Andrew Plotkin

Gonna catch a couple more GDC talks and then return to the IFTF booth from noon-3pm.

The text/plain segment of GDC's feedback reminder email has been wrong for at least a decade. (Yes, way longer than since 2024.)

Btw, the show floor is shockingly thin. Areas like IGF and alt.ctrl.gdc that used to be laid out with narrow aisles now have huge, generous space allocations.

It’s nice for us but wow.

IFTF is set up at GDC in the Commons area. Next to a sign that confusingly says “Indie Arcade”, but it’s actually the space for nonprofits and indie dev community groups.

There’s our machines demoing Twine!

There’s an odd GDC vibe where they got rid of the Mon/Tues indie pass and said everything is all week now. But they didn’t solidly communicate that the show floor is still Weds-Fri. I’ve seen people walking around asking “where are the booths?”

Also I’m sure this is why talks are packed. More people showed up Monday, less to do.

GDC day 2. Perhaps today I will eat a vegetable!

Okay, Saturday I had dan dan noodle which had some bok choy. And tonight I’m meeting people at Fang which has excellent vegetarian options. But I should really look for a salad for lunch too. Too many bad fries yesterday.

Survived day one (evening one) of GDC tabling. (This was at the Oracle Park event.)

Loud movie was loud. Sex Bob-Omb was not the ideal backdrop to explaining IF to people. But, that’s conferences.

Looking at Infocom's “Learning ZIL" document in context.

https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/02/1989-in-context

#InteractiveFiction

I played a bunch of the Titanium Court demo last night and I can report that all the narrative gimcrackery was received with great glee -- top-notch stage business -- and all of the actual gameplay was an airless slog and I don't really want to play any more of it.

Sorry! If you enjoy match-3 stuff, you should check it out.

I am nervous about CloudFlare's free-tier bot-blocking service, which is rapidly becoming a requirement to host *any* kind of free forum/wiki/service on the web.

It's great that they offer that. But it's one manager decision away from being a profit center. Cloudflare could enshittify a huge swathe of the web overnight, and somebody with a spreadsheet knows that.