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Improvmaster,

Your game won 3rd place in this year's ParserComp. I need a mailing address for the Challenge Coin.

Congratulations!

ParserComp2026 Game Rating Form

Thank you for your patience.  (Brian Rushton helped with a very nice refinement.)

This is in addition to the normal ItchIO basic rating system. Please identify yourself with something recognizable to the IF community.

Thank you, fos1

Good deal. Maybe you can enter a game for 26.

Thank you, Jeff

I always look forward to your creative and well-written games. Thank you.

Thanks for the hint. I tried everything I could think of including the title words!

I really do like the game. It is very creative.

This appears to be a great game. I really like the text and the color coding. IF ONLY I could guess the first verb to do whatever is need to get light from the globe. RATS...

The Game Comments per game have been compiled into MS Word documents:

They cannot be uploaded to intfiction. I will need an email address for each author via email to jgreeer613@gmail.com to send the comments to.

Thank you, Jeff

Very nice. I hope to add it to my RC2014 Pro. Thank you!

Good deal. Thank you very much.

I have VEZZA-RW (from 2022) running on my RC2014 (Z80)  cp/m retro computer.  I enjoy playing a collection of z-code games using this interpreter. Very nice!

Set dial to liberty, etc.

It is an apparition and only exists when looking from the after deck and then turns into the lady but still provides an explanation afterwards. 

// From transcript

You can see a shimmering apparition here.

>look at apparition

The shimmering or apparition appears to be taking on the shape of a lady.

 Out of the corner of your eye, you see something forming on a window.

 >look at apparition

The shimmering apparition no longer exists. It has coalesced into a fully floating corporeral lady.

// End transcript

PS. You have to "look AT object" not "look object"

"examine  object" also works.

Set dial to liberty, etc.

It is an apparition and only exists when looking from the after deck and then turns into the lady but still provides an explanation afterwards. 

The narrative is like breadcrumbs. It all but explicitly describes how things work.

OK. My entry should be finished within a day or so.

Thank you.

How can I make my z5 code game playable online via itchi.io?

Will the games become playable as soon as they are uploaded?

I need  all email address for all participants. I am drafting the certificates and need a place to send them.

I also need physical address for the 2nd and 3rd place winners for hard copies.

Please send them via a private message to fos1 at intfiction.org

Thanks, Jeff

I will need shipping addresses for the award winners: 1st and 2nd for Freestyle and 1st, 2nd and 3rd for classic.

You can send your info to jgreer613@gmail.com or to fos1 via private message on intfiction.org.

Thank you, Jeff

Good deal. Even though there are only a few days left, you should post this on the Interactive Fiction Forum.

Thanks, fos1

Good deal. The playable link should be added to Ra T game page on itch.io (if it hasn't already).

Thanks, fos1

A little fidly to get running. Garry's tip for running the game was the only way forward.

This is an enjoyable game. Navigation was a little cryptic but doable. I like the color presentation and the scrolling of the text as it would have been in retro parser games.

I was able to download a REXX interpreter for Win11 to play Moon-House Technician. I found it ot be an enjoyable quest reminiscent of a 16 bit retro game. It is based on a menu system where an 11 year old ends up exploring the Moon. As the into suggests, it is best to leave the interpreter running and come back to the game as you find time.

I was also able to upload the game source to sdf.org and play the game on their system. This might be useful for players that don’t want to download and install an interpreter on their local machine.

After a while the game became mechanical. I still like the game and figured out a way to get to the end after being returned to the Earth a couple of times. 

The retro based game is creative and a good play.

I hope your game does well!

Garry is correct. Each author retains the rights to their work. Submission to other comps would depend upon their rules.

Did you intend to remove this game from ParserComp 2024?

If not please notify me on the comp page and you will be able to add back to the comp.

Thanks, Jeff (fos1)

Did you intend to remove this game from ParserComp 2024?

If not please notify me on the comp page and you will be able to add back to the comp.

Thanks, Jeff (fos1)

Did you intend to remove this game from ParserComp 2024?

If not please notify me on the comp page and you will be able to add back to the comp.

Thanks, Jeff (fos1)

Fixing typos and clerical errors should not be a problem. It would be best not to make significant changes in the game.

The entry period for ParserComp 2024 is now over.

Please release and publish your games. We need to ensure they are available for judging.

Thank you

I am not sure what you mean by a demo game. Entries should be fully playable. I expect that a demo game would not be rated well during judging.

Updates for typos and bug fixes are OK but not new content. 

It is ok. voting starts in a day. With the games set to public we can sort out any problems before voting starts.

Thank you, Jeff

Thank you for the tip. I will go back and copy that linke.

Jeff

Hi WauloK,

Yes. That would be the proper thing to do. 

I'm looking forward to your game.

I'll check the Discord server and see if I can figure out what's going on there.

Thanks, Jeff

PS. I changed permissions on the Discord server. Let me know if it is working as it should.

Thank you, Sir.