Our example of narrative prose is written in the third person; it
refers to the hero as "Wilhelm" and "he" and "him", watching and
- reporting on his activities from afar. In this sample IF game, you are
- the hero, seeing everything through Wilhelm's eyes.
+ reporting on his activities from afar. In this sample IF game,
+ *you* are the hero, seeing everything through Wilhelm's eyes.
* What happens next?
You can tell when you've come to the end of a regular narrative -- you
read the last sentence, and you know there's no more. In IF, it's
- clear enough when you reach an end; what's much less apparent is
+ clear enough when you reach *an* end; what's much less apparent is
whether that's the only conclusion. In the transcript from the example
game, you win by shooting the apple from Walter's head. But what if
you miss? What if you hit him by mistake? Or fire instead at the