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(Replay)Episode 50: How to Create Online Choose Your Own Adventure Games

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Here are 3 different resources students can use to create online choose-your-own-adventure games.

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Why Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Projects Work for Homeschoolers

These projects are great for:

• • creative writing
  • history and literature projects
  • independent research
  • project-based learning
  • technology integration
  • co-op presentations

1. Text Adventures

Best for: beginners and middle school students

Text Adventures actually has 3 different options to create choose-your-own-adventure games. There is the option to download software, but I have always used the online version.

Initially, you are asked to select between Quest and Squiffy. Select Quest (Squiffy is a little more complicated and only text).

Then you can start creating a Quest game. Now select ‘Gamebook’ in the drop-down option rather than text adventure. The latter allows you to create rooms with objects that can be manipulated. If your children enjoy the easier option, they could progress to this