Further ruminations on Trinity and design craft.
The Craft of the Adventure by Graham Nelson is a foundational work of game design craft. It’s a fantastic point of departure for conversations about interactive fiction. There are two versions of this text, with major differences between them. Topics discussed:
- My next game
- Microsoft studio closures
- Famously bad puzzles in Zork II
- General discussion of The Craft of the Adventure (1995 version)
- Problems with creating narrative urgency in Trinity and A Mind Forever Voyaging
In the next episode, the discussion of The Craft of the Adventure continues, with an emphasis on the second, Designer’s Manual 4 edition.