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--- sd:write_your_own_adventure_games_in_basic [2026/03/29 16:23] – appledog
+++ sd:write_your_own_adventure_games_in_basic [2026/03/29 16:31] (current) – appledog
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 Let's start small, with a typical "CYOA" (choose your own adventure) style game. These are the easiest of all games to make, and if you start here with me, I will take you on a journey unlike any other. Let's begin in the grassy field -- a clearing, in a forest. It's a sunny day.
-PRINT "Welcome to the Adventure!"
+<codify BASIC>
- PRINT "Would you like instructions (Y/N)? "
+ CLS
- A = GETKEY()
+ PRINT "Welcome to the Adventure!"
- IF A = ASC("Y") GOTO 200
+ PRINT "Would you like instructions (Y/N)? "
- IF A = ASC("y") GOTO 200
+LET A = GETKEY()
- IF A = ASC("N") GOTO 500
+ IF A = ASC("Y") THEN GOTO 200
- IF A = ASC("n") GOTO 500
+ IF A = ASC("y") THEN GOTO 200
- GOTO 120
+ IF A = ASC("N") THEN GOTO 500
+ IF A = ASC("n") THEN GOTO 500
+ GOTO 130
 REM INSTRUCTOINS
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 PRINT "expecting you..."
 PRINT ""
- PRINT ""
+ INPUT "Press ENTER to continue:", A$
-PRINT "Rural Route Bend"
+ CLS
- PRINT "You are on a peaceful hike along an old"
+ PRINT "Rural Route Bend"
- PRINT "country road, enjoying a stress-free"
+ PRINT "You are on a peaceful hike along an old"
- PRINT "weekend escape from the city. The day"
+ PRINT "country road, enjoying a stress-free"
- PRINT "started bright and sunny, but a large"
+ PRINT "weekend escape from the city. The day"
- PRINT "cloud has drifted overhead, offering"
+ PRINT "started bright and sunny, but a large"
- PRINT "welcome shade."
+ PRINT "cloud has drifted overhead, offering"
- PRINT ""
+ PRINT "welcome shade."
- PRINT "As you round the bend, a long gravel"
+ PRINT ""
- PRINT "driveway with a white picket fence"
+ PRINT "As you round the bend, a long gravel"
- PRINT "and a field on the left winds westward"
+ PRINT "driveway with a white picket fence"
- PRINT "towards a barn and an old one-story"
+ PRINT "and a field on the left winds westward"
- PRINT "farmhouse. Its paint is faded, but it"
+ PRINT "towards a barn and an old one-story"
- PRINT "has the comfortable look of a long-"
+ PRINT "farmhouse. Its paint is faded, but it"
- PRINT "loved family home."
+ PRINT "has the comfortable look of a long-"
- PRINT "It appears to be abandoned."
+ PRINT "loved family home."
+ PRINT "It appears to be abandoned."
+</codify>
+This is the start of our game. Although it may seem like nothing special is going on here, this is the most important part of the story. A good start will increase the player's experience of the game.
+under construction!