WHAT IS ADVENTURE SNACK?
Update: The Adventure Snack quest ended in November 2023. You can browse the archive to discover and play 100 micro-text adventure games I designed over the course of 4 1/2 years!
My current weekly newsletter is Equip Story, which is about how making games can be as fun as playing them. I’m thinking beyond capitalist constraints and designing game projects that excite and challenge me, and I’m writing what I learn along the way.
Adventure Snack was an interactive story newsletter by game designer Geoffrey Golden. (That’s me!) Imagine having micro-versions of those classic “Choose Your Path” gamebooks sent to your inbox. These bite-sized quests take you to dangerous castles, forbidden galaxies, ancient pyramids, and haunted vacation rentals. If you love games, humor, and surprises, this is your journey. Level up your lunch breaks! Procrastinate with power! Turn your inbox into an adventure!
HAILED BY TASTEMAKERS
Adventure Snack received praise and spotlight coverage in the outer realms. The newsletter was named a “Featured Publication” on Substack three times. It was also featured on WordHack NYC, the IndieCade Anywhere and Everywhere Festival, Narrascope, and on HyperRPG, where I played quests for over two and a half hours with hundreds of fans on Twitch!
“If you often find yourself too busy to fire up a full-length adventure (guilty as charged) [Adventure Snack] is a great and gentle way to add a little dose of interactive fiction to your email routine.” – Aaron Reed, 50 Years of Text Games
“[Adventure Snack] is witty, surreal, and highly amusing… in a style reminiscent of the great Douglas Adams of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy fame.” – KJ Shadmand, Gamebook News
MEET YOUR FELLOW WARRIORS
Here are the kind words players said about Adventure Snack.
ABOUT THE GAME MASTER
Hey, I’m Geoffrey! I’m a game designer and comedy writer. My game credits include Sandship, Murder in the Alps, Fallen Legion Revenants, Helm Greycastle, and Wet Hot American Summer: Fantasy Camp. I’m a writer of multi medias, creating audio fiction, comics, animation, novels, and more. I live in Los Angeles with my partner Amanda and our most prized possession: an animation cel of Paula Abdul and MC Skat Kat from the “Opposites Attract” music video.
