The Guardian Gamesblog's Spaceship! game lifted off at Brighton's £5 App event on Weds 9 December.

1. A Guardian Gamesblog community production

2. You are the captain of a ship…

4. The Dream

5. The Reality

6. The Winning Formula The Abominable Snowman --------------------------------------------------------------- x One Million Penguins (Douglas Adams + Emily Short)

7. How? The Wiki Way: ( http://textadventure.org.uk)

8. Attempt 1: Contamination

10. Attempt 2: The Skeletal Penguin

12. Where’s the launch pad? http://barrymars.co.uk/spaceship/index.html

14. INFORM 7 - Basics Name and author of the project Breakdown project using headings Define your rooms Define objects & actors Define your custom actions Define how actions are to be understood Define rules for performing actions

15. INFORM 7 - Basics

17. INFORM 7 - Interpreters Windows - Glulxe http://freespace.virgin.net/davidk.kinder/glulxe.html Mac OS X - Zoom or Spatterlight http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/mac/zoom.html http://ccxvii.net/spatterlight/ Linux - Zoom http://www.logicalshift.demon.co.uk/unix/zoom/ Java - Zag http://wso.williams.edu/~jon/zag/ Consistency of implementation somewhat like the early days of CSS.

18. Google Code / Subversion Code Repository http://code.google.com/p/gamesblog-textadventure/ Subversion used to manage collaborative working. Merges working copies automatically on commit. Flags up an conflicts and forces resolution. Tracks changes allowing rollback etc.

19. Release Inform 7 bundles everything into a BLORB wrapper for release: Story File Cover Art Walkthrough Website Well Here It Is: http://barrymars.co.uk/spaceship/index.html Plus, Spaceship! Goodies

20. Other sites of interest: http: //textadventure .org. uk (the wiki) Google group http://www.brunton-spall.co.uk/ChapterOne.html (Contamination) http://www.toastkid.com/Spaceship.html (background) http://emshort.wordpress.com/ (Emily Short) http://www.inform-fiction.org/I7/Inform%207.html (Inform7) http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/series/wikigame (The Guardian’s Wikigame coverage) http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_nolan.shtml (Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)

21. Many thanks to… AleksK DennisChow Phillip Walters Perrin Ashcroft Michael Brunton-Spall Barry Tucker StatusJones Bambino Tostare Bridget Dack Limni Cavalcade Ctmiller Dave Chapeskie Edible Visions CunningStunt Fantomex Hambargarz HiddenAway MeepMeep NDG Tin Robot Nybble Weefz Camax Alobster Apocalyspse Cow AndyHill Andy Borley AdamCrowe ColonelKilgore CheddarFrenzy CharlesUllman Daf Elsa Illuminant Robkun Rolf Nick Plain FearofFours Jim Pooley JumbleJumble Jetamo Kerry Turner Machineisbored The Mighty Jag Trev ver T SonofSaito Mitoto Salubriousone Senor Monkfish The Selfish Giant UnPremeditated Yorkiebar Zoozoobaba Ed Sludden Geo Ashton Aleks’ Mum Our Anonymous Contributors Emily Short Graham Nelson The Guardian Gamesbloggers

22. http://barrymars.co.uk/spaceship/index.html