Hi, I don't know how popular gamebook's are with the genral Vi gaming comunity but I personally love them. Gamebook's are more story driven than most games, and since it is all text/html based the author has to get descriptive about a certain scene he or shee wants to convey to the reader. It gives far more detail about the scene than an audio only game can. For example, imagine a passsage like this.
"You are walking down a long and narrow passage. You can hear the sound of dripping water off in the distance, and the air smells fowel and damp. Suddenly, you stop at a large stone door. Weird markings cover the door with runes and symbols you have never seen before. You lean closer to take a look at the door. In the torch light you see a marking of a handprint." This is what makes interactive fiction, gamebooks, etc so interesting for me. Although, I write audio games there is no way I can give all that information in an audio only invironment. Sure I can have the stone door, the sound of dripping water, but there is no way to set the mood or tell someone what it smells like. In a gamebook or interactive fiction type game I can describe in detail all the runes and markings on the door. In an audio action adventure like mysteries of the Ancients I'd have to create some kind of examain command to give out all that detail, and that would be far more work than just writing it down in a gamebook or interactive fiction type game. On 11/5/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Dark, > > Thanks for all those thoughts. > > Picking up the old Choose Your Own Adventure books was quite the surprise. > I had no idea how badly they were written. They just spiral all over the > place and some of the deaths are so obscure and unexpected. In my opinion, > ensuring that each choice is informed and conflicted is so important. > > Are game books popular here? I wonder how many of us who read and play > them would love to write their own. I know I've thought about it many > times. > > Thanks for the Cerepoc link. > > Cheers, > > Neophyte. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
