Wilderness: A Survival Adventure

Wilderness: a Survival Adventure
Developer(s)	Titan Computer Products
Publisher(s)	Electric Transit
Platform(s)	DOS IBM Mac OS
Release	1986
Genre(s)	Survival

Wilderness: A Survival Adventure is a survival game, with gameplay revolving around surviving in a harsh landscape.

Game features

Plot

The background of the game's story is minimal. All that is truly known is that the player character has become lost in a wilderness area (the default being the Sierra Nevada) after his plane crashes, and must actively work to survive and possibly find a way to escape back to civilization. Interaction with other characters is scarce or entirely absent, depending on the terrain and how the player chooses to progress throughout the game.

Gameplay

Gameplay requires text input. In order to facilitate this, the game engine has a vocabulary of over 300 words. For example, to drink potable water one might type:

carry water

How many ounces?

1

OK what next?

use matches

OK what next?

make fire

be careful

use utensils

OK what next?

boil water

OK what next?

drink water

The player must keep track of hunger, thirst, and fatigue temperature in addition to Health; given as a percentage. This require the accomplishment of "every day" tasks such as eating, drinking, and sleeping, as well as hunting, cooking, gathering, and finding a place to rest.

Another important aspect of the game is the item-crafting system. Many are useful, but absent. However, the game allows the player to create tools, weapons, and other items to assist in the player character's survival. for example, to use a splint, required if you sustain an injury, you must have/acquire rope and a stick

Many of the items, such as kindling, and arrows, degrade overtime and ultimately break, making the building of additional items necessary. Foods, such as meats, can go rotten in just an in-game day, but there are some which will not, due to being preserved

The game features a non-linear structure, giving the player the freedom to progress through the game without specific goals in mind beyond attaining the basic necessities of survival.

Development

Created by Wesley Huntress and Charles Kohlhase.