You asked about the CIA engine…
Create Interactive Adventures!
Squid Productions v. 1.0
Rick Lundrigan/Brian Bentley
1998
Shareware/Giftware
Works fine in a DOS environment.
This one works fine in DOSBox. Compiles
to DOS executable.
Comes with the games “Mayberry Mansion” and “A return to Adventure.”
Limitations:
35 rooms
35 characters
105 inventory items (max 3 in each room)
175 player response routines (max 5 in each room)
block any or all exits in a room
scoring system, kill player routine and etc.
I enjoy playing around with obsolete and minimalist systems.
This one is one of my favorites. The game is authored using
info screens. I have the zip file (ciapro.zip) if anyone is interested.
John