interactive fiction

collocation in English

meaningsofinteractiveandfiction

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interactive
adjective
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/ˌɪn.təˈræk.tɪv/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈræk.tɪv/
An interactive system or computer program is designed to involve the user in the exchange ...
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fiction
noun
uk
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us
/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition ofinteractiveandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinteractive fiction

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She has spent much of the past decade researching hypertext fiction andinteractivefiction.
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The game was marketed as an introduction tointeractivefictionfor pre-teen players.
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The game features resource management, a branching storyline, andinteractivefictionelements.
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Galatea has one of the most complex interaction systems for a non-player character in aninteractivefictiongame.
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It is central to theinteractivefictioncommunity, frequented by many of the genre's best-known writers.
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Similar to the fate ofinteractivefiction, conventional graphical adventure games have continued to thrive in the amateur scene.
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The game had a parser that understood over 700 words, making it the most advancedinteractivefictiongame of its time.
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Interactivefictiongames typically contain many unique objects.
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He has won many awards within the community, and is frequently interviewed for magazine articles aboutinteractivefiction.
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As a commercial product,interactivefictionreached its peak in popularity from 1979 to 1986, as a dominant software product marketed for home computers.
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Unlikeinteractivefiction, there is an open debate about nature of the relationship between interactive storytelling with computer games.
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Appearing in the beginning of the non-commercial era ofinteractivefiction, it is considered one of the milestones of the genre.
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The comics are written in serials, or adventures, in a manner that parodiesinteractivefictiongames.
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These can be more closely compared to story-driveninteractivefiction.
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It developed the most popular works ofinteractivefictionavailable at the time and, in fact, can be considered a pioneer of the genre.
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She is primarily a developer of hypertext games andinteractivefiction.
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This level of complexity is the standard for works ofinteractivefictiontoday.
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He has also authored eleveninteractivefictiongames, several of which have won awards at various competitions.
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It is a work ofinteractivefiction, also known as a text adventure.
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Over the following decade, version 6 became reasonably stable and a popular language for writinginteractivefiction.
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