Editing Adventure (section)

===Video games===
{{See also|Adventure game}}

In [[video game culture]], an adventure game is a [[video game]] in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and [[Puzzle|puzzle solving]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Adams |first=Ernest |date=29 December 1999 |title=The Designer's Notebook: Three Problems for Interactive Storytellers |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/the-designer-s-notebook-three-problems-for-interactive-storytellers-resolved |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100510155724/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3414/the_designers_notebook_three_.php |archive-date=10 May 2010 |access-date=9 June 2010 |website=[[Game Developer (website)|Game Developer]] |page=43}}</ref> The [[Video game genres|genre]]'s focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other [[narrative]]-based media, [[literature]] and [[film]], encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games ([[List of text-based computer games|text]] and [[List of graphic adventure games|graphic]]) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multi-player design difficult.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hitchens |first=Joe |title=Game Design Perspectives |publisher=Charles River Media |year=2002 |isbn=1584500905 |editor-last=Laramée |editor-first=François-Dominic |page=258 |chapter=Special Issues in Multi player Game Design}}</ref>