Closing Note: Letter to the Aliens

     This week, I decided to take a comedic approach to the "we come in peace" mantra of alien contact. This prompt asked me to write a letter to alien explorers who are exploring a long-gone Earth. I explained to the visitors what I suspected to be the cause of the apocalypse, and I gave them a request for the rebuilding of humankind.
     I feel like this prompt could take the form of a text-based adventure game, similar to Zork. The player would interact with an alien command ship, who is intent on destroying the planet. The player's goal would be to convince the alien ship that destroying Earth is not a good idea, and persuading them that humans can be a beneficial ally.  The game could focus a lot on humor, such as in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. Certain key words and phrases would progress the game along, while other words would take away "health" from the player and make it harder for them to save the planet.
     Text-based games don't receive the attention they should, especially from new game creators. However, as a precursor to modern graphics, it's important to appreciate their storytelling style, as the "world's first playable e-book."