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Recently, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) yarrowkat showed me an article in the current edition of Black Gate, a fantasy literature magazine. The article was a solo adventure game: Each paragraph is numbered, and you are presented with a series of choices that direct you to the next paragraph to read. Solo adventures resemble the more familiar Choose Your Own Adventure books, but they have a much finer-grained decision tree, tactical combat, and record sheets.
This was my first exposure to this kind of game, but they have come and gone as popular media, peaking in popularity sometimes during the 1980s. Popular series of solo adventure books were Lone Wolf, Fighting Fantasy, and The Fantasy Trip.
( My initial research on solo adventure games )
If you wanted to put a toe in the water, I'd recommend playing Quest for the Auburn Pelt. You print out a single (double-sided) sheet and play. No dice, no cards. Just the sheet and your pencil.
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If you have five minutes, please download passage and play it.
This is one of the best video games i've played in a long while. It's something you really need to see for yourself. You'll need sound to play it, but otherwise it is very small and runs on w32, mac, and unix (if you're willing to compile it yourself).
I want someone to talk about it with.
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a roundup of things i've been thinking about recently:
( games )
( pets )
i think all of this stuff has to do with the fact that i'm now waking up and going to bed in the same place every night. i'm starting to develop again habits around what i do when i get up and what i do before i go to bed. it leaves me better equipped to have things in my life that require attention daily.
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