrian Welcker
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v.3: 02-Jul-2021 19:22 - Zape
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v.2: 02-Jul-2021 19:17 - Zape
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v.1: 01-Jul-2021 02:17 - Zape
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