In May 2021, the winner of a small competition for self-created text adventures was voted. The PunyJam participants had the task of starting the game in a room called Broom Closet. The description of the room was also precisely specified. The rest of the game was left to the imagination and creativity of the author. This resulted in 8 different text adventures which were evaluated by a jury. The decision was very close. The difference between first place and second place was only a tenth of a point.
Errol Flynn sailing the Caribbean with a band of buccaneers. Facing Basil Rathbone in a fencing duel to free Olivia de Havilland from the clutches of this rival pirate. Battling two warships at once. Then, employed by the English, overthrowing the French garrison of Port Royal. The inspiration for a certain ultra-famous game going by the name of Pirates! Which makes it into the grand adventure of a heroic individual. Nobody, on the other hand, made a movie about the "adventures" of Lionel Atwill as the colony's original governor in the movie. A week in the life of the head of local administration? Though that is exactly what some German game developers tried here.
Imagine the beginning of a great adventure: You are standing in a forest. The sky is blue, the sun is shining and the wildlife is wandering about. There is a guy named Jack, Steve or Brat next to you, who will turn out to be an invaluable source of information, for he is The Guide. With great foresight you brought a set of tools along, so you can start right away. What will it be? Do you want to start digging, to search for valuable ores and treasure caves? Or do you want to attack that slime creature that is coming closer, in the hope that it will drop some valuables? Or how about building a base, maybe a log cabin, first? All of this is possible in Terraria, an open-world 2D platformer, that combines the fun of exploration, fighting and building in one game.