@ch0ccyra1n @gamedev are you considering switching to using a game engine? Or are you more trying to figure out how to proceed with development of your own implementation?
If you’re developing a text adventure and you feel stuck, the library of ZIL (Zork Implementation Language) games here might be a good place to find inspiration: https://github.com/historicalsource
@ch0ccyra1n @gamedev relatedly: https://foss.heptapod.net/zilf/zilf
That’s an OSS “compiler” for ZIL inputs
Fixated on pure C? Hope you like reimplementing stuff from C# …