zork-remastered

Zork Remastered

What made the early Infocom games like Zork so special?

• Even though computers did not have good graphics, they enabled talented storytellers to paint vivid pictures in your mind, using words, not graphics, much like books vs. movies today.
• Even though computers did not have a lot of speed or memory, talented software engineers were able to create a powerful game engine and language parser, with a rich vocabulary and grammar, which enabled you to interact with the story in a wide variety of ways.

"Zork Remastered" vs. "Zork Remake"

There are many reasons why people might want (or might think they want) to play Zork Remastered or a Zork Remake:

Non-feasible reasons:

• They played the original Zork and want to repeat that original experience.
• They never played the original Zork and want to experience what others did in that time.
• They played the original Zork and want their younger child to understand and experience it, too!

Feasible reasons:

• They played the original Zork and never beat it, and want to try again!
• They played the original Zork and forgot how to beat it, and want to beat it again!
• TO DO

Appendix: Possible improvements

Graphics vs Text

• If we replaced the written dialogue with graphics (output), with graphics written dialogue with graphics, it would take away your imagination, and take away the story-writing talent of the original authors.
• If we replaced the TO DO input text