How to program a text adventure in C

Re:How to program a text adventure in C by mseepgood on Sunday April 27, 2025 @08:49AM (#43811558)

Ron Gilbert's 1989 "Why Adventure Games Suck And What We Can Do About It" https://grumpygamer.com/why_adventure_games_suck/

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Re:How to program a text adventure in C by anthk on Sunday April 27, 2025 @11:12AM (#43812479)

Text adventures are not graphical adventures. Text games don't have the linearity and constraints of a graphical one.

Compare Anchorhead, Devours, Spider and Web... with most point and click games.

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Re:How to program a text adventure in C by sltkr on Sunday April 27, 2025 @01:36PM (#43813682)

Gilbert's essay wasn't limited to graphical adventure games.

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