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We are going through something of a golden age of text-based games. There are still plenty of parser-based games being created but choice-based games have been
by AndrewStephens 2y ago
We are going through something of a golden age of text-based games. There are still plenty of parser-based games being created but choice-based games have been growing in popularity and complexity over the last few years. And yes, people have been experimenting with generative AI.
There are several competitions each year for new text based games and an active community.
https://intfiction.org https://intfiction.org
Tooting my own horn, if you like retro Star Trek-like things then here is a short somewhat randomized choice-based text game I entered in a competition a few months back.
https://sheep.horse/voyage_of_the_marigold/ https://sheep.horse/voyage_of_the_marigold/
- olvy0 2y agoHi Andrew, just wanted to me and my family really enjoyed Voyage of the Marigold! It's such an excellent little game. We played through it a couple of time, each time discovering new things. Thank you for writing it. I've played Star Trek: Resurgence a couple of months ago, and I must say I enjoyed your game much more than Resurgence, which is incredible considering that it was written just by you. IMO your game stays very close to spirit of the classic Trek I grew up with.
- AndrewStephens 2y agoThank you very much, you have made my day. I basically sat down and wrote the game that has been in my head for 30 years, which is why it looks the way it does.
- hinkley 2y agoI don't want generative AI, but an interactive fiction with speech recognition to make the game be a spoken word game would be interesting. Like Bandersnatch.