Interactive Fiction or IF is a mash-up of creative writing and computer programming. This page contains examples of choice-based IF (using Twine) and parser-based IF (using Inform).

First, there are several short works, plus the full source code of an Inform 7 tutorial game. Then, you'll find links to my own longer works of interactive fiction.

Troll

The villagers whisper to their children about never crossing the old stone bridge after dark. You have heeded that advice... until tonight.

Troll is a short choice-based story created using Twine 2.0.

Click here to play online.

Presto!

You are not the star of the show and, let's be honest, you never will be. Maybe tonight's the night you make a break for the backstage door!

Presto! is a short choice-based story created using Twine 2.0.

Click here to play online.

Banana Bread of the Gods

Oddly, in all the myths and legends about the god of thunder, none have mentioned his love of baking.

Banana Bread of the Gods is a short parser-based story created using Inform 7.

Click here to play online.

The Thieving Magpie

When a silver fork was missing from the dining room, Lucia blamed the servants... but you suspect it was that stupid bird again.

The Thieving Magpie is a short parser-based story created using Inform 7.

Click here to play online.

Lime in the Coconut

​Your stomach has been upset since first day of vacation. No fun! The doctor suggested an island remedy: 'Put the lime in the coconut and eat them both up.' Sounds kind of gross, but perhaps that's worth a try...

Click here to play online.
Lime in the Coconut is a very short parser-based story designed as a tutorial project for programming with Inform 7.

The full source code is available both as a document and as slides for step-by-step discussion.
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Jason's longer works of IF...

Untold Riches

You were reluctant to undertake another adventure with Professor d'Squarius (especially after the last near-catastrophe, in the Tomb of the Screaming Mummies), and from the moment you agreed to join the expedition, things have gone exactly the way they always do: horribly.

Untold Riches earned 8th place in the 21st Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2015).
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Click here to play online.

Escape From Santaland

Ugh. Christmastime at the mall. The last place you want to be, during the worst time of year to be there. All your shopping is done (mercifully!) and now, gifts in hand, all that remains is to get to your car. What could go wrong?

Escape From Santaland earned 4th place in the 17th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2011).

Click here to play online.

Moon-Shaped

Grandmother promised to come for your birthday. When she doesn't arrive, you decide to make the trip to check on her -- for all you know she may have been eaten by a wolf! With a few supplies in your basket, and your red cape tight around your shoulders, you are off to visit grandmother's cottage, deep in the woods...

Moon-Shaped earned 5th place in the 12th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition (2006).

Click here to play online.

Applied Phlebotinum

Any other research job would have been fine, your friends argued, but working for the facility that provided doomsday devices to 90% of the world's super-villains? Everybody thought it was too dangerous. They may have had a point.

​Click here to play online.