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Free Bird

by KADW profile

Fantasy
2024

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About the Story

This is my largest pygame project and first real interactive fiction game. It was made years ago. The new version has minimal changes besides bugfixes. I never liked it very much, so haven't published it anywhere until now.

The intent was to recreate Inform with Python, or at least create an interactive fiction library you can import to make IF in Python. In theory, you can replace the main.py file with a similarly structured file, and use it to make a different game.

I wouldn't recommend it, since the program is inferior to Inform and other parser game creation tools in almost every way. It can be considered more a programming exercise than anything.

The game itself is short and serves more as a demo to show off features like an inventory system, a dialogue system, and a janky save/load system. Since I wouldn't recommend this game or my attempt at a Python interactive fiction 'library' to anyone, this project mainly exists for archival purposes, and for anyone who's interested in the mechanics of creating IF with Python.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Unfinished, July 2, 2024
by MathBrush
Related reviews: 15-30 minutes

Here we have another python custom parser game, but this one is surprisingly smooth, once I read the ABOUT text. It understands abbreviations for directions, inventory, and LOOK, and it implements LOOK; it has hints, an INTRO page and a HELP page. While it does fall short in some areas of the parser (I think BREAK MANACLES should have a response, for instance), it is impressive overall, and the presentation was nice (although I had a lot of blank lines before my command prompt for some reason).

The game itself is just a preview, but it’s a perspective rarely seen in parser IF. You play as a (supposedly) evil power, imprisoned for centuries by the forces of good (maybe). You have the ability to SING TO (ST) things to interact with them.

I loved the descriptiveness and the imagery. While I do wish the whole thing were finished, it’s clear that a lot of work and talent went into this. In a good way, it reminded me of EAT ME, with its focus on one verbal phrase (SING TO) and its opening in a dungeon, manacled to a wall.

(would give 4 stars if finished or if polished more, 5 stars if both as the idea is awesome!)

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