Hi Jim, Sure, that makes sense. Interactive fiction games is largely centered on creative writing, and if a person doesn't have good creative writing skills, an active imagination, then it is going to be very difficult to come up with a decent text adventure because the creative writing and imaginary world is what makes or breaks a good interactive fiction game. Anyone can come up with a decent card or board game as long as they know how to program, but not everyone has the skills to come up with a decent storyline for an interactive fiction game complete with puzzles, good characters, and to create it in such a way that a gamer will want to play it more than once.
I must confess I've had some issues with that myself over the last few years. When I was younger say my teens and early 20's I was constantly coming p with ideas for stories, coming up with ideas for games, and use to sit and write short stories all the time. Now, that I'm in my mid 30's for some reason when I sit down and try and rite a short story or come up with an interesting idea for a game I draw a complete blank. Not quite sure why, but I've tried my hand at writing some interesting interactive fiction games only to discover I just don't have the concentration and focus required for building an interesting imaginary world like I use to. Cheers! On 7/12/13, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > > Hi Thomas, > > I am thinking though that if I randomly place the objects in Dungeon Master, > you may not be able to get an object from one woman before you need it for > another. I'm not positive, but it might make the game impossible to > finish. > > The one random thing in Dungeon Master is the descriptions of the women. > But other than that, I sure do not have good creative writing skills to be > able to write better descriptions of the rooms, women and objects. If I > did, I would probably have written text adventure games using one of the > text adventure game tool kits. > > BFN > > Jim > > Oh, no! Not another learning experience! > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
