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Survey for my IF dissertation
Hi, I am writing a dissertation on Interactive Fiction as part of my university degree and as part of my research I am trying to collate some data from relevant users.
I am looking at past and present IF games and trying to determine the key factors which make the genre popular, with the ultimate aim of making a new IF game.
I would be extremely grateful if you could take a couple of minutes to complete the questionnaire found in the link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ZKhWpQj3-eWvdxa8RG6gP-Eri5tsIBZuM_VthMzmtRk/viewform
Thank you very much for your time; any feedback also gratefully received!
John
Filled in the survey.
Did part of it twice, as I had a browser crash right after I put in a lump of text as to why I no longer play IF games… 
I hope you get what you were looking for out of the survey, and that it helps in making future IF games.
Just because *I* stopped playing them, doesn’t mean the genre’s dead (or that I can’t be convinced to return)...
The truth can’t hurt you, it’s just like the dark: it scares you witless but in time you see things clear and stark. - Elvis Costello
Maybe this time I can be strong, but since I know who I am, I’m probably wrong. Maybe this time I can go far, but thinking about where I’ve been ain’t helping me start. - Michael Kiwanuka
Completed it. I’d expected more questions specifically about IF, actually. Only ONE favorite IF game? I just had to enter five.
Butter my buns and call me a biscuit! - Agent A
What exactly is an Interactive Fiction? Looking at wiki it seems more of a catchall phrase. Does it lack puzzles or does it have a different form of presentation style and gameplay? Are we lumping visual novels under that label?
Games Played: Ace Attorney (PW 1-3, Apollo Justice, Miles Investigation), Hotel Dusk and Last Window, Professor Layton (Curious Village, Diabolical Box, Unwound Future, Lost Specter), 999 and Zero Escape, Walking Dead S1-2, Trace Memory, Area-X, Time Hollow, Ghost Trick, Indian Jones FoA Currently Playing: Portal 2, PL - Miracle Mask, Dangan Ronpa
Interactive fiction = text adventures. You know, typing commands. Most have lots of puzzles, but there are exceptions. Visual novels are something else. The entire genre started with text adventures (the term IF came later). I bet you’ve heard of Zork. 
And Infocom. They are still being made by the strong IF community, pretty good ones too, but commercially they’re not really viable anymore.
Butter my buns and call me a biscuit! - Agent A
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