About This Game Only the foolhardy would risk an encounter with the unknown perils that lurk in the murky depths of Darkwood Forest. Yet there is no alternative, for your quest is a desperate race against time to find the missing pieces of the legendary Hammer of Stonebridge – fashioned by Dwarfs to protect the villagers of Stonebridge against their ancient doom.Computer gaming was in its infancy and it was the early days of tabletop RPGs when Ian Livingstone's The Forest of Doom exploded into bookshops in the early 80s, proudly displaying Iain McCaig’s iconic cover.Relive the adventures in Darkwood Forest, lovingly updated for PC, Mac and Linux. Presented in full colour with realistic physics-based dice rolling for battles, auto-mapping, an auto-updated adventure sheet and stat keeping.This Standalone edition of The Forest of Doom gamebook comes specially themed to suit the adventure. The Forest of Doom is also available to purchase within the Fighting Fantasy Classics library. Please note that purchasing one does not unlock the other and will need to be re-purchased if desired in the other format. a09c17d780 Title: The Forest of Doom (Standalone)Genre: Adventure, Indie, RPGDeveloper:Tin Man GamesPublisher:Tin Man GamesFranchise:Fighting FantasyRelease Date: 30 Oct, 2014 The Forest Of Doom (Standalone) Pack I wanted to like this game, but I simply cannot. I loved the good old series fighting fantasy books by livingstone, however, I feel the devs have chosen a really poor book to begin with as the writing is too simplistic and predictable. Warlock of firetop mountain was always one of the favorites among fans of these books and would've captivated many more people than what this forest of doom could, deathtrap dungeon, even city of thieves.The game uses unity engine which seems unecessary, adds very little originality to the book it is based on, illustrations are low res, theres very little content for its price tag, and the music is absolutely godawful. The music was an extreme annoyance to me as I was trying to read the book and concentrate on the narrative when the music is just blaring trumpets into my ears, I had to mute the music because it never stopped being loud. I think if the devs put some thought into this game and think about how they can bring an old adventure book into the attention of modern pc gamers, they could achieve delivering a great experience to their customers. Also, warlock of firetop mountain is just a much better story.However, if you;re looking for a game based on an adventure book then I would recommend looking at Joe Dever's Lone Wolf game which is also on steam for a similar price but is considerably superior.. Forest of Doom is a gamebook originally released as a paperback in the 80's under the Fighting Fantasy Gamebook series. The game mechanics, text and all of the art from the book itself is intact and laid out very well along with some music to set the mood (which can be turned off).For those who are not familiar with gamebooks, they are literally a cross between Dungeons & Dragons and Choose Your Own Adventure books. You "play" the game while reading the book and choosing different paths with usually a goal to reach in the end. You roll up stats for your character: Skill, Stamina and Luck and also keep track of your equipment on a character sheet. An automap is also featured and very helpful on subsequent playthroughs, because beating these books on the first try is extremely rare. Combat is done by rolling dice adding your Skill score and comparing it to the creatures result. Higher score hits. This is repeated until someone wins. Other factors come into combat as well...items, luck, escaping, multiple enemies etc. The game can be quite difficult in later parts of the game when creatures tend to be a lot tougher but by then the hero is usually quite capable for themselves.Most books tell a typical D&D like story and sometimes items or quests are involved to resolve a mystery or defeat some evil foe. The books were quite popular in the 80's and have had a recent resurgence, these games originally appeared on tablets and only now are making their way onto Steam.As a final note, I can't recommend these games enough especially for old school RPG players out there. There's nothing quite like sitting down for the night to unwind and relax and playing\\reading these on a big screen TV....along with a nice bonus...achievements! A dream come true for me. Excelsior!. I still have a lot of the Fighting Fantasy books from when I was a kid, and to see them in a new format is a joy.Whether you're a long-time fan or new to the series, The Forest of Doom is a real gem.I look forward to seeing more adaptaions, especially if they're as well done as this one.10\/10. An adventure to be had!Worth a couple of hours full of adventure through a forest that almost took my life several times over in hard core mode.A short book but It'll be one that I actually read. More over very action packed and leaves you to think before you choose.Dice rules stick to the classic.Although the book doesn't have many visual on several other beasts, you could add custom visuals for the game itself.For those of you who do not like to manually save your game I suggest you Free Read mode (Cheats). I wanted to like this game, but I simply cannot. I loved the good old series fighting fantasy books by livingstone, however, I feel the devs have chosen a really poor book to begin with as the writing is too simplistic and predictable. Warlock of firetop mountain was always one of the favorites among fans of these