bsdgames-adventure

adventure

The adventure command launches a text-based interactive fiction game, a modern port of the original Colossal Cave Adventure. Developed in the 1970s, it's one of the earliest examples of interactive fiction and laid the groundwork for the adventure game genre. Players navigate a vast cave system by typing simple commands (e.g., 'go north', 'take key', 'open door') to explore rooms, solve puzzles, collect treasures, and overcome obstacles. The primary goal is to find all the treasures and return them to the starting location, known as the 'well house'. The game emphasizes exploration, logical deduction, and resource management within a purely textual environment, offering a unique and historically significant gaming experience.

This is a purely text-based game; interactions are solely through typed commands and descriptive text. Modern users accustomed to graphical interfaces might find the interface challenging. Game progress is typically saved in a file (e.g., ~/.adventure or adventure.dat) and can be resumed later by simply running the command again.

Players interact with the game by typing natural language-like commands. The game responds with descriptions of the current location, available objects, or consequences of actions. Common commands include movement (e.g., 'north', 'n', 'go east'), interaction (e.g., 'take sword', 'drop keys'), and querying information (e.g., 'inventory', 'look'). Success requires careful reading, mapping, and creative problem-solving.

The original Colossal Cave Adventure was created by Will Crowther in 1976 on a PDP-10, inspired by his caving hobby. Don Woods significantly expanded it in 1977. Its release sparked the interactive fiction genre and influenced countless later video games, including graphic adventure games and RPGs. The version provided by the bsdgames package is a modern, often updated port of this foundational work, maintaining its original spirit and gameplay.

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