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Interactive Fiction Study Course

An online, self-paced course exploring notable works of interactive fiction. The goal is not to just consume classics but to take them apart to build up your own craft repertoire.

Current Exercise

Cover art for Violet, a red-haired woman tears through a block of text to look down on your computer.

Parser as Character

Published: 2026-09-22 · Last updated: 2026-09-26 · Game: Violet

Using the parser as a character with motivations.

Previous Exercises

  1. Title graphic of Creme de la Creme with a female face with regency-style hair.

    Choosing Character instead of Story

    Published: 2026-07-20 · Last updated: 2026-09-26 · Game: Crème de la Crème

    Interactive fiction as a series of character choices, rather than plot points.

  2. Cover art for "The Bat" of a masked man in a tuxedo and bat wings.

    Straitjackets for Comedy

    Published: 2026-06-16 · Last updated: 2026-09-26 · Game: The Bat

    Constraining interactions for comedy.

… and 2 more exercises.