I need help with zork /vr/

[Anonymous No.6645402]

this game is kicking my ass guys. when I go north and then back south half of the time it takes me somewhere else or to a wall instead of where I was before. what the fuck is going on? am I playing a shit version?

[Anonymous No.6645424]

It's just messy, no way to draw this on graph paper. what the fuck is even happening around the grating room tho

[Anonymous No.6645437]

The paths curve. You will want to draw a map (or look one up like a gay cheating zoomer). Dropping an object can help you recognize where you are in places like the forest where everything looks the same. Don't feel bad, people are still seething over Zork 1 to this day. You might want to try a more modern text adventure (as in, "also try", you don't have to drop Zork).

[Anonymous No.6645459]

>>6645437
I like drawing a map with gamebooks (like Grailquest which is really fun) but its hard to do with this curving path stuff. can you explain exactly what that means?

[Anonymous No.6645474]

was zork good? when i was a kid, zork grand inquisitor came out, but it was like 12 floppies which was enormous for the time, so i didn't pirate it

[Anonymous No.6645496]

>>6645402
Are you familiar with Tom Wolfe’s novel, the right stuff? It’s about all of the skills and intangible qualities that astronauts needed to have to get us to the moon. Well anon, maybe you don’t have the “right stuff” for Zork 1. You might want to try an easier game.

[Anonymous No.6645578]

>>6645459
If you're in Room A, going South takes you to Room B

If you're in Room B, going West takes you to Room A

You can imagine that the hallway between them is curved at a right angle but basically it's the devs being dicks

[Anonymous No.6645623]

>>6645496
so if you dont know how to play the game the moment you start it you dont have what it takes? thanks for the help. I have been playing point and click escape games its just kind of a learning curve playing a text adventure for the first time
>>6645578
thanks! I will keep this in mind now.

[Anonymous No.6645624]

>>6645578
Don’t tell me what I can or can’t imagine you fucking fascist.

[Anonymous No.6645627]

>>6645623
What, do you think that astronauts could just haul off and ask some board of middle aged men how to build the shuttle? No, they had to figure it out for themselves, through hard work, and sticktoitiveness. Maybe you see where I’m going with this?

[Anonymous No.6645661]

>>6645627
Continued, 2/?

Listen, let me break it down for you even further. If you want to “boldly go” to the end of Zork 1, you’ll need to tune not only your mind but your body and vestibular senses as well. Just like Alan Shepard, or to a lesser extent, buzz aldrin.

[Anonymous No.6645745]

>>6645578
even with that in mind I swear there are some places that just make no sense directions wise. or mabye im not paying attention?

[Anonymous No.6645761]

>>6645578
>>6645745
like for example im at the clearing with a pile of leaves I go south twice and im still in the forest

[Anonymous No.6645765]

>>6645745
Continued 3/?

Do you think that Neil Armstrong could make sense of directions when he was driving that big honkin shuttle all the way to the moon? No, he had to use his instincts, and follow protocol. He had to make his own navigation charts, do his own calculations. No one was there to help him figure out how to “complete” his mission. He had to keep his wits about him and “boldly go” towards his objective with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.

[Anonymous No.6645836]

>>6645474
It’s more known for being one of the very earliest if not the earliest example of adventure games of any kind. It’s.....okay.

[Anonymous No.6645847]

>>6645836
Ellipses have 3 dots, any more than that is like having yourself a cheeky wank at a urinal