Original question by @[email protected]
I’ve played A dark room, and Zork. I’m looking something more like the first one, text-based but able to push some buttons to do things rater than do everything with commands. I’ve thinking in Dwarf Fortress, but it’s too colorish, like Brogue, which I do like a lot.
Do anyone have some recommendations? Thank you.
you could explore yourworldoftext its basically an infinite multiplayer word processor, where anyone can put down text anywhere and edit it.
im not gonna spoil too much as that would ruin the fun, but i will say the rabbit hole goes deep.
useful tip: click menu > show coordinates.
It’s cool place but doesn’t have moderation so there is a lot NSFW stuff there.
true. though i will say its much less extreme/chaotic the farther you go out. still probably probably not great for work given the fact that anyone can edit.
Nethack, maybe?
That used to be my slacking off game at my first real job. I’d ssh into my computer at home and sneakily play Nethack whenever I got bored. Either that or browse websites with Links.
This was around 2007 and way outside my comfort zone as far as computers were concerned. I felt like such a hacker at the time :)
i almost ascended NetHack at work playing over Telnet on nethack.alt.org
bitburner!
(a programming-based incremental RPG where you write JavaScript scripts to automate gameplay, hack servers, learn skills, and progress in a cyberpunk world. free on steam or in your browser)
Good game
corruption of championsWoah hey now
Not even gonna mention the sequel?
Honestly, I prefer the original to the sequels.
If you’re up for a browser based game, Kingdom of Loathing can be really fun.
Fuck yeah. Glad to see them gaining popularity
I would recommend Universal Paperclips to anyone who enjoyed A Dark Room.
I second this. The background and philosophy behind it, the questions you ask yourself, the thinking it makes are really worth.
ugh…
man. I spent way way too much time on that cow clicker
Not really text-based but https://crawl.develz.org/
MUD’s are poised to make a comeback.
As an aside, how is your thumbnail animated? First I’ve seen that.
It’s a GIF. You can try it.
Alter Ego! Underrated text-based DOS classic, now easily playable in your browser:
Dunnet is a good hour-long game. Comes with emacs.
Nethack is a command line classic
Anchorhead. https://store.steampowered.com/app/726870/Anchorhead/
It’s a cosmic horror text-based game that adapts the Cthulhu Mythos. It’s fantastic. This is the updated and enhanced Steam version but the original 1998 version is free:
trimps, it’s mostly text ish and crazy good ! Just make sure you type it with an i
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