Ask HN: Good text-based games like “A dark room” or “Dwarf fortress”?

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6 years ago

I am doing some research around the simplest game interface (but the game doesn't have to be simple!), mostly strategy games but other types might work too.

A great example is "A dark room". Another example (although it's a bit too complex for what I'm researching) would be Dwarf fortress.

Any other intriguing games that you can share?

Also, if you were to build such a game from scratch, what languages/platforms would you use? e.g. "A dark room" is open source and uses mostly Javascript [0].

Thanks for any suggestion!

[0]: https://github.com/doublespeakgames/adarkroom

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