does anyone know of a program to make a text adventure?

i dont have a life, and i think that would be cool to do :D

QBASIC.

QBASIC is out-dated. Try QuickBASIC.

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bah, write in in assembly =)

No, just use tiny lasers and inscibe the game into the hard drive.

Actually, visit http://www.ambrosine.com/resource.html) , there's several great text adventure engines there.

Originally posted by Chuzwuzza
bah, write in in assembly =)

I know someone who knows assembly quite well... I say go all the way - MACHINE CODE!

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Isn't qbasic and quickbasic the same thing?
anyway, you can make good text adventure with qbasic (quickbasic), and there is a program that converts .bas files to exe (can't remember it, i have it on a cd somewhere). Turbo Pascal is pretty simple and good too. I used to make text adventures with qbasic when i had 286. looong time ago.

I found this program: http://www.os2games.com/files/RADF100.ZIP)
It's supposed to be a text adventure developer which is easier to use than qbasic. I have never tried it so i can't really say if it's any good.

Isn't qbasic and quickbasic the same thing?
No, QuickBASIC suceeded QBASIC.
anyway, you can make good text adventure with qbasic (quickbasic), and there is a program that converts .bas files to exe (can't remember it, i have it on a cd somewhere).
Yeah, I have that program - it's called QuickBASIC.

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can you convert .bas files to .exe with quickbasic?

Helpful info:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4504/qbasic_faq.html)

and i thought that i knew much about qbasic programming. :o

don't do text adventures they're outdated!
go to www.clickteam.com) and download a program to make proper games!

Yes. Or get MMF.

AGS (Adventure Game Studio) is the best amateur adventure game developer. In my opinion.

ADRIFT is a text adventure game maker that is pretty simple to use.

Originally posted by dark spirit
don't do text adventures they're outdated!
go to www.clickteam.com) and download a program to make proper games!

This engine SUX. Most games Ive played on this suck, like that Guybrush Power Melee game, god, who made that? whoever it is deserves the gas chamber... :D

You need to be VERY experienced to make a stable adventure engine in a Clickteam product... It's really designed for more action oriented genres.

AGS is great for adventures, but I still think you should do a text adventure. They're fun and easy to make (with the right tool), and good if you want to make an early draft version of a graphic adventure.

I've gotta try some of these out.
I've suddenly got lots of free time on my hands.

Scabb: yeah, that was Monkey-_'s doing :). And you can make cool games using TGF - like Scurvy's That Night Before, for instance.

Whoa, thanks a lot.

i think id rather do a text adventurem like trapezoid said, i think it would be easier, and i cant draw. :D

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Originally posted by scabb


This engine SUX. Most games Ive played on this suck, like that Guybrush Power Melee game, god, who made that? whoever it is deserves the gas chamber... :D

that would be monkey-_ he's a friend of mine on other forums his website is at http://thanet1.tripod.com) though there are other engines at clickteam.com other than klik and play and there are some pretty decent games you can make with them!