“ There are two major modes to the game, a textual spell-casting game, and a more complex interactive puzzle mode. Play starts with the spell game. The game has three difficulty modes. In the two easiest modes Visual Studio questers must cast spells to appease a malevolent gatekeeper known only as “the compiler,” the text adventuring of Zork with the wizardy and magic of Loom. If the player’s spell contains even a single faulty incantation, the compiler will respond with a torrent of abuse and spells of its own; the player must piece together clues contained within compiler’s response to determine how they went wrong.
Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio 2010, Ars Technica.
