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title: "The Interactive History of Interactive Novels"
description: "Curious about the history of visual and interactive fiction? Funded my Miami University, and with help from Dr. Phill Alexander, the Interactive History of Inte"
---

# The Interactive History of Interactive Novels

**Developer:** Cas (Lex) Rovi

**Release date:** Aug 30, 2014

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

## Description
Curious about the history of visual and interactive fiction? Funded my Miami University, and with help from Dr. Phill Alexander, the Interactive History of Interactive Novels not only dives into the development of games such as Zork and ADVENT, but explains the motivations of their creations, libraries of games where one could buy and purchase interactive fiction, the different genres of interactive fiction, how people create interactive fiction, how to write your own interactive fiction, and more!

[From [Ren'Ai Archive](https://games.renpy.org/game/the-interactive-history-of-interactive-novels)]

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://games.renpy.org/game/the-interactive-history-of-interactive-novels)

## Releases
### English
- **2014-08-30**: The Interactive History of Interactive Novels - [Official website](https://games.renpy.org/game/the-interactive-history-of-interactive-novels)

## Tags
ADV, No Sexual Content, Educational

## More Games from Cas (Lex) Rovi
- [The Interactive History of Interactive Novels](https://pinovel.net/v29331)

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