The Insider’s Guide to Writing Interactive Fiction

What is the big deal with Interactive Fiction?

Interactive fiction is fiction in which the reader has input. Here is what it is, according to Wikipedia.

“Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literarynarratives, either in the form of Interactive narratives or Interactive narrations. These works can also be understood as a form...