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Text-Input Interactive Fiction (Patreon)

Published:
2025-10-02 17:08:36
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2025-10
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Poll

Text-Input Interactive Fiction

  • I hate them! They’re too tedious--or maybe I just hate typing! 3
  • I dislike them. They take me out of enjoying the story. 11
  • I dislike them. They’re often tricky or obtuse. 18
  • Doesn’t matter to me either way. 12
  • I like them. They cause me to stop and think. 14
  • I like them. They’re rewarding to “solve”, like a puzzle. 12
  • I love them! A parser-based fantasy game with romance and stuff would be sick! 6
  • 2025-10-02
  • 76 votes
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Content

I ran a similar poll a whopping 7 years (!!!) ago, but I wanted to see if anything's changed.

Text-input (or parser-based) IF games have been around for a very long time: “Go north”, “Open door”, “Take apple”, “Talk to man”, etc. These are games where you type in words to say things or take actions. In SoH, if you have text-input enabled, you’ll encounter a handful of these sequences in Book 3 and beyond.

How do you feel about text-inputting in IF games?

Comments

Grey Warden

I hate them, they prevent me from ever getting into a story or enjoying a game. They have been the earliest type of games I ever experienced and I am just glad that era of gaming has passed. There is absolutely no nostalgia for them. Good riddance.

Fellefan

for me it's a big no thank you, I'd rather play a visual game at that point.

Brianna B

Anyone who doesn't like the word puzzles can chew on crayons and enjoy their dedicated nap time in kindergarten🥹

Limi

I actually didn't mind the implementation of them in.. what was it? Book 2, 3? Then again, I like a good puzzle. The only thing that sucks is when you are on the right track but you just aren't thinking of the right word, haha.