Drew Cook: A Biting Cat @bitingcat

I think you could get closer with a limited parser game, because there isn't a lot account for, but otherwise, you have a lot of verbs to entertain (or not)

19.02.2026 02:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It would be hard, as a huge amount of text in a parser game is potentially optional. You can spend a lot of time on feedback for unproductive commands, or none. this was my last estimate

total project words: 133.5k
custom printable text: ~55k
critical path (no examining or failed actions): 29k

19.02.2026 02:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My current inform project will almost certainly pass the 200k-word mile marker.

This is more confession than brag.

19.02.2026 01:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

i put liquids in my inform game, and then I spent two days writing responses for what basically amounts to trolling the parser

17.02.2026 23:06 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years

why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make

16.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 1599 🔁 364 💬 25 📌 4

Animal Games: Spring Thing 2025 Opening Remarks At the time of this writing, I have released three games. The first, Repeat the Ending, made its debut just two years ago. My second and third games were released just over a month ago...

A couple of my Inform games fared well in the recent IFDB Awards polls. You can read my postmortems and find links to the games here:
intfiction.org/t/animal-gam...

17.02.2026 02:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Twitch Twitch is the world

I completed my Disco Elysium playthrough last week (it was great), so I've started streaming a very odd game called "Promise Mascot Agency." I'll be on in 45 minutes (830 CST) if you're interested!

www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat

17.02.2026 01:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I was hoping to shadow drop it right before Review-a-Thon but I don't think I can make it in time. It's just very hard to get something this shaggy into a state I can live with

12.02.2026 02:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My Inform project is up to 130k words (text and code together). I'm going to add at least a third more content, but I'm a pretty brutal copyeditor. Who knows how big this thing will be?

I also don't know when it will release, it just isn't an IF Comp game and Spring Thing is too soon

12.02.2026 02:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I'm only poring over these Moonmist transcripts because I love you.

08.02.2026 23:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

To fight a troll Everybody knows that you KILL TROLL WITH SWORD until he vanishes in a greasy black fog. If he kills you first, big deal; RESTORE and try again. It's too random to be a real obstacle. But do you know t...

“To fight a troll”: notes on the combat mechanics of Zork 1.

blog.zarfhome.com/2026/02/to-f...

08.02.2026 18:01 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Finished up a bit of Inform coding that took me a few days to get right. Afforded a few satisfying "ah-ha" moments.

I also incorporated a goofy ASCII interface, that's just how serious it all was

08.02.2026 21:11 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Portrait with Wolf by Drew Cook a rendering

My Inform poetry project, "Portrait with Wolf," recently won the Interactive Fiction Short Games Showcase. Have a look!

kamin3ko.itch.io/pww

31.01.2026 16:56 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

thebitingcat - Twitch omg I got a pc

I'm still streaming Disco Elysium most weeknights! I'll start in about ten minutes (830 CST)

www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat

31.01.2026 02:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Infocom's Moonmist Part 1 A critical introduction to Infocom's Moonmist.

ICYMI: I’ve started a 3-part series on Infocom’s Moonmist (1986).

golmac.org/moon-missed/

31.01.2026 00:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

thebitingcat - Twitch omg I got a pc

More DE tonight!

www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat

30.01.2026 02:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Infocom's Moonmist Part 1 A critical introduction to Infocom's Moonmist.

Gold Machine returns for Galley's and Lawrence's Moonmist, a disappoining title with some interesting features.

golmac.org/moon-missed/

29.01.2026 20:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The Visible Zorker Project (and Patreon) Announcing the Visible Zorker Project and Patreon. The plan: deconstruct every Infocom game, one per month, and make the source code explorable.

Replay for the morning crowd:

I have launched a Patreon to do Visible Zork 3, followed by all the rest of the Infocom games. One per month. There's an associated Discord for game discussion as we run through them.

blog.zarfhome.com/2026/01/the-...

www.patreon.com/VisibleZorker

27.01.2026 16:06 — 👍 18 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 1