X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=ibg.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=chapters%2F01.rst;h=fcdb5be62f83fe3047e7099f42183a3781124e3b;hp=ece83a92d6754af400ed58250f444e6d0c70c725;hb=5d28069098f7166912b1c04db168298637338158;hpb=056d415c5a40209963cb26f45458ca8c73d02f5e diff --git a/chapters/01.rst b/chapters/01.rst index ece83a9..fcdb5be 100644 --- a/chapters/01.rst +++ b/chapters/01.rst @@ -1,22 +1,33 @@ -====================================== - 1: Just what is interactive fiction? -====================================== +=================================== + Just what is interactive fiction? +=================================== + +.. highlight:: transcript .. epigraph:: | *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 +.. only:: html + + .. image:: /images/picB.png + :align: left + +.. raw:: latex + + \dropcap{b} + +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