Hey there again!! :)
Yeah, too large steps, I'm afraid! But when I began this one I couldn't see in what kind of maze I had thrown myself into. Then I had to finish this for my own mental sanity...
The main thing is the compiled BASIC dialect I'm using: strings aren't its forte (they're limited to 96 characters), so I had to write a "data compiler" to allocate strings in memory (while slightly compressing them in the process) in FreeBASIC.
Yeah I knew about the 3D/VR remake, in fact I had just began the project when it came out and I got a little "depressed" while wondering if anybody would be now interested in a simplified demake of Colossal Cave Adventure, I got stalled for a couple of months because of that.
You didn't even play the Atari 2600 Adventure? Then you must be pretty young, I envy you! 😁