[ANN] GemIF - Simple Interactive Fiction engine for Gemini

[Nick Thomas]

Hi,

On Wed, 2020-12-02 at 01:37 +0000, Norm MacLennan wrote:
> Ahoy there Geminauts,
> 
> I've been loosely following Gemini for a few months waiting for
> inspiration to strike. And a couple nights ago it finally happened.
> 
> The aesthetics of Gemini have always put me in mind of classic
> interactive fiction, which is something I've always loved - from the
> classic Infocom games up to today's Twine games.

I recently got sucked into Stay: https://ejadelomax.itch.io/stay -
which is built using a not-web-specific IF engine called Ink: 
https://www.inklestudios.com/ink/

While reading up on the language, I did find it quite gemini-like.
GemIF looks interesting, but I'm curious what you think of the ink
approach, and whether a gemini exporter (like the existing web
exporter) for the existing editors would make more sense? If not, you
might find the language used by Ink more compelling than a  yaml file.

I do find myself thinking that it would be fun to play Stay on Gemini
rather than the web ^^.

/Nick