NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Welcome back to the Gamebook Academy! This is Lesson 6. (You can find all our earlier lessons here, if you’re just joining us.) Now that you’ve learnt how a gamebook is…

by Don Bosco NOTE: This was first published on The Brilliant Foundation PIC 1. In 2011, my two sons started to really enjoy reading books. They had many questions about how stories work, how books are made, and why they liked some books more than others. I designed some story-based activities at home…

NOTE: Remember to visit my Gamebook Academy for free lessons on how to write your own gamebooks! Click here. What a lovely surprise, there’s actually an International Gamebook Day for us gamebook geeks. It’s on 27 August. Yay! My kids really love playing games together: computer games, board games, card…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. My production editor, Colleen Alberti, and I (left) taking a break on a press check in 2019. Please introduce yourself! This September I will celebrate fifteen years of work with Chooseco…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Please introduce yourself! I’m Jerry! I’m best known for my design and development of alt ctrl, or alternative controller, games and experiences. I’ve been a creative technologist as long as I can…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. An introduction, please. My name is Rana Tahir, I’m a poet, educator, and writer. A little bit about me: I’m originally from Pakistan but grew up in Kuwait. I’m a Kundiman…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Nice photo! Please introduce yourself. My name is Stuart Lloyd. I have been reading gamebooks since 1990 and writing them since 2008. In 2010, I began a blog on gamebooks with the…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Welcome back to the Gamebook Academy! I hope you’ve been trying out the gamebook writing tips in our earlier lessons. In this post, we’ll look at some ways you can create…

NOTE: This is part of a series that explains how to create your own simple gamebooks. More articles here. Welcome back! In the first lesson, we learnt how to make a really simple gamebook with just three sections. …