Game Development Reference
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Maniac Mansion ,
the first video
game released by
Lucasfilm Games,
utilized an engine
called SCUMM that
allowed players
to point and click
instead of having
to type so many
commands.
FiGuRe 2.3 Colossal Cave Adventure is an example of a text-based game.
The opening text provided instructions on how to interact with the computer
using commands of one or two words. In order to move around in the game, the
player typed in commands such as Enter if the game told them they were near a
door, or compass directions ( north , south , and so on) to navigate to new areas of
the game. Many early players sketched out a map on paper to track their travels
as they dialogued with the computer.
Contrast the text in Figure 2.3 with the richly illustrated Myst III, Exile in
Figure 2.4.
the film Big opened
with a boy play-
ing a game that
had the look and
feel of Maniac
Mansion combined
with Colossal Cave
adventure.
FiGuRe 2.4 M y s t features serenely quiet yet exotic-looking backgrounds that
depict highly realistic environments just begging to be explored.
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