About the Story
Ported from Amstrad in 1991 to Android. Some 25 years ago I loved playing text adventure games. There was something about them that got lost as the years went by. For me it was the ability to actually stop and think about what I wanted to do. It wasn't a matter of just pressing buttons on a console, but I had to consider how to solve problems intelligently. I enjoyed them so much that I started writing my own text adventure games on an Amstrad CPC464 using Basic and later my dad followed suit with some great games of his own. A couple of years ago dad showed me some websites that proved people are still playing these games, which surprised me being in the age of 3D graphics. I don't spend much recreational time on a computer these days, I'd rather use a smartphone or a tablet due to their convenience. And that got me thinking. I searched the Android market and I struggled to find even a handful of text adventure games. So, like some 25 years ago, I wrote one for Android: Moonbase 3. My dad originally wrote this for the Amstrad CPC6128 back in 1991 and he sold a number in England at that time. Hopefully now that it is on Android you might want to give it a try yourself. There's a demo version which is about 20% of the full game but has all the features like: Different font sizes Text to speech so that the game can read the text aloud Speech input to issue your commands Gestures. You can use an arrowhead to indicate north or south, and swipe to indicate east or west And, of course, classic text input. A unique feature for this game is that it uses Google Analytics to capture anonymous input from the user. No personal information is captured, just text input. What does this mean? Although I have absolutely no idea who they are, I can see what people are typing in for each location. Ever been frustrated as you had the right idea but didn't get the exact word right for an interactive fiction game? Well now that I know what people are typing in I can include their input into this game. As such with each successive update I am capturing more thoughts and intentions, not specific commands. This game has now had 2 updates since Google Analytics was added. Over 60 responses have been included which didn't exist in the original release. It's link is: https://market.android.com/details?id=Moonbase3.demo If you enjoy that try the full version: https://market.android.com/details?id=Moonbase3.Complete Based on how these games go I'll consider creating more of these old classics. Let me know what you think.
Game Details
Language: English (en) Current Version: 1.0.7
License: Free demo + Commercial full Development System: Android
IFID: Unknown
TUID:
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