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When the game starts, the game's introduction is printed in the main window, usually followed by a description of the players initial location, and then a prompt at the bottom of the screen waits for the players first command.
 
When the game starts, the game's introduction is printed in the main window, usually followed by a description of the players initial location, and then a prompt at the bottom of the screen waits for the players first command.
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To the right is a map that shows the locations that the player has visited so far, and below that is a window where the game can display images if it chooses to do so.
  
 
In addition to the commands for the actual game, the runner supports the following special commands:
 
In addition to the commands for the actual game, the runner supports the following special commands:

Revision as of 06:37, 19 December 2011

Finding games to play

The best place to find ADRIFT games is the ADRIFT web site Adventures page.

Sort by Ratings Desc to show highly regarded games.

You can download these games, play them online, and read their reviews.

  • Because ADRIFT 5 is still very new, most of these games were written with ADRIFT 4

ADRIFT games will either be .TAF files or .BLORB files. A .TAF file could also have image and sound files associated with it, in which case it will probably be provided as a zip file that you need to unzip before playing.

The Runner

Right click on the .TAF file and select 'Play' to start the runner. Alternately, you could also start the ADRIFT Runner from the start menu and use the 'open adventure' icon to locate the .TAF or .BLORB file that you wish to play.

ADRIFT Runner is the application, which takes the adventure files created with Generator, and interprets them as an adventure. Runner attempts to recreate the traditional adventure environment as introduced to computers when adventures first came out, but it also improves on this by supplying extra functionality such as a realtime map, optional control panel (to use the mouse instead of keys), general point-and-click, colour customisation, automatic text completion, and a high-score table.

Runner.jpg

When the game starts, the game's introduction is printed in the main window, usually followed by a description of the players initial location, and then a prompt at the bottom of the screen waits for the players first command.

To the right is a map that shows the locations that the player has visited so far, and below that is a window where the game can display images if it chooses to do so.

In addition to the commands for the actual game, the runner supports the following special commands:

  • Save - The current state of the game is saved to a .TAS file
  • Restore - Load a saved .TAS file
  • Undo - The state of the game goes back to how it was before the previous command
  • Restart - Start the game from the beginning
  • Quit - Exit the game