''Rendition'' is a 2007 work of

interactive fiction '' Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...

by "nespresso", written using Inform 7 and published in z-code format, in which the player performs an interrogation of a suspected terrorist. The game describes itself as a "political art experiment in text adventure form". It was submitted to the 2007 Interactive Fiction Art Show in the " Portrait" category. None of the seven judges at the art show reported enjoying the game, and many criticised its gameplay, though certain aspects of the game were praised.

Jon Ingold Jon Ingold (born 1981) is a British author of interactive fiction and co-founder of inkle, where he co-directed and co-wrote '' 80 Days'', and wrote ''Heaven's Vault'' and ''Overboard!''. His interactive fiction has frequently been nominated fo ...

stated that he stopped playing the game shortly after starting it, as he disliked the level of violence, though stated "I think this is all very powerful ... As a demonstration of the power - the impact - that a 'silly little text-game' can have, it works very well." Another judge stopped playing the game on the same grounds, though commented "in many ways this was a clever idea, a portrait of me and what I am willing to do." Another stated that whilst the game was "painful to explore, the concept a particularly well-suited to interactive fiction". The game was subsequently chosen as game-of-the-day by playthisthing, where it was described by Emily Short thus: She subsequently used the game, along with '' Photopia'', as an example of an "approach to tragedy in interactive fiction" at the

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's Hypertext 2007 conference. It was further discussed in a lecture at Cambridge University by Jorge Nathan Matias on 5 November 2007, and was mentioned in a conference paper by Alex Mitchell and Nick Montfort for the 2009 Digital Arts and Culture Conference.Shaping Stories and Building Worlds on Interactive Fiction Platforms
Alex Mitchell and Nick Montfort at the 2009 Digital Arts and Culture Conference.

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*{{official website, https://sites.google.com/site/renditiongame/home 2007 video games Art games Humanitarian video games 2000s interactive fiction Political art War on terror Single-player video games

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