The Portopia Serial Murder Case: Difference between revisions

Yuji Horii began development of ''Portopia'' when he was 27 years old after took an interest in the adventure game genre while reading about such games becoming popular in America in a computer magazine. Realizing that the genre had no Japanese entries, or even a meaningful presence in Japan, Horii took it upon himself to create the first entry. The result was a a non-linear game with approximately 20 screens programmed for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-6000_series PC 6001], created entirely by Horii alone. While researching the genre, Horii made note that several games had fixed scenarios in which player merely shifted from one screen to another without much influence on the sequence of events, and decided to craft a narrative that moves as the player makes decisions instead. Horii would later single out  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_House ''Mystery House''], published by Sierra Online in 1980, as a prime example of these fixed scenarios<ref>僕、もともと漫画家志望だったんで、コンピューターで物語を作ることに夢を抱いていたんです。テキストのやり取りでゲームができたら面白いなと思って。当時、ちょっと思ったのは、アドベンチャーゲームって『ミステリーハウス』もそうなんですけど、現状だけなんですよ。現状から時間が動かない状況で謎を解いていく。そうじゃなくて火曜サスペンス風にして、プレイしながら事件が進んでいって、ドラマティックな仕立てにしてみようと思ったのが『ポートピア連続殺人事件』なんですよね https://archive.is/SYD3j</ref>.