Sir Knight's thread about his gamebook project made me realise there's no thread about Choice of the Star Captain, which is a rather excellent interactive fiction thingy by Dorian Hart, our rather excellent designer. You should play it. It is rather excellent.
Whelp i finished it and looked at the other games, i think i;ve heard of a couple of them, didnt there used to be a choice of the wizard or something ? (hours later) damn you farbs >_> (hours later) I hope this doesnt ruin my chances of Beta but i enjoyed Choice of the Dragon even more, i guess im a sucker for fantasy, i thought it was just a demo and the bought version was longer but it doesnt sound like it, aw.
I may be picking it up after all, give me a reason to dust off my kindle. Now im interested in the Orc and Wizard ones too. "Dorian Hart Game designer and Dungeon Master extraordinaire. Veteran of Irrational Games and Looking Glass Studios. Game credits include: Ultima Underworld II, System Shock I and II, Thief and BioShock among others." Maybe this 'game/book' should be added to that list? Also will he be doing any writing ? Lloyd needs to be turned into a dwarf with the same disdain for elves.
I concur that it is rather excellent. In deference to a certain Captain naming convention which came to mind (looking at you, Farbs), I called myself "Captain Other." And Dorian is clearly a master at programming these things. How else could he have known I like chocolate and raspberries? Yes, I know it was just pre-selected text. If anyone felt like looking at the gamebook sample I posted and likewise providing feedback, it would also be appreciated. I'm going to take a look at that iTunes entry, now, to see how this stuff appears when not fed through a web browser.
