This interactive novel is a mix between a computerized novel and an interactive game. There are four different participants, which are mainly important for this work: the author Rob Swigart, the producer Brad Fregger, Activision the responsible publisher company, and Nexa Corporation who are responsible for the programming process.
The player plays an unnamed astronaut protagonist which came back to the earth and sees that there are no more humans at all. The player gets assisted by a storytelling mainframe called Homer.
Every done task leads to new unlocked data, which are links of information. And only with the help of these links, the player can find out what happened with the humans and reach the end/goal of the game.
The player plays an unnamed astronaut protagonist which came back to the earth and sees that there are no more humans at all. The player gets assisted by a storytelling mainframe called Homer.
Every done task leads to new unlocked data, which are links of information. And only with the help of these links, the player can find out what happened with the humans and reach the end/goal of the game.
For more information about Rob Swigart and his works follow this link.
Swigart, Rob. Portal, A Computer Novel. Activision, 1986
K-R. Pekgüven
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