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Samples & Examples

Here you can find some interesting short samples and examples of Alan code. They might mostly serve as ideas and food for thought as they are not necessarily complete examples. Please send ideas for further samples.

Sample	Description		Author
Conversation		source & transcript
Verbs refering to actors and objects		source & transcript
Driving around in a car		source & transcript
Dark places and light sources		source & transcript
Clocks and elapsing time		source & transcript
Saviour	A more complete example of a simple game.	source
Menus	Innovative use of the Alan language to implement three different versions of text menus within a game.	source & transcript	Stephen Griffiths
Score notification	Shows how to notify the player of changes in the score.	source & transcript	Stephen Griffiths
Dial	Shows how to use numeric attributes.	source & transcript
Cloak of Darkness	See Roger Firth's page with comparisons between different systems by implementing the same game.	source	Stephen Griffiths

"The trick to interactive fiction, really, is making the lack of interaction feel natural."

Neil deMause in rec.arts.int-fiction 1997