Intermittence

Photopia, by Adam Cadre, is the first work of Interactive Fiction that I played during this working-back-up-to-authoring phase. I’d played through it several years ago, and it had as much emotional impact this time as it did back then.

As Mr. Cadre states, it’s an unusual story in that the main character isn’t controllable by the player. Instead, we see her through the eyes of those people who loved her. It’s an intriguing approach, and really the only way that he could have given the story the punch that it does.

I wholeheartedly and unreservedly recommend it. Most people can play it by downloading the Windows executable listed on the page linked-to above. Read the rest of this entry »