A collection of 17 Scott Adams text adventures for your retro-gaming pleasure.

I've ported Scott Free over to Scratch to allow the original data files to be using in Scratch.

I've also added an interactive frontend menu, the ability to load and save games in Scratch and much more.

I've only fully tested the first of the adventures (Adventureland) at this point. There will undoubtedly be errors in the Scratch port which will need addressing. I think that Adventureland is 100% playable but am sure issues will likely arise in at least some of the other adventures. Please report any bugs/glitches in this thread and I'll work through them.

The adventures included are -

• Adventureland
  
• Pirate Adventure (a.k.a. Pirate's Cove)
  
• Secret Mission (orig. called Mission Impossible)
  
• Voodoo Castle
  
• The Count
  
• Strange Odyssey
  
• Mystery Fun House
  
• Pyramid of Doom
  
• Ghost Town
  
• Savage Island, Part I
  
• Savage Island, Part II
  
• The Golden Voyage
  
• Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle
  
• Return to Pirate's Isle
  
• Buckaroo Banzai
  
• The Hulk
  
• Spiderman
  

Enjoy!

I love your output console. It looks so much better than mine: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1516358/

BoltBait wrote:

I love your output console

Thanks but I can't take credit for the console. As mentioned in the credits, it's based on @griffpatch's console. I was more interested in getting the Scott Free Interpreter working than in spending time on the input/output. Having said that, I might modify it somewhat now that the interpreter is working. I'd like to get it more responsive and to add a scroll bar so the user can look back through the history.

BoltBait wrote:

It looks so much better than mine: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1516358/

Yours looks fine and is fast and responsive. I'll have a proper look at your adventure when I have some time free. Based on Zork? That was the first adventure game I played! I actually thought about porting Frotz across to allow Infocom games to be played in Scratch. But that's a project for another day

The current version (1.04) is stable and works well on all adventures that I've tested. I haven't played through all of the adventures and would welcome feedback from anyone who plays through any of the adventures - especially if there are any aspects that aren't working as they are expected to.

I've fixed a few issues with the save game and this feels pretty stable now which is very important. It would take a lot of perseverance to complete any of these adventures in a single sitting!

(Thanks to @bidulule for curating this project which may garner it some more attention).

Happy adventuring to one and all!

While this is a great game (I love these styles of adventures), the style in which you type in commands, and the way the actions are presented make it very confusing. It is quite difficult to know what actions are available to you, or how to proceed with the adventures. I would like to recommend adding in a feature that would give you a list of available actions at the given time, or at least adding a more complete list of basic commands to the project description.

Again, this is a great game, with a phenomenal concept!

Rather than filling up the project description with a massive list of words, I decided to do it here instead. Also, some of them are likely to be mild spoilers so I thought it best to not have them on the project page.

I think this is a full list of usable verbs for Adventureland. Synonyms have been put on the same line - for example, GET, TAKE, PICK and CATCH all perform the same action. The game only looks at the first three letters of any verb so I've had to apply a little guess work to determine what some of the verbs actually are. For example, I'm assuming the word HOL is actually the first three letters of the word HOLLER.

This might help with playing the game and should also shed light on the type of verbs to use in the other games. Note that each game has its own list of verbs so some of these may not work in the other adventures and, similarly, there will be some verbs in the other adventures that don't work in Adventureland.

GO, ENTER, RUN, WALK, CLIMB
NORTH, N
SOUTH, S
EAST, E
WEST, W
UP, U
DOWN, D
JUMP, LEAP
CHOP, CUT
GET, TAKE, PICK, CATCH
LIGHT, IGNITE, BURN
DROP, RELEASE, SPILL, GIVE, POUR
THROW, TOSS
QUIT, STOP
SWIM
RUB
LOOK, EXAMINE, DESCRIBE
SCORE
INVENTORY, I
SAVE
WAKE
UNLOCK
READ
ATTACK, SLAY, KILL
DRINK, EAT
FIND, LOCATE
HELP
SAY, SPEAK, CALL
SCREAM, YELL, HOLLER
FILL
CROSS
DAM
MAKE, BUILD
WAVE, TICKLE, KICK, KISS, TOUCH, FEEL, HIT, POKE
OPEN

Happy adventuring…

RokCoder wrote:

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Happy adventuring…

Thank you so much! That helps a lot!

how do i go down the hole to see whats in it? I need help ASAP

lun54eva wrote:

how do i go down the hole to see whats in it?

I'm assuming you're playing the Adventureland game? Try GO HOLE or ENTER HOLE.

Hello!

I’m wondering if you could make a mobile friendly version which asks the question? This may not be possible, but most of the time I’m using scratch I’m on mobile, and I can see that your projects must be fun and amazing but I can’t play them.

I understand if you can’t. Thanks!

BuzzedOut wrote:

Hello!

I’m wondering if you could make a mobile friendly version which asks the question? This may not be possible, but most of the time I’m using scratch I’m on mobile, and I can see that your projects must be fun and amazing but I can’t play them.

I understand if you can’t. Thanks!

I try to make most of my projects mobile friendly but text adventures have a certain charm in working so that they display the characters as you type them. Sorry about that

Can you show one for Secret Mission?

What do I do at the beginning of Adventureland?

how do I make medicine to cure my chigger bites?

In need of help,

GirlScratch300 wrote:

how do I make medicine to cure my chigger bites?

In need of help,

You need to put mud on the bites. To do this, simply `take mud`.

RokCoder wrote:

GirlScratch300 wrote:

how do I make medicine to cure my chigger bites?

In need of help,

You need to put mud on the bites. To do this, simply `take mud`.

THANK YOU TvT