## Description
79-year-old Edward Packard, founder of the Choose-Your-Own-Adventure line and
cut out of the loop by ChooseCo franchise revival, makes a bid for his slice
of the pie in this expanded digital adaptation of his original interactive
book by the same name which was first published in a 16-ending version in
1985, book #50 of the original gamebook line and sequel to _The Cave of Time_
, the very first in the _CYOA_ franchise.
The game presents updated text from the books (goodbye, pay phones — hello,
cell phones!) in several branching, forking narrative threads at the book’s
titular nexus of the timestream, wherein the player directs the actions and
decisions of the protagonist through several junctions where they get to
choose one of two or three situationally-appropriate options offered, here by
touching the screen to select the desired choice. The story then proceeds down
that selected narrative avenue, with its own unforeseen complications, until
reaching another junction requiring the player’s decision-making input. This
adaptation not only incorporates illustrations as did the original, but the
multimedia capabilities of the new platform allow sound and other special
effects to be part of the gamebook players’ experience.
This gamebook adaptation promises to be the first in a tentative three-game
conversion deal..
U-Ventures: Return to the Cave of Time