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Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer
Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer by Tim Hartnell Computer Compatibility List 1. GIVE ME MY BOW 2. YOU ARE THE HERO 3. THE ADVENTURE IN ACTION 4. CREATING THE FLOOR PLAN 5. CREATING THE STRUCTURE 6. THE ENVIRONMENT UNFOLDS 7. TREASURE AND TERROR 8. THE MAJOR HANDLING ROUTINE 9. INTERPRETING YOUR COMMANDS 10. SPEAKING IN OTHER TONGUES 11. THE BIG FIGHT 12. PEEKING INTO THE ROOMS 13. WEREWOLVESAND WANDERER 14. DRESSING IT UP 15. THE IMPROVED VERSION 16. TAKING IT TO THE SPACE LANES 17. THE ASIMOVIAN LISTING 18. TRICKS AND TRAPS 19. THE CITADEL OF PERSHU 20. CITADEL LISTING 21. THE ANCIENT CHATEAU 22. CHATEAU LISTING 23. ADDING EXCITEMENT
196 pages, Paperback
First published September 12, 1984
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May 17, 2018
If I had read this back in 1983 or 1984 when it came out, I would have spent all my time writing adventure games. Even now it’s got me thinking about how to use the same techniques in sqlite/Python. Hartnell describes clearly the techniques used to keep track of rooms and exits, and goes through each technique line-by-line.
Go EAST, of course!
The code is all in BASIC, designed for all the old “Popular Home Computers That Use Basic”: the C64, the Atari, the TI 99/4A, the various TRS-80 models, and so on. Hartnell does a very good job of organizing his BASIC code, though he does occasionally use different dialects for the same thing; for example, to generate a random number from 0 to 1 he usually uses RND(1). Sometimes, he uses just RND. In my case, using Chipmunk BASIC, only the former works. Other than that, I haven’t had any problem using the first program in the book, Werewolves and Wanderer, in Chipmunk BASIC on MacOS.
The games themselves are worth the original price of the book, and are easily typed in using modern text editors. The techniques are easily translated to any programming language.
JERRY, YOUR STRENGTH IS 50
YOU HAVE $8
YOUR PROVISIONS SACK HOLDS 5 UNITS OF FOOD. YOU ARE CARRYING AN AXE
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YOU ARE AT THE ENTRANCE TO A FORBIDDING-LOOKING STONE CASTLE. YOU ARE FACING EAST
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
Go EAST, of course!
The code is all in BASIC, designed for all the old “Popular Home Computers That Use Basic”: the C64, the Atari, the TI 99/4A, the various TRS-80 models, and so on. Hartnell does a very good job of organizing his BASIC code, though he does occasionally use different dialects for the same thing; for example, to generate a random number from 0 to 1 he usually uses RND(1). Sometimes, he uses just RND. In my case, using Chipmunk BASIC, only the former works. Other than that, I haven’t had any problem using the first program in the book, Werewolves and Wanderer, in Chipmunk BASIC on MacOS.
The games themselves are worth the original price of the book, and are easily typed in using modern text editors. The techniques are easily translated to any programming language.
YOU ARE IN THE HALLWAY. FROM
THE DUST ON THE GROUND YOU
CAN TELL NO-ONE HAS WALKED
HERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
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