Monthly Archives: May 2014

ShuffleComp Unused Pseudonyms

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

The pseudonym rule for ShuffleComp was totally not my idea; Dan Fabulich came up with it, and it was refined by intfiction.org discussion. But it’s become one of the rules that I’m enjoying the most. It solves the problem that it … Continue reading →

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ShuffleComp Update 2

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

With another update (kudos to the excellent Matt Weiner for hosting), Look Around The Corner is now on its proper, non-beta version; you should take a second look at it before voting if you’ve played it already. Also bear in mind … Continue reading →

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ShuffleComp Omnicluster Update

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

The path of a comp organiser ne’er ran smooth. A number of changes: For confusing reasons, three games, Little Bird, The Legend of Wooley Swamp and Out the Window, got uploaded in their original beta-submission versions. This is now fixed; if you’ve already played them, … Continue reading →

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ShuffleComp Games Released!

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

(The comp is now over, and the results can be found in this post.) Enfin, thirty-three games were submitted to ShuffleComp. Without further ado, they are:

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Lines Inscribed On The Long-Heralded Advent Of 6L02

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

Back when it was announced, I wrote some doggerel to mark a planned change to remove the default acknowledgement of naughty words from Inform 7’s standard library. With the release of 6L02, that change is now in effect; but since it … Continue reading →

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Unhallowed Metropolis LARP

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

I haven’t LARPed before. I’m more of a descriptive roleplayer than an actor type; costume I find visually super-interesting but pragmatically too expensive and laborious; and I’ve long associated it with, well, the identity equivalent of gamer power fantasy, where … Continue reading →

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