:-O _(._.)_ INTERRED _(._.)_ :-Q

Interred is an entry in the 2024 Anti-Productivity Jam for interactive fiction written in tools not intended for the task ... and boy is this tool not intended for it!

Interred is written in the Emoticon esoteric programming language, where emoticons (the precursors to emoji) are the primary form of data. Playing Interred requires the use of an Emoticon interpreter — the game is supplied only as source code.

• Download the interred.txt file
• Open it in your preferred text editor
• Copy the code
• Go to https://www.teuton.org/~stranger/code/emoticon/interpreter.php
• Paste the code into the interpreter window
• Click "initialise"
• Click "live"
• Read the outputted text and follow the on-screen requests for input
• Enjoy (?)