With Twisty Little Passages , Nick Montfort places interactive fiction in its computational and literary contexts, opening up this still-developing form to new consideration. Anyone interested in the use of technology for artistic and cultural purposes should crack open Twisty Little Passages. Twisty Little Passages is, quite simply, one of the best books on hypermedia, period.
This book not only made me reconsider the importance of interactive fiction as a genre within hypermedia, it also made me devote a hefty portion of my graduate courses to IF—and Twisty Little Passages. Hell, after reading it, I even went out and bought every Infocom title I could lay my hands on. It's that good. This is a thoroughly researched history of interactive fiction, as well as a brilliant analysis of the genre.
Reading it makes me itch to fire up that old DEC and start writing interactive fiction again! I like to celebrate the fact that there are that many more things to explore! The esthetics of the long, winding passages that it produces really appeals to me, and the algorithm itself can be used to solve as well as create mazes!
More than anything, I want them to come away with a new sense of wonder for computer programming. I hope they find themselves remembering their own first steps into the world of software development, and rediscovering that joy of learning and exploring. I love that stuff so much. That kind of thing happened throughout the process of writing the book, though.
Every algorithm suggested curious little projects to me, and I had to stop for a bit and explore sometimes. I hope the readers find themselves similarly distracted! Errata, typos, suggestions. Source Code zip file. Releases: P1. Pandas Brain Teasers. Go Brain Teasers. Interactive Fiction Works Cited Doi:. Secondary Sources Doi:. Index Doi:. Compliance with permission from the rights holder to display this image online prohibits further enlargement or copying.
Books Journals. Customer Support. Close Modal. Find out more about OverDrive accounts. Nick Montfort. MIT Press. Interactive fiction—the best-known form of which is the text game or text adventure—has not received as much critical attention as have such other forms of electronic literature as hypertext fiction and the conversational programs known as chatterbots.
Twisty Little Passages the title refers to a maze in Adventure , the first interactive fiction is the first book-length consideration of this form, examining it from gaming and literary perspectives. Nick Montfort, an interactive fiction author himself, offers both aficionados and first-time users a way to approach interactive fiction that will lead to a more pleasurable and meaningful experience of it.
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