engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) (05/27/87)
Hi,
I am currently starting a discussion group on misc.misc that deals with
interactive fiction. Interactive fiction has as its basic concept that of
non-linear text, though there are many other additions that can (and should)
be added for the enhancment of the text. If you are unsure as to what
interactive fiction is, read misc.misc. Somewhere in there (among many
other good articles mostly calling for AI-based systems) is my brief
description of interactive fiction. I would like the opinion of AI workers
in order to determine the level at which AI can be used to help advance
interactive fiction, either now or in the future. I accept all email, but I
can't guarantee any responses since I have terrible luck with paths. So,
please check it out, and if you are interested, join the discussion. I hope
to have it large enough soon to get our own newsgroup to stop bothering
everyone else in misc.misc.
Adam Engst
pv9y@cornella.bitnet
engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.eduengst@batcomputer.UUCP (07/08/87)
For those of you who cannot (or don't want to) read the Usenet or Bitnet discussion groups on interactive fiction we are back in mailing list form. If you want to send mail to the list, the address is . . . . . . . . . . >>>> gamemasters@parcvax.xerox.com <<<< Just include "Interactive fiction" on the Subject line so the moderator can separate it out from the adventure game discussion messages. If you want to add yourself to the mailing list (so you get digests every day or so) send a request to . . . . . . . . >>>> gamemasters-request@parcvax.xerox.com <<<< and ask to be added. You can also ask to be deleted from the list, ask for archived mail, or report a mailer failure at the request address. I will be sending the messages that come from Bitnet and Usenet as well, so everyone will have access to all the messages. If anyone has any questions, just email me at either of the below addresses and I'll try to help. Thanks a lot for the discussion up to now and I hope that it will improve even more with the increased audience. Adam C. Engst engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu pv9y@cornella.bitnet