BDB Project

The BDB Project is an effort by Gianluca Girelli and Garry Francis, starting in 2024, to update and re-release the many Italian text adventures created by Bonaventura Di Bello in the 1980s (with his blessing) for modern platforms and audiences, in the English language.

The new releases use Inform 6 / PunyInform, based on original game data extracted and reverse-engineered with the aid of UnQuill. The games are updated for modern sensibilities, removing cruelties such as sudden death.

Games

• The Kenneth Johnson trilogy (all entered in ParserComp 2025):
  • Wild West (2025). Adapted from Kenneth Johnson: Wild West.
  • Tin Star (2025). Adapted from Kenneth Johnson: Tin Star.
  • Desperados (2025). Adapted from Kenneth Johnson: Desperados.
• Unknown Dimension (2025). Adapted from Dimensione Sconosciuta.
• The Wrath of Anubis (2025). Adapted from Ken Richards: L'Ira di Anubi.
• Caribbean Treasure (2025). Adapted from Alan Simmons: Bucaneer.
• The Murray Shannon series:
  • The Seeds of Evil (2026). Adapted from Murray Shannon: I Semi del Male.
  • The Horror of Goldmine City (2026). Adapted from Murray Shannon: L'Orrore di Goldmine City.
• Homo Sapiens (2026). Adapted from Antropos: Homo Sapiens.
• The Morgan Tyler series:
  • Eclipse (2026). Adapted from Morgan Tyler: Eclypse.
  • The Cursed Planet (2026). Adapted from Morgan Tyler: Il Pianeta Maledetto.

Links

• Itch page.
• GitHub page -- source code.
• Discord.
• Announcing The BDB Project - IntFiction forum thread started by Garry Francis, 19-Oct-2025.
• BDB Project - at IFDB.