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A Change in the Weather is a 1995 parser-based interactive fiction work by Andrew Plotkin. The game presents its setting and events through written descriptions, typed commands, and a sequence of puzzles that must be understood through the text rather than through conventional visual controls. It is...
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Historically significant, atmospheric early Plotkin work with sophisticated implementation; severe difficulty, obscure puzzles, and easy failure states divide expert opinion.
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The Space Under the Window is a 1997 interactive fiction work by Andrew Plotkin and part of a collaborative art project with the same title. Instead of entering conventional parser commands, the player selects words from a displayed passage, and the selected word changes the text, scene, or atmosphe...
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Important experimental work praised for innovative word-selection interaction and literary ambition; extremely brief length and abstraction restrict mainstream appeal.
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