Anyone here into interactive fiction or text games? Like Twine games or parser IF (a la Zork).
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I played a lot of text adventures games when i was a kid. Very many of them. Its probably been 35 years since i stopped playibng them though.
I dont even know what is going on in that area of gaming. It would be interesting to see a modern text adventure game.
I remember Sphinx Adventure the most, when i had my Acorn Electron as a kid.
I think those games are pretty outdated now to be honest. But more could be done with it now ie making them like a interactive book.
Often text browser games where just one or 2 sentences on the screen at a time.
It would be pretty cool to play one that is like reading a book ie fighting fantasyesque.
I dont even know what is going on in that area of gaming. It would be interesting to see a modern text adventure game.
I remember Sphinx Adventure the most, when i had my Acorn Electron as a kid.
I think those games are pretty outdated now to be honest. But more could be done with it now ie making them like a interactive book.
Often text browser games where just one or 2 sentences on the screen at a time.
It would be pretty cool to play one that is like reading a book ie fighting fantasyesque.
They're still alive and going. If you're interested in seeing what they're like these days, I can make some recommendations.
Turandot is a choice game, dumbass peasant guy goes on a date in a dungeon with an insane princess and tries not to get killed
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds is a hypertext game about 16 ways to kill a vampire at McDonald's
Hunger Daemon is a parser game about a Cthulhu cultist trying to get something to eat (you'll need a glulx interpreter program for this one)
Pretty sure I have one in my library that's fighting/fantasy esque but I'll have to look deeper
Turandot is a choice game, dumbass peasant guy goes on a date in a dungeon with an insane princess and tries not to get killed
16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds is a hypertext game about 16 ways to kill a vampire at McDonald's
Hunger Daemon is a parser game about a Cthulhu cultist trying to get something to eat (you'll need a glulx interpreter program for this one)
Pretty sure I have one in my library that's fighting/fantasy esque but I'll have to look deeper
Are those all single-player games?
Its still thriving today, on the multiplayer side MUD still pull thousands of people every day. For the single player, u got visual and kinetic novel(there's some weird stuff here) , then on mobile u got port of old game like King of Dragon Pass and some new stuff from hosted/CoG.
Magium is a really awesome fantasy based game similar to CYOA [Choose Your Own Adventure] style game.
It's an interactive Novel available on the Google Play Store
Here's the Fandom Wiki Link and the Google Play Store link.
Some copy Pasta from the app description
This is a link that'll take you to the forum post for the iOS version :)
For the lazy guys, direct link to the iOS App Store :D
It's an interactive Novel available on the Google Play Store
Here's the Fandom Wiki Link and the Google Play Store link.
Some copy Pasta from the app description
Magium is a D&D inspired text adventure game similar to old Choose your own story books (CYOA), in which you play as an ordinary guy named Barry, who joins a deadly mage tournament against the most powerful mages in the world in the hopes of using the prize to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a mage himself.
This is a link that'll take you to the forum post for the iOS version :)
For the lazy guys, direct link to the iOS App Store :D
I play a browser game called Fallen London.
It's set in a Victorian-era London, where-in a swarm of bats has taken London & it's surrounding lands into a giant cavern hidden in the Earth known as the Neath. (The writing style is very, cryptic so I thought I'd share my profile so you can get an idea of what the writing is like)
In this game you start out as a new citizen to the Neath - Starting off in Newgate Prison where you'll (Hopefully) escape, get yourself a home, build a reputation for yourself in this new London, learn about the weird phenomena's in the world such as: Why you cannot permanently die, what the hell the Judgements are, and is that squid walking?
It's action based - And is balanced around drip feeding you content - For example the four major archs in the game are Ambitions (Nemesis, Hearts Desire, Bag a Legend, Light Fighters) - Each Ambition delves into a different aspect of the Neath - Nemesis is a story about revenge or forgiveness (Depending on your choices at the end), Bag a Legend is a story about slaying a mythical beast, Hearts Desire is about a complex poker-esque game where you can win whatever your heart desires - And Light Fighters is about stealing a diamond the size of a cat (There's a vague implication here that I can't really delve into without making my explanation overly complicated).
A lot of the game will take you months to reach the end - Possibly even years - In my case I started playing this game long before Ambitions were considered "finished" - Where in the past (before last year) you'd reach a specific point and be told "You've reached the current end of this story, it will continue one day." - From this they've added a ton of content in the past year:
Finished the ambition storylines (All four were wrapped up mid last year, which has opened the flood gate to new content)
Added the ability to establish a base-camp in Parabola, hunt beasts within, wage campaigns of war in Parabola with the different factions
Added the ability to build a railroad company to take you to unsettled and dangerous lands south of London towards the city of Hell to the far south of London.
Build complicated skeletons and sell them to collectors within London.
Meet historically significant characters - In title only.
Discover a language that does not exist (This is REALLY new, and REALLY end-game)
It's a horribly complex game to get into, is heavily narrative driven (So if you're more of an action over atmosphere person this would not be for you)
It's set in a Victorian-era London, where-in a swarm of bats has taken London & it's surrounding lands into a giant cavern hidden in the Earth known as the Neath. (The writing style is very, cryptic so I thought I'd share my profile so you can get an idea of what the writing is like)
In this game you start out as a new citizen to the Neath - Starting off in Newgate Prison where you'll (Hopefully) escape, get yourself a home, build a reputation for yourself in this new London, learn about the weird phenomena's in the world such as: Why you cannot permanently die, what the hell the Judgements are, and is that squid walking?
It's action based - And is balanced around drip feeding you content - For example the four major archs in the game are Ambitions (Nemesis, Hearts Desire, Bag a Legend, Light Fighters) - Each Ambition delves into a different aspect of the Neath - Nemesis is a story about revenge or forgiveness (Depending on your choices at the end), Bag a Legend is a story about slaying a mythical beast, Hearts Desire is about a complex poker-esque game where you can win whatever your heart desires - And Light Fighters is about stealing a diamond the size of a cat (There's a vague implication here that I can't really delve into without making my explanation overly complicated).
A lot of the game will take you months to reach the end - Possibly even years - In my case I started playing this game long before Ambitions were considered "finished" - Where in the past (before last year) you'd reach a specific point and be told "You've reached the current end of this story, it will continue one day." - From this they've added a ton of content in the past year:
Finished the ambition storylines (All four were wrapped up mid last year, which has opened the flood gate to new content)
Added the ability to establish a base-camp in Parabola, hunt beasts within, wage campaigns of war in Parabola with the different factions
Added the ability to build a railroad company to take you to unsettled and dangerous lands south of London towards the city of Hell to the far south of London.
Build complicated skeletons and sell them to collectors within London.
Meet historically significant characters - In title only.
Discover a language that does not exist (This is REALLY new, and REALLY end-game)
It's a horribly complex game to get into, is heavily narrative driven (So if you're more of an action over atmosphere person this would not be for you)
Gemini Station is a space-based text game. It's multiplayer though. www.geministation.com
played telltale games walking dead series and their game of thrones... they was alright but you could tell your choices didnt matter or change much of anything which really broke the illusion of the games.