I got the app years ago and can't remember the initial set. I wouldn't expect anything too vial. To download the games, go into their entry and swipe through until you find the game file. You'll know them by their extentions like zblorb, z8, z5, etc. You'll get the hang of it. when you manage to download a file it'll say that it has been added to your story list.
On 3/9/16, Christina C. <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, thanks :) but once I find the game through the browser in Frotz, how do > I get the game onto my device? I didn’t find a download button. Thanks for > all of the game suggestions. That helps a lot. Also, you mentioned trying > the games already provided in Frotz, are those aimed at adults? I don’t want > any shockers with the kids. :) > > Thanks, > Christina >> On Mar 9, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Michael Feir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Christina. You have a few ways of going about adding games to >> Frotz. There are literally hundreds of games available. A Bear's Night >> Out is a great one to play with children. Some other personal >> favorites which are clean but written for teens and adults are Jigsaw, >> Curses, haunted Theater and Sofar. To find these games, you want to >> use the browse ifdb button which lets you get games from the >> Interactive Fiction database. If you know the name of a game, use the >> first search edit field you come to. Type in the neame and then use >> the submit botton. Hope that gets you started. There are many ways to >> search and brows the database and it's constantly being added to. >> >> Frotz can also run the Infocom games but you'll have to obtain those >> somethwre other than the database. They're still considered commercial >> software and are unavailable for free download. I have a CD call the >> Masterpieces of Infocom which you may be able to track down on Ebay or >> something. You could then do what I did and transfer the games to >> Frotz's story list with its built-in file server. There are >> instructions in the help included in Frotz. Best of luck with this >> Christine. I hope that helps get you started. Be shure to try the >> games already included with the Frotz app. >> >> On 3/9/16, Christina C. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I listened to a Cool Blind Tech podcast about playing a game called >>> Dragon >>> Adventure with Frotz for iOS. Anyways, I have never done this >>> interactive >>> Fiction text adventure games. I’d really like to try to play Dragon >>> Adventure with my kids. 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