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Ex 3-1: IF Exercise

Use the IFDB to select 3 games; play each for 15 minutes (and write a half-page on each); choose one to play for another hour (and write a page on it).

http://ifdb.tads.org

There will be some downloading of files and interpreters required. All of these will easily fit on a USB thumb drive.

I recommend that you practice downloading and running a few during class, so that you can be sure you can do it on your own.

Update:

  • I've created a Turnitin.com slot for the resulting essay (about 3 pages).
  • You are welcome to blog your reactions (and, if you like, link to what other people have written about the same game).
  • You are welcome to find a playing partner for this exercise, but you should each write your own reflections.

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Daniella Choynowski said:

so its a repeat of last week's exercise, only we're picking the games this time?

Alex Hull said:

Is this something to be done on our blogs? What work do you want to see for Wednesday?

Dani, yes -- that's right. You might look up whatever game you like best, and see what similar games the site recommends.

You are welcome to post this work on your blog, but I will create a Turinitin.com slot for the resulting 2-1/2 page essay.

Jessie Krehlik said:

I'm having a really hard time figuring out what files I'm supposed to download to play the program. Everytime I download one, it says I need to pick a program to run it under, so I pick the recommended: Internet Explorer, and then a "this page cannot be displayed" thing shows up. What am I doing wrong?

Jessie, I'm on my way home now and won't be online for a while, but if you could give me an example game that you can't get to work, because I just tried three or four and they all seemed to work fine for me.

Can you try a different computer, or a different browser?

There are also a few sites that offer games online that you can play in a web browser... many (but not all) of the same games you find in the IFDB will also be available here

http://www.ifiction.org/

You can also try Googling for the name of the game and something like "executable" or "exe" or "download" and see what turns up. Many of the authors have their own websites, and they might be willing to help you, so you could try that route.

Part of my goal in asking you to work with online media is precisely to get experience troubleshooting when the a download doesn't work as smoothly as one might hope.


Jessie Krehlik said:

Okay, I just googled a few of them and found working ones. I think it might be something with the firewall my mom has on my computer. Thanks Dr. Jerz!

I am sorry, I already hit the dead line, but I ll try to submit it as soon as possible!

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