The Web Player
by Gamefic on Sep 22, 2014This weekend I uploaded a new web interface for Gamefic. Read more
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Upcoming Changes
by Gamefic on Sep 12, 2014This month we'll be releasing some major updates to the Gamefic framework. Read more
Building a Sandbox for Game Code
by Gamefic on Aug 2, 2014When I started Gamefic, my goal was to develop a highly customizable framework for adventure games. It's primarily designed for parser-based interactive fiction, like Inform or Quest. Unlike most other IF tools, however, I wanted Gamefic to be customizable from top to bottom: not just the game code itself, but the clients and the environments that interpret the games: Read more
Gamefic Updates: Option Sets, Action Rules, Debugging, and More
by Gamefic on Jul 13, 2014Lots of major updates to Gamefic went online today. Everything discussed in this post has been pushed to the GitHub repo and the Ruby Gem. Read more
In Development: Wearable Clothing and Debugging Tools
by Gamefic on Jun 29, 2014The "clothing" branch in the Github repo adds a set of clothing types and actions for wearing and removing them. Characters can only wear one instance of any type at a time, i.e., one hat, one shirt, etc. Read more
Gamefic 0.2.0
by Gamefic on Jun 2, 2014Today I'm releasing version 0.2.0 of the Gamefic gem and an update to The Master Tape, the first demo of the Gamefic engine. Read more
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