NoBody
October 14, 2018, 11:36am
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As a new user/member of not only Choice of Games and its forum, but interactive fiction in general, I have found that with this awesome community comes it’s own lingo. It can be quite overwhelming for new users, at least it was for me.
Therefore, my hopes in creating this thread is to help new users like me dive right in by providing acronyms and slang that I often come across.
I hope you can add to the list as well!
This is what I’ve gathered so far:
CoG = Choice of GamesHG = Hosted GamesIF = interactive fictionIFcomp = The Interactive Fiction Competition CS = ChoiceScript CSIDE or ChoiceScript IDE = ChoiceScript Integrated Development Environment MC = main characterLi or LI = love interestRO = romantic optionWIP = work in progressDashingdon = person but also domain for hosting your games
What acronyms/slang did you have trouble with when you first started?
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CYOA = Choose Your Own Adventure.
PC = Player Character.
Only two additions, but still.
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NoBody
October 14, 2018, 11:53am
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Thanks for adding those! I remember looking up CYOA on google when I came across it the first couple times. Can’t believe I forgot that one!!
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Adding on to the PC, NPC is Non-Player-Character
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True, but I haven’t seen that being used on the forums. They’re usually just called characters.
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Szaal
October 14, 2018, 12:44pm
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I’m going to put this one here.
There’s nothing I like more than inventing specialised terminology to elucidate hidden features in the things that we discuss.
If you suffer from the same compulsion, you might like my series of articles about concepts in cybertexts. There’s two up so far, with more to come. I discuss why I like the term ‘cybertext’ over ‘CYOA’ or ‘hypertext’, and I talk about momentum, a kind of pacing that might be unique to the kind of works that CoG make.
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Should w add the commonly seen shortenings for the individual games too?
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NoBody
October 21, 2018, 8:49pm
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That would be super helpful! I haven’t been around long enough to know them, which is why I haven’t added them xD
Here’s what often see (and use):
CoG:
HG:
HG-WiPs:
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Could also add some sexualities and gender specific terms in there too.
I.e NB= Non-Binary
Folks like to mention those in wip discussions and reviews.
TSSL
October 21, 2018, 10:08pm
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Also…
ZE: Zombie Exodus
And, one of the less obvious ones…
XoR: Choice of Rebels
(I guess since CoR can also mean… well, not just Choice of Romance, there’s also Choice of Robots…)
I’d also suggest putting the acronyms on the first post in alphabetical order
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Choice of Robots I’ve seen as ‘Robots’ before.
will be easier to look stuff up that way.