Please suggest #CRPG or #adventure games with environment-interaction on at least the level of #Ultima 5++, Divine Divinity, Divinity: Original Sin, #Oblivion, Skyrim, #Nethack, or a well-modeled #Infocom /
#MagneticScrolls / #TADS / #Inform -level #TextAdventure — objects are movable or at least destructible, items “physically” exist in the world and aren’t just transfered from one menu to another (inventory), things can be in or on other things…

I am tired of games that are all gloss and surface with just the plot-relevant things being interactable.

Bonus points for elemental physics (water, fire, etc.), day/night/weather/climate, and basic needs simulation like needing to stay warm, fed, etc.

Reluctant malus points for pure dungeon crawls, although I do in principle adore games like Arx Fatalis, Dark Messiah of M&M, and Monomyth.

Serious malus points for turn-based games with party micro-management. Single-player much preferred.

Fantasy also much preferred.

Starting a new #interactiveFiction project: Viv plays through past IF #games https://intfiction.org/t/viv-plays-through-past-if-games/62211 #ParserGames #TextAdventure #Infocom #MagneticScrolls #IFComp #RetroGaming #IndieGames

Our patrons can now watch our interview with Servan Keondjian, OG dev on #Direct3D, #MagneticScrolls alum and general tech guru.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/servan-keondjian-75383519

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You wake up on a sunny November morning with birds singing, and the air fresh and clear. However, your joints are stiff and you have not woken up in your bedroom as you would have expected. Trying to recall what happened the night before, you manage to piece together a few brief glimpses to give the following account:

You did join #Mastodon and just noticed that you are now wearing a silver wristband which covers your forearm.
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#magneticscrolls #joinmastodon

Fans of #retrogaming, #retrocomputing and #textadvenutures are spoiled for choice, as not only does #KimJustice have a new documentary out on the history of #MagneticScrolls, but the BBC has released an archived 1985 clip of interviews with #Infocom staffers! Links below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkLZWecPOI

https://youtu.be/qXAubRZ-qjw

Posting some things that this crowd may have never seen; here is an article I wrote about the graphical #textadventure game "The Pawn," by #magneticscrolls with thoughts on its design 30+ years later.

http://trottingkrips.caltrops.com/2019/11/04/the-pawn-by-magnetic-scrolls-1985/