On: The Enduring Legacy of Zork

[throwaway7645]

I really love Zork. If anyone misses these games, there are many excellent and free modern titles in the IF (interactive fiction) community. I like Emily Short's games. Andrew Plotkin is another popular name. With the inform7 platform it is much easier for a single person to write a compelling game than in the Infocom days.

[plastroltech → throwaway7645]

Totally agree. Modern IF is amazing. Check out the annual Interactive Fiction Competition for good games: https://ifcomp.org/.

Also, Inform is a fascinating "English language" programming experience! For example here's an actual Inform program:

` "Prototype" by Josh

The Lookout Point is a room. An old man is here.

The Outskirts is south from the Lookout Point. A campaign poster is here.

The Village is east from the Outskirts.

The Scumm Bar is inside from The Village. `