Re: realistic IF (was Meta-Puzzle)

[dbs@cs.wisc.edu (Dan Shiovitz)]

In article <Pine.HPP.3.93.1000316055951.1779A-100000@merle.acns.nwu.edu>,
Second April  <dns361@merle.acns.nwu.edu> wrote:
[..]
>I guess what I'm driving at with this is that "simulationist" IF (a)
>should involve characters who respond in believable ways to the PC, and
>events that are generally credible without major suspensions of disbelief.
>That I'd call "realistic." Very few of Infocom's efforts even tried in
>this regard--the mysteries were the main exception.

Hmm. I've got a different definition for these terms, I guess. For me,
Photopia is realistic but not simulationist -- it involves events and
people that could actually occur, but doesn't concern itself at all
with the details of the place. On the other hand, I tried to make Bad
Machine simulationist but I wouldn't consider it realistic.

>Duncan Stevens
>dns361@merle.acns.nwu.edu
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