Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer

by Tim Hartnell

Creating Adventure Games On Your Computer by Tim Hartnell Computer Compatibility List 1. GIVE ME MY BOW 2. YOU ARE THE HERO 3. THE ADVENTURE IN ACTION 4. CREATING THE FLOOR PLAN 5. CREATING THE... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345318838
• ISBN13: 9780345318831
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

dated but still a good introduction for a beginner

I agree with the other reviewer; though dated, this is an entertaining introduction to writing simple text adventure games in BASIC.

Hartnell Teaches game construction basics

Hartnell's book is a good introduction to adventure game construction. While the book focuses on BASIC programming, which wouldn't be a programmer's choice today, it offers sound design techniques for the absolute beginner. I used this book to write my first text-adventure games on my Apple //c. It's one of the few old computer books that I will still occasionally open.