![]() ![]() If you don't want to install a parser on your computer, you can play it online by putting the link to the. Modern games are generally going to be more approachable than old ones. ![]() In the days when you couldn't pull up a walkthrough in a few seconds, taking days to think of the next step was part of the fun, and just getting permanently stuck at some point was fairly common. Also, letting the player keep going even after they have done something to make the game unwinnable is now considered very uncool. Navigation is much less tedious these days as well, fast travel for example, although the exact mechanics depend on the game.Īnd that's not mentioning the amount of CPU and RAM available, not only for the game's runtime, but also for tools like I7 (which was used to write Counterfeit Monkey).įor an quicker introduction to modern "interactive fiction", as it's called these days, check out competition entries. These are generally written in a shorter amount of time and the results are quicker to play through.īroadly speaking there are two big "threads" to follow here. You have your MUDs (Multi-User Dungeon) & MOOs (MUD, Object Oriented) which are played over the network, and are more or less the text based equivalent to MMORPGs. Then you have your IF (Interactive Fiction) / text adventure game that installs and runs locally like the old Infocom games. You can find lists and links for MUDs and MOOs in several places, but one good resource is. For Interactive Fiction / text adventures, try the IFReviews and IFdb sites. I'd say start with the canonical OG interactive fiction game, Colossal Cave. It's available from the distro package managers on most Linux systems as "adventure" or "advent" or something along those lines. Play CYPHER, Cyberpunk Text Adventure here: Another interesting one is "Battlestar" which is usually available as part of the "bsdgames" package.įor a good MUD, I'm personally a fan of Avatar. "Ever since you came back from the Moon colonies you've been struggling to get into the smuggling business again. ![]()
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