Videogames are usually a very visual art form… but lots of games choose to tell their stories using a more traditional method: words.
Originating from choose your own adventure books, interactive fiction was one of earliest forms of videogame and continues to be hugely popular today, with titles like 80 Days (2014) drawing in new audiences.
Type your own adventure with our selection of text based games.
Book TicketsText based games often involve branching storylines, which means the choices you make have impact, and can even affect the outcome of its story. We can also find this mechanic in Role-Playing-Games, like the Mass Effect series, where the player character’s choices can alter the plot of the game.
Why not have a go at creating a story game yourself using Twine in our Lab area?
The LabCreated by Andrew Plotkin, The Dreamhold is an interactive fiction game that teaches you how to make interactive fiction.
View GameExplore a beautiful paper craft world: play as the muse riding a giant three tailed fox, lost in a 3D fantasy world. Belgian developer Fishing Cactus, is now working on Epistory’s spiritual successor, Nanotale.
View GameThe pixel art and synth wave soundtrack transport you back to the 1980s, as you tackle over 1000 words in this fast paced, arcade-style typing game.
View GameSpunky Spelunky is a short and sweet cave exploration game written in Twine, a free open source tool for telling interactive non-linear stories.
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