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DNS text adventure

A text adventure played through DNS queries and round-robin answers.

gameround robin DNStext adventure

Screenshot used in the talk for DNS text adventure
Screenshot used in the original talk.

Craig Mayhew’s game uses DNS queries as player actions and DNS answers as game text. Round-robin DNS also supplies chance-based outcomes.

It is a clear example of DNS as an interaction loop: query, receive state, choose the next query.

Primary source: https://github.com/craigmayhew/dns-adventure-game