That's what I did with Frankenstein and Jon Ingold did with Flaws. One is to dispense with the gameplay aspect so that the book is "interactive literature" - that is, it's all about the reading experience. If I were writing new interactive books, there are two obvious ways I might go. To sum up: it is not obvious whether people can read a gamebook like a regular book when it is transplanted from the page to the screen. Absorbing a story in the form of prose requires a different mental gear, in fact a whole other mind-set, from reacting to hybrid input comprising graphics, text and audio. On a tablet or phone, though, you could go straight from playing The Shamutanti Hills or An Assassin in Orlandes to Heart of Ice. But is that a valid assumption? If you're reading the books on an ereader, you presumably don't expect graphical bells and whistles. Will readers respond to these as they would to a print gamebook? I hope so I've kept the print reading experience pretty much unchanged, as you can see from the screenshot above.
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I spent the last eight months converting four Virtual Reality titles and the first two books in the Way of the Tiger series into ebook format. But put the same book onto a phone, and there's a strong impulse to flip through all the jaw-jaw to get to the next set of choices.
On the first run-through, at least, you'll probably take time to enjoy the prose. How about places in between? Inkle found one - are there others? And what about the medium itself? How much of a difference does that make? Reading a gamebook in print is not very different from reading a novel. (The way I play them, anyway - I can never be bothered to stop and read all those tedious parchmenty scrolls, much to Jamie's annoyance.)īut that's just the limiting cases. I'm basing it on the principle that a gamebook in print form can work perfectly well if there are no pictures, and a CRPG is fine with no words. I said in the last post that Inkle's Sorcery app achieves that, but there may be other sweet spots too. Fill your ship with valuable cargo and find where to sell it for profit.The sweet spot for a gamebook app is the perfect balance between graphics and text - which maps, at a deeper level, to the balance between "game" and "book".
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Are you ready to make a pact? Shipsīuy your own ship: upgrade it, find new routes and recruit a crew - their abilities might prove the difference when surviving a storm or vicious buccaneers. But remember: some blessings have their price. Templesĭevote yourself to an enigmatic deity and obtain its blessing. Permadeathĭo you like risk? Then try out the Ironman mode, where every decision is irreversible and your character dies once and for all. Only the thoughtful ones shall prevail - plan your turns ahead, adapt to your surroundings and fully utilize your character’s strengths. Brigands, trolls, golems, flying heads, assassins, vampires, kelpies, demons, abominable cults, the undead, and many more - all of them will vanquish the unsuspecting adventurer. Take part in intense battles against numerous enemies. Create your very own playstyle! Enemy Variety Character development.Įxperiment with different professions, abilities and spells, items, and quests. Explore a giant open-ended world, where you can truly travel, investigate, and meddle with things, when and as you see fit to do so. An old-school RPGĪ solitaire role playing game in a pick your own adventure style like no other. The economy is ruthless, but it also presents many opportunities: fulfill contracts and quests, hunt for treasure, buy a ship and trade goods, or travel the land to earn your fortune. Travel across the continent of Harkuna and learn more about its past. War always leaves its mark: villages lie in ruins, dungeons are infested with monsters and old roads are abandoned.
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