Allows developers to make a game from scratch Well-known games: Kingdoms of the Dump, Ex Zodiac, Until Then; Twine. Runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Cost: Free Used for: 2D text-based adventure ...

Playfic lets you create and share simple text-based games in minutes February 15, 2012 - 9:02 pm In the age of evolving technology, video games are starting to look more and more like movies.

The choice was yours in the opening scenario of Zork, a 1977 text-based adventure game that's one of the most famous examples of the genre. Choices are at the foundation of the text-based games.

The startup, whose technology has appeared in Oscar-winning films, says the new tool will allow users to create simple ...

In the late 70s, the first real text-based game, Colossal Cave Adventure, was burning up the very limited interconnected networks of ARPANET, which was the precursor to the internet.