choose your own adventure! :D

wyndslash · 03-04-2011, 08:22 AM

So I was browsing through the active Kindle content on amazon, and stumbled upon some cool games and one choose your own adventure book type of active content. I just think it's great that that genre could continue to live on

i remember it being intensely popular back then

i think i love kindle more for its active content offerings. for some reason, there's some appeal to playing greyscale games with great stories. i'm tired of the amazing graphics but empty plot

Kawika · 03-05-2011, 12:26 AM

I also stumbled upon the "user-directed-make-a-choice" books and was intrigued from youthful memories. Which have you read? Which could you recommend to someone?

Thanks!

wyndslash · 03-05-2011, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kawika

I also stumbled upon the "user-directed-make-a-choice" books and was intrigued from youthful memories. Which have you read? Which could you recommend to someone?

Thanks!

i haven't tried anything yet, as i was hoping to find a page where all the active content on kindle was listed. i already emailed kindle support and they said they'd send the suggestion over to their development team. i sure hope they'd make a main page where all the available games and active content were listed. at the moment, the main page only displays customer favorites, some of the free games and new content.

Giggleton · 03-05-2011, 02:29 AM

There's a short but well illustrated choose your own adventure, I think it was created by Amazon, sold well, panned for lack of depth.

There's a ton of indie choose your own adventure type of books, some of them don't even work right.

Then there's some mainstream offerings, recreations of the classics that function correctly for the most part.

There's also a proto RPG which I must say is intriguing.

I haven't tried any of them, I suppose I will cross over to the app side one day, but that day is not today, probably not even this year.

Kawika · 03-05-2011, 09:49 AM

Thanks for the suggestions and the possibilities! The eReaders could really lend themselves well to such applications. Maybe if they put the Zork series on Kindle I would finally be able to finish/figure out Enchanter...

wyndslash · 03-05-2011, 05:35 PM

as i understand, they already adapted a fighting fantasy book to a game

Giggleton · 03-05-2011, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kawika

Thanks for the suggestions and the possibilities! The eReaders could really lend themselves well to such applications. Maybe if they put the Zork series on Kindle I would finally be able to finish/figure out Enchanter...

You're theoretically capable of playing most web based text adventures already available online, the speed and refresh rate of the Kindle's web browser are limiting factors in the enjoyment of said adventures.

With future Kindle's, faster eink refreshing, better built in browser, why would we need Amazon?? For curation of course.

RandyACook · 12-12-2011, 01:50 AM

eReaders are really ideal for CYOA books. If you are like me and live in the rural midwest sometime Wi-Fi is not always available. Unlike web based adventure games, that require an internet connection, you can carry ePubs with you and play them anytime and any place.

kkinser · 12-12-2011, 01:18 PM

Try portablequest.com for a bunch of text adventures

vxf · 12-12-2011, 04:08 PM

Check this out, for some Lone Wolf goodies:

http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books

Brings back fond memories...

And the Kindle edition:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B005C6AYVW

Robmonster · 12-15-2011, 09:44 AM

Yes, there are a few of the Fighting Fantasy books available now, they work really well ( except you can no longer cheat your way past the battles!)

Rob

03-04-2011, 08:22 AM	#1
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	choose your own adventure! :D So I was browsing through the active Kindle content on amazon, and stumbled upon some cool games and one choose your own adventure book type of active content. I just think it's great that that genre could continue to live on i remember it being intensely popular back then i think i love kindle more for its active content offerings. for some reason, there's some appeal to playing greyscale games with great stories. i'm tired of the amazing graphics but empty plot

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03-05-2011, 12:26 AM	#2
Kawika Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 56 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 Graphite	I also stumbled upon the "user-directed-make-a-choice" books and was intrigued from youthful memories. Which have you read? Which could you recommend to someone? Thanks!

03-05-2011, 02:29 AM	#4
Giggleton Banned Posts: 1,687 Karma: 4368191 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Oregon Device: Kindle3	There's a short but well illustrated choose your own adventure, I think it was created by Amazon, sold well, panned for lack of depth. There's a ton of indie choose your own adventure type of books, some of them don't even work right. Then there's some mainstream offerings, recreations of the classics that function correctly for the most part. There's also a proto RPG which I must say is intriguing. I haven't tried any of them, I suppose I will cross over to the app side one day, but that day is not today, probably not even this year.

03-05-2011, 09:49 AM	#5
Kawika Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 56 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 Graphite	Thanks for the suggestions and the possibilities! The eReaders could really lend themselves well to such applications. Maybe if they put the Zork series on Kindle I would finally be able to finish/figure out Enchanter...

03-05-2011, 05:35 PM	#6
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	as i understand, they already adapted a fighting fantasy book to a game

12-12-2011, 01:50 AM	#8
RandyACook Avid Reader and Author Posts: 18 Karma: 20001 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Lost in the middle of the US Device: nook tablet (and a nook 1st edition), Kindle Fire, Kobo Vox, iPad	eReaders are really ideal for CYOA books. If you are like me and live in the rural midwest sometime Wi-Fi is not always available. Unlike web based adventure games, that require an internet connection, you can carry ePubs with you and play them anytime and any place.

12-12-2011, 01:18 PM	#9
kkinser Newbie with a Bullet Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New York Device: Kindle3	Try portablequest.com for a bunch of text adventures

12-12-2011, 04:08 PM	#10
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	Check this out, for some Lone Wolf goodies: http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books Brings back fond memories... And the Kindle edition: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...SIN=B005C6AYVW

12-15-2011, 09:44 AM	#11
Robmonster Wizard! Posts: 250 Karma: 548228 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: UK Device: Paperwhite, Voyage + Oasis2	Yes, there are a few of the Fighting Fantasy books available now, they work really well ( except you can no longer cheat your way past the battles!) Rob

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