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- 1: Just what is interactive fiction?
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+ Just what is interactive fiction?
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| *A was an archer, who shot at a frog;*
| *B was a butcher, who had a great dog.*
-Before we start learning to use the Inform system, it's probably sensible
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+efore we start learning to use the Inform system, it's probably sensible
to consider briefly how IF, which has many narrative elements, differs from
regular storytelling. Before we do *that*, though, let's look at an example
of a familiar folk tale.
- "There was once a man called Wilhelm Tell, from high in the he lived by
- his skills Swiss Alps near the town Altdorf. A hunter and a guide,
- proud mountaineer, in tracking and archery. It happened one day that
- Wilhelm visited the town to buy provisions, and he took his son Walter
- with him.
+ "There was once a man called Wilhelm Tell, from high in the Swiss Alps
+ near the town of Altdorf. A hunter and a guide, a proud mountaineer,
+ he lived by his skills in tracking and archery. It happened one day
+ that Wilhelm visited the town to buy provisions, and he took his son
+ Walter with him.
The region was at the time governed by Hermann Gessler (a vain and
petty man appointed as vogt by the Austrian emperor), who attempted a