Games Created Over the Years

[rotter]

I had a quick count of ADRIFT games created over the years by version, as listed on my Delron ADRIFT games page.

I posted one of these a couple of years ago and thought I'd bring it up to date. The numbers do include AIF games.

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ADRIFT  Version                        
Year    3.8     3.9     4       5       TOTAL
Unknown 1       6       5               12
1999    3                               3
2000    8       4       3               15
2001            73      13              86
2002            34      54              88
2003            36      55              91
2004            25      73              98
2005            12      65              77
2006            13      47              60
2007            5       24              29
2008            5       37              42
2009            2       44              46
2010            3       23              26
2011            3       15      12      30
2012                    7       22      29
2013                            4       4
2014                    1       2       3
2015                    1       7       8
 

[ParadoxGames]

I love statistics. thanks for this!

[P/o Prune]

But it's a little discouraging to see how the amount of games are going down.

[David Whyld]

ADRIFT 5 doesn't gave the same kind of appeal that 4 did. Until that changes I don't see more people using it.

It also has a lot more competition than 4 did. 4's only real competition was Quest, but 5 has Inform and Twine to contend with.

[ParadoxGames]

Do you think that Twine is as dynamic as ADRIFT? I've been wanting to write text adventures, and a friend told me he used Twine in school to write on for class. I tried it but found it not very capable, so I sought out another and that's how I found ADRIFT.

[David Whyld]

I like Twine myself but it's aimed at creating CYOA-style games whereas ADRIFT is aimed at parser games.