Software for creating gamebooks
5 Open Source Tools to Create Interactive Fiction
https://itsfoss.com/create-interactive-fiction/
Every year video game graphics become more and more realistic. Unfortunately, this often means that the story takes a back seat to the impressive graphics. On the flip side is interactive fiction, which puts the story before anything else. While it was popular back in the early days of computing,
Combat Heroes: the 1980s RPG gamebook craze got so wild they were implementing multiplayer grid-based dungeon crawlers in print
Just a moment...
https://boingboing.net/2024/05/01/combat-heroes-the-1980s-rpg-gamebook-craze-got-so-wild-they-were-implementing-multiplayer-grid-based-dungeon-crawlers-in-print.html
"Dominion of Darkness" - story of the Dark Lord/Lady
"Dominion of Darkness" - interactive fiction, story of the Dark Lord by Adeptus7
https://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion
Text-based Simulator of the Dark Lord/Lady. Use your armies, cunning and magic to conquer Free Peoples.
Ace of Aces: or, why you should Do Maths as a game designer
Ace of Aces: or, why you should Do Maths as a game designer
https://paxsims.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/ace-of-aces-or-why-you-should-do-maths-as-a-game-designer/
Every now and again you come across something that stretches your brain in a new direction. Last week I stumbled on a magic trick of a Choose Your Own Adventure: Al Leonardi’s Ace of Aces, a paper …
The Making Of: Nintendo Adventure Books, Mario's 'Fighting Fantasy' Period
The Making Of: Nintendo Adventure Books, Mario's 'Fighting Fantasy' Period
https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-nintendo-adventure-books-marios-fighting-fantasy-period
"They shipped me a Super Famicom and a copy of Mario"
Ranking Choose Your Adventure Book Covers of the 20th Century
Ranking Choose Your Adventure Book Covers of the 20th Century
https://bookriot.com/ranking-choose-your-adventure-book-covers/
We're celebrating the gamebook series' 45th anniversary by ranking the classic Choose Your Own Adventure book covers.
Dice Man from 2000 AD
OUT NOW: The Complete 2000 AD Dice Man – the legendary 'roll'-playing game
https://2000ad.com/news/out-now-the-complete-2000-ad-dice-man-the-legendary-roll-playing-game/
Your fate is in your hands, Earthlet – the The Complete Dice Man is out now! Originally published during the adventure gamebook boom of the 1980s, Dice Man has never been reprinted in its entirety before, but now the complete run of the popular magazine is presented in this massive collection. Using dice and a […]
'Fortress of Death' is Reinventing How We Play RPGs 34 Years Later
'Fortress of Death' is Reinventing How We Play RPGs 34 Years Later
https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/09/fortress-of-death-is-reinventing-how-we-play-rpgs-34-years-later.html
Fortress of Death combines choose-your-own-adventure with podcasts into a true solo RPG. And this time, no having to call anyone on the phone.
All of Netflix’s weird interactive movies and shows, ranked
https://www.polygon.com/22286070/netflix-interactive-shows-movies-ranked-we-lost-our-human
