DoctorSpuds Reviews Things

Perhaps you were supposed to have a parent with you to discuss the story, what it really meant, if it made any sense and so on? I believe I've tried this software a few times but just like in your third story, it never completed. I've used Story House from Creative Sparks, which presents a much more linear and predictable story with just a few bits one can configure. I suppose it makes more sense, but also is more constricted. There's also Kermit's Electronic Storymaker which I haven't tried and may or may not require a KoalaPad to operate.

 

There are also various movie maker/creator programs which tend to be aimed at teenagers and not exactly fall into the same category though there is a little overlap between these categories.

The Apple ][ version seems to have a different vocabulary.

I was 8 years old when this was released in 1983, so the right age for it, nearly. I remember a lot of zotting and wumpuses when we played with it. It was educational, at least for for me, because it got me thinking about how it worked under the hood, and how it could be improved in the future. The news about DALL-E (a program that generates images from text) today had me thinking about it again.