Analyzing Lone Wolf Gamebooks with Graph Theory
2025-09-23
The author encoded the Lone Wolf series of gamebooks as directed graph networks and used graph theory algorithms to analyze their properties. The Dawn of the Darklords was excluded from the analysis as it wasn't officially released as a gamebook. The analysis covered 28 books across four series, calculating the shortest path to the ending, the shortest path to death, the path with the most fights, and other statistics for each series. Results showed a decrease in difficulty and an increase in adventure and story focus over time. Technical details like handling disconnected graphs and cycle removal were also discussed.
Game
Lone Wolf