Glass, by Emily Short is an adaptation of Cinderella, which plays out as a conversation-oriented work of Interactive Fiction. Created in Inform 7 in 2006, Short focuses on the all important conversation between the Prince, searching for his bride, and Cinderella’s Stepmother, working to block the Prince from her step-daughter. The entire narrative takes place in one room, and Short assigns her readers a very small, but equally impactful, role…
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Emily Short’s Bee
Bee is a work of interactive fiction by Emily Short. It operates much like a choose your own adventure where a series of options are given so you can choose where the story goes next. The premise is about a home-schooled girl trying to win the National Spelling Bee. Based on your choices, a bar on the left-side lets you…
Black as the Text on this Alabaster Screen, Red as the Exit Button
Emily Short, who designed the interactive fiction that took over my life for days at a time, Galatea, collaborated with ten other people to create another great interactive fiction work, Alabaster. The set-up is similar to Galatea, but this work combines the conversation with a side image and follows more of a narrative sequence. The image shifts as the story…