#letsmakeif — Public Fediverse posts

've been saying I'd write about playtesting when I got to the end of my current Let's Make IF thing. And so I have (part 1 of 2)

https://topexpert.blog/2024/11/19/lets-test-if-1-being-a-playtester/

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today, on let's make IF...

https://topexpert.blog/2024/10/28/lets-make-if-15-disabling-unwanted-commands/

The to-do list for this project is getting shorter:

- handling responses for parser errors
- handling responses for standard rules verbs
- limiting the parser to keep focus on the main four commands

I may write something about playtesting next week, since I've gotten lots of questions about it (both for testers and authors).

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With a couple of posts per week, I'm not tooting re: every update. The template is almost done, at least, I think every blank to fill in is completed.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/10/15/lets-write-if-13-further-framings/

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A general update on one of my Spring Thing projects

https://kamin3ko.itch.io/portrait-with-wolf/devlog/813909/parser-if-as-a-poetic-form-or-mode-of-visual-rhetoric

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@golmac also, this year we pay tribute to the 40th anniversary of Ghostbusters. With this really neat keyart by Daydreamy Crustacean.

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today, on let's make IF...

Two posts in one week! A bit on printing lists, and choosing endings based on values.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/10/04/support-for-multiple-endings/

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ECTOCOMP is here! It's one of my favorite annual IF events, along with Spring Thing.

It's horror-themed (from silly to scary), with two events. Very open re: systems, etc. Consider making something!

There is a speed category that allows four hours for writing and another for long works.

https://itch.io/jam/ectocomp-2024

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did you know? you can control when title information prints and display introductory text before an Inform 7 game begins.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/09/23/lets-write-if-8-before-we-get-to-far-into-this/

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this week, on let's write IF:

making front matter for our project, and installing an extension.

http://topexpert.blog/2024/09/23/lets-write-if-8-before-we-get-to-far-into-this/

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did you know? you can use the noun from a player's command to look up something in a table!

https://topexpert.blog/2024/09/16/lets-write-if-7-a-table-of-contents/

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A busy day today! A basic "table of contents" for other tables, and some simple definitions.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/09/16/lets-write-if-7-a-table-of-contents/

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today on let's make IF...

a refresher on tables and more on varying text

https://topexpert.blog/2024/09/09/lets-write-if-5-more-design-thoughts-on-a-project-with-highly-variable-text/

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Today on let's make IF, Labor Day (US) edition:

Even if IF Comp has begun! Even if it's a holiday! Top Expert is still cooking.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/09/02/lets-write-if-4-a-basic-design-for-highly-variable-texts/

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This week on let's make IF: a few simple tactics for varying text.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/08/27/lets-write-if-4-more-variations/

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this week on Let's Make IF season 2....

properties and action processing for beginners

https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/29/lets-make-if-s2e5-basics-of-properties-and-world-state/

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today on season 2 of Let's Make IF...

another look at different phases of action processing

https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/23/lets-make-if-s2e4-more-on-actions-and-action-processing/

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this week on let's make IF: introducing actions and time

https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/16/lets-make-if-s2e3-turns-and-actions/

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ICYMI: more Inform 7 stuff for beginners this week: synonyms and displaying text based on simple conditions.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/09/lets-make-if-s2e1-conditions-and-text/

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Today, in Season 2 of Let's Make IF...

- basics of conditional text
- using synonyms for nouns

https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/09/lets-make-if-s2e1-conditions-and-text/

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this week, on top expert...

https://topexpert.blog/2024/06/25/lets-make-if-aaand-scene/

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This week, on let's make IF....

Reaching the end (hopefully) of a series on urgency, timers, and scenes.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/06/18/lets-make-if-what-a-scene/

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today on let's make if...

https://topexpert.blog/2024/06/08/the-goal-is-in-sight/

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this week on top expert:

I keep working at my character sheet rule, which I'll use to track and update the player's objectives, tasks, and score.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/06/05/more-goal-tracking-improvements-and-additions/

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Scenes and tracking player objectives, part 1

https://topexpert.blog/2024/05/31/interlude-tracking-player-objectives/

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today, on let's make if...

https://topexpert.blog/2024/05/14/lets-make-if-more-about-time/

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LET'S IF: The Return of the Collapsing Room

https://topexpert.blog/2024/05/10/lets-if-further-thoughts-on-space-and-time/

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today, on let's make if...

accommodating extra nouns

https://topexpert.blog/2024/05/03/lets-make-if-handling-excess-nouns/

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https://topexpert.blog/2024/04/18/lets-make-if-lets-magic/

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Let's Make IF Reboot: Let's Cave

It's here! The first post in an ongoing series regarding my cave game project is now live. The first several posts will explore its magic system, which incorporates many lessons learned from Repeat the Ending.

https://topexpert.blog/2024/03/25/lets-make-if-reboot-lets-cave/

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It's time! Let's Make IF resumes at Top Expert tomorrow with an overview of the "cave game" project, focusing on its system of magic

[quote]
Magic's failure, which seems to ripple through this complex in waves of stone, has caught up with you at last. Had you only an extra moment or two, you could have

***You Have Failed to Unmake the Past***

[end quote]

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Let's Make IF #6
Only a short update today, since I had a Gold Machine post to get out. Thoughts on clutter and.... the smell action from the standard rules.

https://topexpert.blog/2023/12/04/lets-make-if-7-ambiguous-scenery/

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Let's Make IF #6

It's time to close the books on the first week of Let's Make IF. It's been a good experience for me! Today, I fiddled a bit with reporting on an NPC's trip across the game's little map, but there's more to do next week.

https://topexpert.blog/2023/12/01/lets-make-if-6-the-prologue-is-past/

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Day 3 of Let's Make IF! Looking into remote rooms continued: listing non-scenery items in remote locations; using "look [direction]" to examine another room.

We should have everything in place to write our first room description tomorrow!

Includes all source code (such as it is).

https://topexpert.blog/2023/11/28/lets-make-if-3-looking-into-the-distance/

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Post #2: seeing across a large, open area, building a small map, and more.

https://topexpert.blog/2023/11/27/lets-make-if-2-framing-things-in/

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