Bestiary by Perry_Williams

Comment Perry_Williams

I wrote "Bestiary" in 1987 for the Amstrad CPC series, using the Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC) authoring tool. It got good reviews in the two leading Amstrad user magazines (Amstrad Action and Amstrad Computer User), and some pleasing responses from the 30 or so people who bought copies from me as a result. I later designated the game as "public domain" (the equivalent then of "creative commons").
This Quest version closely follows the Amstrad game, using the original 8-bit pictures, but I have made full use of Quest's alternative mouse-driven interface. I have also made a few minor adjustments to make the game more friendly to the player - in particular, avoiding the possiblity of lock-outs.
I believe this version is pretty robust, but I'm hesitant to call it a "beta" version without further play-testing. I would be grateful for comments of any kind, but especially for notification of any bugs, text errors, infelicities, or commands which should be provided for but are not.