Comments on: Puzzles http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/06/07/puzzles/ GET LAMP and Interactive Fiction Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sean Huxter http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/06/07/puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-8502 Sean Huxter Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:39:28 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=346#comment-8502 I have read a lot of articles on puzzle creation in IF. It's difficult. So much so that even articles talking about it do a lot of handwaving and talk in very unspecific terms. General methods can be restrictive, transforming one thing into another, hiding something, assembling a working item, etc... eventually you've seen them all and the only variation is set dressing. Coming up with new puzzles that work in an IF framework is difficult, especially given the limitations of non-graphic output. I'd love to find or invent a suite of NEW puzzles that work well in an IF setting that both a) no one has seen before; and b) doesn't confound players just because the concept IS new and unfamiliar that people won't know how to solve them... where does that balance lie? I'm looking forward to this segment in particular. Sean. I have read a lot of articles on puzzle creation in IF. It’s difficult. So much so that even articles talking about it do a lot of handwaving and talk in very unspecific terms.

General methods can be restrictive, transforming one thing into another, hiding something, assembling a working item, etc… eventually you’ve seen them all and the only variation is set dressing.

Coming up with new puzzles that work in an IF framework is difficult, especially given the limitations of non-graphic output.

I’d love to find or invent a suite of NEW puzzles that work well in an IF setting that both a) no one has seen before; and b) doesn’t confound players just because the concept IS new and unfamiliar that people won’t know how to solve them… where does that balance lie?

I’m looking forward to this segment in particular.

Sean.

]]> By: Thom http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/06/07/puzzles/comment-page-1/#comment-8500 Thom Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:51:40 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=346#comment-8500 Since pre-ordering, I have been checking in on a weekly basis for status updates. Every update I read has me more excited and equally satisfied that Get Lamp is going to be as entertaining, informative and impressive as BBS continues to be. When this arrives, I have a feeling I'll be taking a day off to watch it. Thanks for the updates and kudos to your dedication, mate! Since pre-ordering, I have been checking in on a weekly basis for status updates. Every update I read has me more excited and equally satisfied that Get Lamp is going to be as entertaining, informative and impressive as BBS continues to be.

When this arrives, I have a feeling I’ll be taking a day off to watch it.

Thanks for the updates and kudos to your dedication, mate!

]]>