Bulgarian independent game studio Prime Games (creator of Trap for Winners, Dust and Salt etc.) has announced that they are developing an official, fully fledged computer role-playing game based on the open-world Fabled Lands gamebook series created by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson. An epic series of interactive fiction with the scope of a massive […]
Simon Palmer’s first gamebook, Sandbrook: The cult wants you, is an epic fantasy/horror adventure that takes place in a classic fantasy setting with added Lovecraftian undertones. Featuring 491 pages, more than 800 individual choices (in 5 chapters) and multiple different endings – and of course many ways to die – Sandbrook is a lengthy and
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Interactive fiction is one of the few forms of entertainment media that provide the opportunity to explore imaginary worlds of original design, where the storyline is directly shaped by individual decisions and personal preferences, resulting from an eagerness to take risks and investigate possible threats. This narrative ‘in the mind’ nature of gamebooks subsequently gives
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Backbone: Prologue is a game demo of an upcoming noir-inspired detective adventure from Canadian developer EggNut, where you get to play as a highly relatable raccoon in a trench coat. Step into the shoes of Howard Lotor – anthropomorphic raccoon and private eye – and explore the beautifully rendered 2.5D pixel art environments of dystopian
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Dane Barrett’s second gamebook, The Mystery of Dracula, is an interactive retelling of Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula, incorporating puzzles, riddles and more than a little clue seeking. It includes the same keyword system used in Children of the Painted Apple, Barrett’s previous gamebook, in which the reader is rewarded certain clue keywords
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Hero or Villain: Genesis is a 330,000-word interactive game by Adrao (creator of Highway Wars and Tokyo Wizard), published by Hosted Games. The game is text-based, and while it does feature some artwork, the choices you make entirely control the outcome of your adventure. Become the greatest hero or villain that the world has ever
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Italian developers Open Lab Games and Demigiant have released their narrative choice-based game Football Drama, where you play as Rocco Galliano, the existentially troubled manager of a struggling football team. Football Drama uses cards and power in fast turn-based matches as part of a football championship, implementing in-match controls to allow for the choice between
Victoria Hancox’s Nightshift is a horror-based gamebook with plenty of gore and violence. Your progress through this nightmarish interactive adventure relies on successfully solving puzzles and noting the provided clues, rather than fortunate dice rolls. The only luck needed is in choosing the right path… It started like any other night at the hospital,
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It’s been yet another busy month for interactive fiction, with many interesting releases recently hitting retail outlets or seeking finance via crowdfunding. We’ve gathered together a wide variety of books, digital games, board games and more to tempt you – surely something for both young and old, and every taste and wallet! • • •Savage
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The Isofarian Guard from Sky Kingdom Games is a Solo/Co-op board game for 1-2 players. This narrative-driven adventure takes place in the snowfields of Isofar, in Telios; the same high fantasy world featured in The Stonebound Saga, the strategic card-based skirmish game also created by Sky Kingdom Games. In The Isofarian Guard you’ll explore the
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Aeon Trespass: Odyssey from Polish design studio Into the Unknown, is a 1-4 player, cooperative, narrative-driven tactical campaign game about adventures, exploration and fierce battles with giant monsters. Set in an alternate Antiquity, where a reality-shattering cataclysm killed the Olympian gods and unleashed the scourge of the otherworldly Primordials, Aeon Trespass: Odyssey places the players
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D100 Dungeon from MK Games is a pen & paper game in which you steer an adventurer through underground caves and dungeons, looking for lost treasures and completing dangerous quests. With each game players gain wealth and recognition, and become stronger and more skillful in their pursuits. It is very much like a solo RPG
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The Curse of Saltash Mine is a 120-page adventure gamebook by Paul Stapleton from Bedsit Games, set in the same world as its companion board game, Paupers’ Ladder. Published only in a limited edition print run, the adventure features a simple system of dice roll combat, augmented by the player’s Strength and any weapons they’re
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Man of Medan is the first release in The Dark Pictures Anthology, a new series of cinematic supernatural horror games from Supermassive Games (Until Dawn) for PS4, Xbox One and Steam. Published by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe, this series of stand-alone narrative games will feature storylines that change based on the decisions you make. Each
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