This is a guide to designing (NOT programming) Adventure games (Interactive Fiction) on your computer. This useful book explains how to go about turning your ideas into a solid data framework that could then be used by a coder to create a working game.

We talk you through...
• Creating the story

• Creating a rough map

• Fleshing out your map with details

• Adding puzzles intelligently and believably into your map and story

• The proper use of NPCs

• Killing the main character

• Organising your ideas into clear documentation

• The importance of narration

• How to write effective location descriptions

• Organising your game's data and extracting it ready for programming

• Effective playtesting

• Golden Rules of adventure game design

Additional hints and tips from world-renowned Adventure game authors such as:
Scott Adams - former CEO of Adventure International). Fergus McNeill (Bored of the Rings, The Boggit, The Colour of Magic), Trevor Hall (Author of Twin Kingdom Valley), Phil South (co-designer of Fish! for Magnetic Scrolls), Terry Greer (Heroes of Karn), Scott Denyer (Arnold the Adventurer), and Tim Gilberts (former CEO - Gilsoft).

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• Publication Date: June 5, 2025
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• Print Length: 207 Pages
• File Size: 106 KB