Category: community

Thanks to the people who’ve bid so far on my auction on custom IF: I’m thrilled that it’s been more successful than I had anticipated.

However, I’ve received some email from people disappointed that they were priced out of the auction and asking if I could make something else available as well. Multiples of that particular item are unfortunately beyond me because of the time commitment involved, but I have posted a couple of other smaller and more distributable items:

— source to one of my old games for which source is not publicly available (Galatea, Metamorphoses,
Savoir-Faire, Mystery House Possessed, Floatpoint); starting bid $5.

— light customization of one of my recent games for your personal amusement, or a cameo appearance in my WIP. Three such are available; starting bid $10, and the top three bidders will receive this item.

Silly stuff, I know, but perhaps it will amuse someone.

The cause is to help defray the medical expenses of someone who urgently needs heart surgery and cardiac rehab, and has no insurance. If you decide to bid, please note the instructions on bidding and payment. Auctions close at October 10, 2009, Saturday, 11:59 p.m. Pacific time.

IFDB now has a facility to let people poll members for game suggestions — a neat feature, which will let us hang on to the results of those periodic requests people make on RGIF, instead of seeing all that good advice vanish back into the ether.

I’ve started one myself, on games with accurate real-world settings. But check it out — this could be a valuable tool if you’re looking to do research on some particular aspect of interactive fiction that isn’t already tagged in any database.