books and would've captivated many more people than what this forest of doom could, deathtrap dungeon, even city of thieves.The game uses unity engine which seems unecessary, adds very little originality to the book it is based on, illustrations are low res, theres very little content for its price tag, and the music is absolutely godawful. The music was an extreme annoyance to me as I was trying to read the book and concentrate on the narrative when the music is just blaring trumpets into my ears, I had to mute the music because it never stopped being loud. I think if the devs put some thought into this game and think about how they can bring an old adventure book into the attention of modern pc gamers, they could achieve delivering a great experience to their customers. Also, warlock of firetop mountain is just a much better story.However, if you;re looking for a game based on an adventure book then I would recommend looking at Joe Dever's Lone Wolf game which is also on steam for a similar price but is considerably superior.. The Forest of Doom,Is just as the description states a "create your own adventure" book. That means you have to read through the entire adventure and from time to time there's an image that's relevant to the situation.If you don't like reading, then you should stay away from this game, otherwise, if you like visual novels and rpg's; go buy it. It's worth it.Depending on how you play, the game can be rather challenging, but satisfying. There's a lot of combat and many treasures to be found. Some may aid you and some may.., well, do something else.An important thing about this game is that it stands or falls with your own imagination. It's just as good as your fantasy and as such it's rather complicated to say if it's a good or bad game.For my own taste I say it's a good game and fun to play.. 6.1 hrs on recordAHH FEEL THE NOSTALGIA!As a child growing up in the 80's and being a big reader it was a labour of love saving up money to buy every fighting fantasty book as they came out. This was my first purchased fighting fantasy book so it still holds a special place in my heart. Forest of Doom was in the typical setting of most of the fighting fasntasy books. Tin Man games has done a great job of transferring this book to the computer. If you enjoyed fighting fantasy books back in the day then I highly reccommend you pick this up for your self or your children.. While this game could have easily coasted by on nostaglia, I'm very impressed with the work that went into the presentation. Where do I start? The music is decent - not my cup of tea, though some may enjoy it (it's certainly thematic). All of the old artwork has been not only retained, but enhanced with color, and (in the case of the main menu screen, and perhaps others I haven't seen yet) subtle animation. The parchment-style rendering of the text is a nice touch.The interface is easy to use, and the creators understand their users. The game supports the use of unlimited bookmarks to simulate how you used your fingers back in the old days! The graphics and sound effects further enhance the atmosphere of the game, although they aren't obtrusive on what is simply a text-based game. The game comes with extras written by co-creator Ian Livingstone himself, about the history of Fighting Fantasy and the creation of Forest of Doom.Anyway, I appreciate the TLC that Tin Man and Livingstone brought to the project. I hope this makes enough money that we see more of these. I can't wait until Deathtrap Dungeon, Freeway Fighter, and other alliterative titles are released! Also, the Sorcery! series...keep em coming, guys.. Although I recommend this game for its fun and unique storytelling, I must include a word of warning.This game is short. Although you'll undoubtably have to play it through four or five times before you see everything, it's still a very short game with little content. The creatures are stereotypical of this genre, but you must remember this is based on an old novel from the days of D&D. We didn't have the crazy monsters which we have now.I'm not sure if the game is worth the money I paid, even if that amount was lower due to a Steam sale. I expected this game to be as long as a Tolkien novel with thousands of different paths and events. This is more like a single chapter.In the end, I do recommend it for a quick play through, but wish I had referenced the game before purchasing. At least to the game's credit it offers a free-roaming option so that I may re-read every possible option without fighting.. Couldn't throw my money at this product quickly enough. This series of books defined recreation during my childhood 30+ years ago. I have no idea whether or not this product would be appealing to someone who lacks the nostalgic bliss that I have regarding this series, as it is basically a CYOA book with some 'lite roleplaying' concepts borrowed form tabletop gaming. Dice, stats, equipment tracking...all of these things are faithfully recreated here along with the original artwork. But for people in a certain age bracket or for younger gamers who want a taste of how we amused ourselves before the advent of the internet and couldn't get a DnD group together...this is a perfect taste of the FF gamebooks of yore. New Faerie Solitaire Harvest Trailer: New trailer for FSH just uploaded! 49 days until release!