What a 21st-Century English Major Can Do: Screencast Demo of an Inform 7 Text-Adventure Journalism Game

Have I mentioned lately that I have some really awesome students? Here’s a narrated screencast, presenting a progress report on a term project that involves programming in Inform 7 to create a text-adventure game designed to teach student journalists how to cover a campus event.

This is what a 21st-century English major can do, given the opportunity and a little encouragement. So many rhetorical and technical skills are involved in the creation of this video!

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