Programming Text Adventures in BASIC[edit]
While there were other text based computer games before Adventure like STARTREK (incidentally our first release - Star Trek Classic), this was the first text based 'interactive fiction' game.
- Welcome to Programming Text Adventures in BASIC.
- Hopefully in reading this guide you will be able,
- to program your own text adventures.
What Will I Need?[edit]
- I assume a basic knowledge of the BASIC programming language (please spare the puns).
- I also assume you are using a old BASIC interpreter or compiler such as Quick Basic, Free BASIC
- or Chipmunk Basic. (Qbasic is recommended only for Microsoft systems)
- I assume you are good at computers, play or played a text adventure before.
Starting to Code the Adventure[edit]
So what are text adventures? What is interactive fiction? You've probably played Zork, Adventure, or many others.Interactive fiction or text adventures are very fun to play and communicate a great sense of environment to theplayer. They rely on story-telling, treasure finding, and sheer elements of adventure. If you have never played atext adventure, and would like to get an idea of what a text adventure is like exactly, here's a link to an online version of zork: http://thcnet.net/zork/index.php .
Now let's write a text adventure in Basic.
Note: when creating a game, you should code the introduction LAST. Dive straight into coding the game!
(You really don't need a REM for comments. As an alternative, start the line with a ' )
- Enter this Program into Your BASIC Interpreter or Compiler
(by this day and age, you don't need a number at the beginning of each line (no 10,20,30 on every line)
Remember, the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step!
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Coding Rooms: Arrays & Data[edit]
Okay by now we have a introduction and a beginning, now we need a room. Of course, a room means anythinga dungeon, a spacecraft, or a musty cavern filled with flesh-eating zombies.
To do this, you need a data array. In short, think of an array as a 'storage bin'. You know how for variables, youwould use something like triangle = 9 or name$ = 'Julius'? Well, an array is like an extended set of variables.
To use an array in your text adventure, you must first understand what an array looks like:
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Here is an example of a simple data array that has 5 names stored and lists them on the screen:
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