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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.

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.