{"id":3682,"date":"2014-02-17T20:32:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T20:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3682"},"modified":"2014-02-17T20:32:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T20:32:18","slug":"emily-shorts-next-versu-adventure-blood-and-laurels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=3682","title":{"rendered":"Emily Short’s Next Versu Adventure – Blood And Laurels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Short’s next Versu title will be Blood And Laurels<\/a>, set in ancient Rome :<\/p>\n

Cults. Conspiracies. Poison. Stabbing. Blackmail. Seduction. Prophecies and rumors. Divine wrath \u2014 or possibly just bad weather.<\/em><\/p>\n

Death and glory in ancient Rome. Built on the Versu engine, coming soon to the iPad.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One day it will be coming soon to an android device … one hopes! There are already six Versu titles available <\/a>for the IPad, the new title will be number seven. Those who attended the recent Oxford\/London meetup<\/a> may have already seen Blood and Laurels in action.<\/p>\n

I love the concept of interactive fiction, but I’m yet to be wowed by it. I do believe there’s a lot of potential there for people to get creative and have fun.<\/p>\n

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We’re still awaiting the stage where Versu let’s people create their own fiction, so far the only titles produced have been from Emily Short and\u00a0Deirdra Kiai. There is a closed beta on the creation side, but the conversation has been very slow regarding that.<\/p>\n

Versu no longer requires people to be connected to the internet to use it, which will be a relief for those who hate such systems. I think this is an important step for a mobile app.<\/p>\n

Versu seems to get decent feedback from those who use it and had some good reviews when it launched last year, USA Today suggested it could be a big thing<\/a>. However we don’t really hear a lot about Versu, which is a shame in many ways but with a new title on the horizon, it seems that Versu certainly hasn’t been shelved.<\/p>\n

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