Andrew Plotkin @zarfeblong@mastodon.gamedev.place

Also, their Z-machine spec documents: http://frobnitz.co.uk/zmachine/infocom/

More complete collection of that Infocom stuff: https://eblong.com/infocom/

Finally got my thought on _Heaven's Vault_ posted. I go on for a while. https://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/05/heavens-vault-design-ruminations.html

Registration for NarraScope closes tomorrow night. This is the IF conference I'm helping to organize in Boston. https://narrascope.org/pages/registration.html

Small victories.

I replayed Prince of Persia (2008). It got me thinking whether that game's ending, which so many people talked about, has been followed up in the past ten years of game design. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/01/prince-of-persia-2008-legacy.html

Thoughts on my favorite IGF finalists for narrative: Obra Dinn, Seers Isle, Wandersong. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/01/2019-igf-nominees-my-favorites.html

Thoughts on IGF finalists that I had mixed reactions to: Unavowed, Genital Jousting, Hypnospace Outlaw. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/01/2019-igf-nominees-mixed-reactions.html

Comments on a few of the IGF finalists: A Case of Distrust, The Hex, Watch Me Jump, levedad. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/01/2019-igf-nominees-something-notable.html

I re-read _The Dark Is Rising_ and thought about game design. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/12/and-tomorrow-will-be-beyond-imagining.html

Let me tell you the good word about Cragne Manor: http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/12/cragne-manor-is-available-to-play.html

Yeah, I had to write a quick blog post about this one: _System Syzygy_ by mdsteele. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/11/system-syzygy.html

IFComp results! https://ifcomp.org/comp/2018

Musings on what kind of game _Extrasolar_ was. (Still is, but it's shutting down at the end of the month.) http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/11/four-years-ago-in-planetary-exploration.html

SFWA has announced a new Game Writing category for the Nebula Awards. http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/11/a-nebula-award-category-for-game-writing.html

Just to have the words out there (US politics): http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/11/vote-usa-2018-edition.html

Restless released in EctoComp: http://blog.zarfhome.com/2018/11/restless-released-in-ectocomp.html -- an Emily Short game built on SpiritAI's Character Engine. I built a bunch of the underlying engine logic for this style of menu-based game.

Inventing a new IF engine, like one does.

Folk music recommendation: Cindy Kallet.