The Bard's Tale Construction Set
A system for creating Bard's Tale-style dungeon crawls.
The Bard's Tale Construction Set is a game creation system for designing dungeon crawl video games using the Bard's Tale engine. Developed by Interplay Productions and distributed by Electronic Arts, it was released for the Amiga and MS-DOS. Unlike similar engines, it did not require ownership of the Construction Set to play created games, and allowed designers to add custom title screens.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Interplay
- Producer
- Thomas R. Decker
- Programmer
- Tim Cain
- Greg Christensen
- John Philip Britt
- Series
- The Bard's Tale
- Genre
- Role-playing, game creation system
- Modes
- Single-player
- Platforms
- MS-DOS, Amiga
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The Bard's Quest was a three-part game series created by Alex Ghadaksaz of VisionSoft in 1994.
- Flying Buffalo Inc. offered a game called The Buftale based on the company's offices and employees.
- Computer Gaming World's Scorpia criticized the small number of graphics and damage spells but recommended the program to those interested in designing their own computer role-playing games.
Sample scenario
The included sample scenario is titled Star Light Festival. It takes place in the rundown village of Isil Thania, where adventurers have come to see the annual Star Light Festival, during which an eerie light from a star turns night into day. While waiting at the Rainbow Bar, a small twisted man leads the party into sewers using maps from the original Bard's Tale game. The quest moves through various city locations, eventually revealing secrets behind the Star Cult and the town.
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