I’m not sure if this is the right category, but: Are there any audiobooks (well-read transcripts) of IF works? And if not, would someone from the forum please make some? I’d love to listen to them! (I found a few things on YouTube, but they all seem to be “Let’s Play” videos where people keep chi…

[image] Giger_Kitty: Verbose or normal mode? It can get really old listening to room descriptions again and again. If the game has a lot of back and forth, narrate the intermediate rooms or just the destination unless something happens on the way? Perhaps even brief mode? I guess that would …

For two reasons: I thought it might be useful to see a case study in action I just felt like having some fun …I just recorded myself reading the AMFV sample transcript from the manual straight into my phone’s recorder. One take, no edits, no rollbacks, a couple of mistakes. I just wanted to…

Related thread: Is there such a thing as an audiobook version of an IF? (Maybe we could add an audiobook tag.)

That’s awesome! When will the full version be available? :blush:

This is actually the entirety of it. :slight_smile: ‘Cause it’s not the actual A Mind Forever Voyaging; it’s the sample transcript that comes with the infocom manual. Infocom provided sample transcripts for their games, which I thought would make a pretty nice test case for this!

Sorry, I didn’t know this thread existed. It’s also very recent, so we’re onto something big here! :star_struck:

[image] Giger_Kitty: it’s the sample transcript Oh, I’d missed that… I love these ‘fake’ transcripts anyway; they should be a genre in their own right!

I looked up both of those systems. PlayNook has apps shipping. [image] PlayNook | AudioGames for Everyone PlayNook creates immersive AudioGames: interactive, audio-first games you can play anywhere, anytime. Designed for commuters, story-lovers, families and gamers seeking screen-free e…

This is semi-related. Videogames For Humans has playthrough transcripts alongside players’ commentary on the games. I remember I loved reading this book. An audio version of it (or a similar project) could scratch that itch.

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Ivan (Ivan Cockrum) July 28, 2026, 4:55pm 19

For what it’s worth, a couple of people breezed through here earlier this year to promote new audio-first IF development systems in progress. They haven’t posted lately, so who knows what their status is.