{"id":1049,"date":"2012-10-24T13:12:17","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T17:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2012-10-24T13:18:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T17:18:43","slug":"skyfall-promo-interactive-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/galaxyalex.com\/?p=1049","title":{"rendered":"Skyfall Promo Interactive Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"

More fun on the IF<\/a> front: there’s a Skyfall promo game<\/strong> out there.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/50.112.251.215\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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\n<\/span>Sufficiently arcane for you? This text game sets itself up as a test to see if you’re eligible for service in the British Secret Service, running you through a series of hoops in which you give commands to an agent in the field.<\/div>\n
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This point of view\u00a0<\/strong>is unusual, to my knowledge. “Open door” usually leads to “Through the door you see an ogre” not “Agent: OK, opening it now. … Looks like a server room. what should I do?”. Your commands will complete the mission and keep the agent safe — or not.<\/div>\n
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I’m glad to see a text adventure being used as part of the campaign, though \u00a0I look forward to seeing this sort of thing used for something more than advertising<\/strong>. The game is filled with references to Sony technology and ends with a cut to a trailer for the movie. Come on now. We can do better than that. How about:<\/div>\n
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  • Get enough successful “recruits” in your zipcode and your local theater gets to see a deleted scene in the theater.<\/li>\n
  • A shot of a world map with bright, shiny data points for successful recruits.<\/li>\n
  • Beating the game gives you a code. When you see the movie, a QR code comes up. Hit it, enter your personalized code, and get something sent to your phone. A translation of what someone is saying, etc. Live annotations to the film.<\/li>\n
  • Make the puzzles really hard, and the top twenty people to get the, right see their usernames in a list of known operatives in the movie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    So many opportunities to make this stuff matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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