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It is a Monday, One Month After the Armageddon that Did Not Happen. Crowley and Aziraphale are trying to make sense of The Rest of their Lives, but... something in the Universe shifts again. Perhaps, It wants to help them. Perhaps, It just wants to watch them drift apart.

Play the classic text-based adventure game Zork: The Great Underground Empire - Part I  for free on Archive.org. this was one of the first fiction adventures games ever. Originally developed by MIT students in 1977-1979, it was then released commercially in 1980.

AI Adventure #1: Folly

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I've copied all previous parts of the story to AO3, so I don't have to work around the many issues with Tumblr poll posts in order to provide continuity. You can read the whole story, starting here.

And now, the story continues...

You were in a room. It was dark in there.

You left the room and the House it was in, crossed a road and entered a Wood, crossed a stream and climbed a hill, then took a Staff from a Ramshackle Hutt.

You swung the Staff around like some kind of warrior and accidentally triggered some sort of magic reaction from the fire pit in front of the Hut.

The pit lit up with strange symbols that resolved themselves into the words:

WELCOME UNIT TWO. PLEASE COME TO THE OBSERVATORY.

A glowing pool now sits where once there was a fire pit.

Cautiously, you extend you hand into the pool. Your skin tingles when it touches the water-like surface, but it doesn't feel wet.

On the other side, of the glowing membrane through which you reach, you feel only air. It's maybe a little warmer than the cool spring sunshine in which you stand, but not uncomfortably so.

REBLOG TO MAXIMISE CHAOS!

Yesterday, I got a text from a friend—or rather, from their tween.

All it said was "Roll initiative!"

So, like any good TTRPG player, I did.

What followed was a half hour of sporadic back-and-forth in a text-based adventure entirely of the tween's making. A dragon sat on me. I was rescued by a mysterious stranger. We agreed that I probably shouldn't be adventuring alone. All I had to do was buy in. All I had to do was ask questions. All I had to do was listen.

Stories Untold Creeps Its Way onto Switch on January 16

It has been announced that the text based adventure title Stories Untold will be coming to the Switch on January 16. The game is an anthology that is made up of four stories. A trailer for the Switch version of the game was also released.

Stories Untold will be available on the Switch on January 16. The game is also currently available on PC.

SOURCE: Press Release

Featuring an isometric pixel art style and classic RPG elements, Roadwarden takes the fun of text-based adventures and adds to it visual novel staples to create an original adventuring experience.

Players take control of a roaming adventurer, messenger, and general-purpose hero in a dangerous and magical world. As the story begins, a powerful merchant guild requests the player’s services, sending them on a journey to a mysterious peninsula to expand the guild’s influence. The job is dangerous, but also promises the chance to change the world.

Roadwarden sends players out into the wilds, asking them to accept the challenge in order to live up to their promise made to guard travelers, connect alienated villages, support weary merchants, and repel attacking creatures — including bandits and the undead.

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Key features:

Explore & Change the World: Discover the secrets and face the challenges of a hostile fantasy world — inevitably unveiling its uniquely sinister history

Grow With the Challenge: Create your own background story, personal abilities, beliefs, and personality to shape your very own future as a Roadwarden

Classical RPG Attitude: Prepare yourself for an epic journey, either as a warrior, mage or scholar, and define your character‘s traits; like friendly, playful or intimidating, during interactions with various NPCs

Mysteries Unfold: Use your savvy and wiles when investigating and drawing your conclusions to understand the true nature of this world. Immerse yourself in detailed dialogues and sidequests with dozens of NPCs to gain their trust and support.

Roadwarden, developed by Moral Anxiety Studio, arrives on Windows, Mac, and Linux via Steam and other digital platforms in 2020.