Graham Nelson

“Adventure games are enjoyably delayed puzzles, but in the end the puzzle is always the same: to find out what the author was thinking.”

“Interactivity is not a switch you can flick on and off. It is a spectrum.”

“A good puzzle is not defined by its difficulty, but by its elegance.”

“The first responsibility of an IF author is to create a believable world.”

“The pleasure of a puzzle is in the moment of insight, not in the struggle.”

“The craft of writing interactive fiction is the craft of anticipation.”

“What Inform really does is to give you a way of talking about the world.”

“A good parser is invisible. A bad one is a wall.”

“The story is not in the words; it's in the choosing.”

“The world model is the soul of the game.”

“The player is not your enemy; they are your collaborator.”

“Every object should have a purpose, even if that purpose is just to add flavour.”

“Code is a form of literature.”

“The best interactive fiction makes you feel like you're co-authoring the story.”