Dragonworld is an interactive fiction

Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...

 computer game with graphics. The game was published by Telarium

Telarium

Telarium Corporation was a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software. The corporation was founded in 1984 and went defunct in 1987. The headquarters were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. President of Telarium was C. David Seuss, the founder and CEO of Spinnaker Software.- Adventure games :Telarium...

 (formerly known as Trillium), a subsidiary of Spinnaker Software

Spinnaker Software

Spinnaker Software was a 1982 founded software company known primarily for its line of non-curriculum based educational software, which was a major seller during the 1980s. It was founded by chairman Bill Bowman and president C. David Seuss....

, in the year 1984. The game was written by Byron Preiss

Byron Preiss

Byron Preiss was an American writer, editor, and publisher. He founded and served as president of Byron Preiss Visual Publications, and later of iBooks.-Early life and career:...

 and Michael Reaves. The story is based upon their novel Dragonworld (Doubleday

Doubleday

-History:It was founded as Doubleday & McClure Company in 1897 by Frank Nelson Doubleday, who had formed a partnership with magazine publisher Samuel McClure. One of their first bestsellers was The Day's Work by Rudyard Kipling. Other authors published by the company in its early years include W....

 1979).

Reception

A german reviewer recognized the detailed graphics and the atmospheric fantasy prose. Text parser

Text parser

In an adventure game, a text parser takes typed input from the player and simplifies it to something the game can understand. Usually, words with the same meaning are turned into the same word and certain filler words are dropped .The parser makes it easier for the game's author to react on input...

, graphics and storyline got the score "sehr gut" (very good).

External links

• Dragonworld at Allgame
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• Dragonworld at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History by Howard Feldman
• Dragonworld at Adventureland by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier