In the immersive world of interactive fiction, players command the story by inputting text to guide characters and explore rich narrative landscapes. Dubbed text adventures, these non-linear tales allow you to carve your own path through intricate choose-your-own-adventure stories online.
Excitingly, SCIS cataloguers have meticulously created records for 35 free interactive fiction titles, complete with URLs for direct, seamless access to these resources straight from your library catalogue.
Free Interactive Fiction Titles
| SCIS NUMBER | TITLE |
| 5473019 | Lost Pig |
| 5473026 | Suveh Nux |
| 5473033 | Inside the Facility |
| 5473370 | To Hell in a Hamper |
| 5473371 | The Wand |
| 5473514 | The Shadow in the Cathedral |
| 5473381 | Six |
| 5473382 | Aotearoa |
| 5473385 | Illuminismo Iniziato |
| 5473386 | Risorgimiento Represso |
| 5473390 | The Temple of Shorgil |
| 5473539 | Grandma Bethlinda’s Variety Box |
| 5473538 | Skies Above |
| 5473541 | A Bear’s Night Out |
| 5473543 | Winter Wonderland |
| 5473392 | Ether |
| 5473520 | Snack Time! |
| 5473524 | Best Gopher Ever |
| 5473396 | Untold Riches |
| 5473401 | Earth and Sky |
| 5473402 | Another earth, another sky |
| 5473550 | Pirate’s Plunder! |
| 5473556 | Mrs. Pepper’s Nasty Secret |
| 5473574 | The Prongleman Job |
| 5473576 | The Legend of the Missing Hat |
| 5473579 | The Blue Lettuce |
| 5473403 | The Lost Islands of Alabaz |
| 5473585 | It |
| 5473642 | Reflections |
| 5473644 | Baking with Lizzie |
| 5473494 | Dragon Adventure |
| 5473646 | And a Hippo New Year |
| 5473649 | Grandpa’s Ranch |
| 5473495 | A matter of Heist Urgency |
| 5473496 | Bureaucrocy |
How to batch import the records into your library system
- Log into https://www.scisdata.com/
- Navigate to Downloads – Collections
- On the left you will see the categories of digital collections curated by SCIS
- Click on a category e-Books (free) click Download
- A list of the records in the list appears for you to evaluate suitability:
- Clicking on the SCIS number opens the SCIS record
- Clicking on the title will opens the digital resources
- Select resources to be removed from the download list by ticking the square box(es)
- Click Remove selected # records for any resources not relevant to your school community
- When you are happy with these records to be added to your catalogue click Download records
- You will have a new file in your computers download files with file extension .mrc
- Go to your LMS and use the file import process to import the records into your LMS (contact you LMS vendor with assistance with this step).
More reading about Interactive fiction:
- IFWiki https://www.ifwiki.org/Main_Page
- Interactive Fiction Database https://ifdb.org/
- Interactive fiction (Wikipedia) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction
- People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction http://pr-if.org/ (Warning – No SSL certificate, be careful not to share any personal information on the site.)
We’re eager to gather feedback on how interactive fiction has impacted students in schools. Your insights are crucial for SCIS as we contemplate the future of this project and consider adding more titles. Email your feedback to help@scisdata.com.
