WE ❤ QUOTES

  • Quote of the day
  • Authors
  • Keywords
  • Collections
  • Authors
  • Keywords
  • Collections
  • Quizzes
World First Adventure games Inform Interactive fiction

Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better!

- Graham Nelson

Other quotes by Graham Nelson


Open

I try to make puzzles range all the way from easy to hard, and to leave many open at once.

- Graham Nelson
Home First

Then in my early teens, when the home computer bubble was blowing, I had one of the first, an Acorn Atom, and used to write primitive adventures on that.

- Graham Nelson
Months Past Now

I'm rather pleased with the new manuals. I see Inform now as a gauche young adult, having got past the stage of growing out of his shoes every few months.

- Graham Nelson
People

The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them.

- Graham Nelson
April End

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups.

- Graham Nelson
Decision End

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this.

- Graham Nelson

You might like


The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

- Wilson Mizner

My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!

- Edie Brickell

We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.

- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.

- Francois Rabelais

© 2025 We Heart Quotes
  • Privacy
  • Home
  • Keywords
  • Authors
  • Collections
  • Blog