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Floatpoint: Plot, Reception & Overview

Floatpoint is a 2006 work of interactive fiction written by Emily Short about a diplomat sent to an endangered colony to discuss evacuation options and terms of cohabitation. It is written in Inform 7 and won the 2006 annual Interactive Fiction Competition. Floatpoint also won 2006 XYZZY Awards for Best Settings and Best NPCs. The game was generally…

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Floatpoint topic overview

The analysis highlights Plot, Reception and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Floatpoint.

Related topics: 11
Source areas: 3
Connected nodes: 14
Extracted relationships: 17
Concept neighborhoods: 11
Bridge connections: 14

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 7 topics

Plot · 3 topics

Reception · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Publisher: Self published
Designer: Emily Short
Developer: Emily Short
Engine: Glulx
Genres: Interactive fiction, adventure
Mode: Single player

Suggested research paths

A focused starting point derived from the topic graph, ranked independently of the source article order.

Start with these areas

Plot

Colonists Earth Genetic engineering

Reception

Jay Is Games

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Reception

Jay Is Games

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Floatpoint connects Entity context

The extracted context around Floatpoint shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Floatpoint → In, Interactive Fiction Competition, Jay Is Games, That, The, Violet's Another extracted example is Floatpoint → Baf's, Game. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Floatpoint

Top relations

related to Reception · 6

Floatpoint → In, Interactive Fiction Competition, Jay Is Games, That, The, Violet's

related to References · 2

Floatpoint → Baf's, Game

Designer · 1

Floatpoint → Emily Short

Developer · 1

Floatpoint → Emily Short

Engine · 1

Floatpoint → Glulx

Genres · 1

Floatpoint → Interactive fiction, adventure

Mode · 1

Floatpoint → Single player

Platform · 1

Floatpoint → Glulx

Publisher · 1

Floatpoint → Self published

Release · 1

Floatpoint → 2006

Important terminology

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Important terminology

colonists interactive fiction 2006 earth aleheart competition written won emily short return score colony also game diplomat npcs heavily engineered

Floatpoint relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 17 structured relationships around Floatpoint. Examples in this analysis include Floatpoint → Designer → Emily Short and Floatpoint → Engine → Glulx. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Floatpoint	Designer	Emily Short	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Developer	Emily Short	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Engine	Glulx	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Genres	Interactive fiction, adventure	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Mode	Single player	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Platform	Glulx	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Publisher	Self published	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	Release	2006	1.00	infobox
Floatpoint	is a	2006 work of interactive fiction written by Emily Short about a diplomat sent to an endangered colony to discuss evacuation options and terms of cohabitation	0.90	text
Floatpoint	related to Reception	In	0.60	section
Floatpoint	related to Reception	Interactive Fiction Competition	0.60	section
Floatpoint	related to Reception	That	0.60	section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Floatpoint bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Also, Game and Fiction. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

Floatpoint
- Also
- Game
- Fiction
- Interactive
- Awards
- Best
- Cohabitation
- Described
- Diplomat
- Discuss
- Endangered
- Evacuation
floatpoint
- Also
- Game
- Fiction
- Interactive
- Awards
- Best
- Cohabitation
- Described
- Diplomat
- Discuss
- Endangered
- Evacuation
interactive fiction competition
- Interactive
- Competition
- Fiction
- Score
- Emily
- Short
- Written
- Inform
- Entry
- Floatpoint
- Won
- Annual
interactive fiction
- Interactive
- Competition
- Emily
- Short
- Written
- Score
- Floatpoint
- Annual
- Cohabitation
- Diplomat
- Discuss
- Endangered
emily short
- Short
- Cohabitation
- Diplomat
- Discuss
- Endangered
- Evacuation
- Options
- Sent
- Terms
- Work
- Fiction
- Interactive
diplomat
- Cohabitation
- Discuss
- Endangered
- Evacuation
- Options
- Sent
- Terms
- Work
- Colony
- Emily
- Short
- Written
xyzzy awards
- Awards
- Best
- Npcs
- Settings
- Xyzzy
- Also
- Won
- Floatpoint
inform 7
- Annual
- Won
- Written
- Competition
- Interactive

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Floatpoint, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Floatpoint with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3

Floatpoint — Overview · splits 7 ⟂ 8

Floatpoint — Plot · splits 11 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Floatpoint

Nodes15

Edges14

Triples17

Avg. degree1.87

Density0.133333

Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Floatpoint to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Plot, Reception & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Floatpoint · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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