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA8KkfpO_d4We're trying to reach our wishlist goal before release so please wishlist the game and share its store page with others to help us out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/. Faerie Solitaire Cards Repaint: First repaint of the cards is done (I've been wanting to do this for over a year+): http://i.imgur.com/KpO3I.pngNote: The sizes of the art on the top are the full sizes, but they will be scaled down a bit to the bottom sizes so that they fit better on the cards. This art is not final. If you see anything which bugs you please let me know so I can fix it. I see a bunch of stuff which I want to improve on, but overall I'm pleased with the improvements.New full size is 750x1070 vs the old full size of 75x107. These cards are 75x107. The new full sized cards will make it possible to display the cards in game at larger sizes without losing detail. Also, I made sure to paint them at a large enough size to allow me to get some real decks of cards printed! :D As soon as I get the cards perfect I'll make it possible to buy real decks of FS cards for a limited of time.. Reminder! Faerie Solitaire Remastered for original owners!: Our stats show that many of the owners of Faerie Solitaire have not tried Faerie Solitaire Remastered yet. If you own FS then FSR should be in your account. Please check it out! http://store.steampowered.com/app/583930/Faerie_Solitaire_Remastered/. Hurry! Get Faerie Solitaire Harvest while it's still on launch discount!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/If you loved the original Faerie Solitaire you will probably love this new game too!Save 10% on FSH until the 29th!Want a peek at some of the new pets in FSH? Hover the spoiler tag!Oooo, shiny!. Help us tag FSH!: Please go to the store page for Faerie Solitaire Harvest and press the + button next to the tags. On the left side, click all tags you think are correct to confirm them. On the bottom right, enter/add any tags you think are appropriate but missing from the list.Tags are incredibly important for discovery on Steam so if you want to help us out this is a small thing you can do that can have a big impact! And don't forget to wishlist if you have not yet! https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/. New 2018 Beta: A new better late than never version is on the 2018 beta branch. You will need to switch to this "2018_beta" branch to play this update. Once enough people confirm that it works as intended I will graduate it to live.If you play this please give feedback on if you notice it being better. Maybe create a new profile to test with if you feel up to it.The changes specifically: * The chance for all eggs to drop is much higher now. Shouldn't be too high to make the egg hunt unfun, but let me know if it's too high or not.* After you purchase the Tree of Life powerup the drop rates for eggs go even higher to prevent the need for endless grind. So if you already have Tree of Life powerup unlocked you can enjoy the even higher rates. There is no tool tip for the powerup for this effect but it is in game.* Egg shop removed. It's more fun to get eggs in game than buy them.If you previously played but never got the last egg achievements and lost your save (or played the older beta with egg shop and got a glitch) you can download this save to use to complete the last two achivements: https://www.subsoap.com/temp/FaerieSolitaireClassicSavegame.zipPut the files in the folder in the zip in your C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Faerie SolitaireThis update is unfortunately still only for Windows for technical reasons. It would be possible to make new Mac/Linux builds but I will need to rewrite some of the dependencies this version of the game uses which have only Windows versions. Maybe in 2019.For anyone who got all of the eggs in the original version, just know you beat RNGesus.This is still not the final update to this classic version but I'm still pressed for time so I'll have to budget more time in 2019 to make some more changes and quality of life updates before the final update for this game is released.I still also encourage people to play the Remastered version once we get the engine rework released for it. Should be Soon(TM).. 1,887 wishlists. ?? days until release. 94.35% toward goal.: Wishlist!https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/We're making the release date a little sooner. All we'll say for now is the game will come to you sooner than before! Our new goal is 2k wishlists! It should be possible to get before our new release date!. Faerie Solitaire Remastered is released!: Merry Christmas!http://store.steampowered.com/app/583930/Faerie_Solitaire_Remastered/Note that if you're a FS owner you don't need to buy FSR again. We're waiting on Steam to setup the packages properly so that all FS owners get FSR. This should happen Soon™Steam achievements are coming as well as cloud saves. We'll add trading cards too as soon as FSR reaches Valve's new minimum purchases. Mac and Linux builds are coming soon as well.. 482 wishlists. 42 days until release. 12.05% toward goal.: Have you wishlisted our new game yet? Help us reach our wishlist goal of 4,000 before release! https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/. 1,786 wishlists. 21 days until release. 44.65% toward goal.: Faerie Solitaire Harvest is almost here for everyone! Wishlist!https://store.steampowered.com/app/348910/Faerie_Solitaire_Harvest/Though we won't reach 100% toward goal without a miracle we are still super grateful for your support! Thank you! Next game we publish on Steam we'll have the coming soon page live for longer so hopefully we can reach our goal next time!
The Forest Of Doom (Standalone) Pack
Updated: Dec 8, 2020