The Klondike Trail

THE KLONDIKE TRAIL chronicles the journey of a poor farmer to the Yukon region of 

Canada to participate in the Klondike gold rush. All in order to pay of the many debts his family has accumulated. In this spiritual successor The Oregon Trail, you and your brother must travel from Seattle to Dawson City in the Yukon, strike rich, and then return with the money to your family, all before the time limit runs out. Additionally, various events will occur randomly, which may make your live much harder or easier. Manage your resources and pace as you desperately attempt to participate in the ‘last great American gold rush’, and save your family from their impending debt, and the loss of the farm.

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GUIDE:

Use the keyboard to make decisions at various stops along the trail. Ensure your food and supplies are up to snuff to ward off massive penalties to your pace and chances of finding gold. Talk to strangers for hints and opinions. And make sure you arrive back home in time.

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GAME BY:

‘The Prospectors’

Noah Scott

Gigi Gossett

Myles Johnson

Aaliyah Spoonamore

Gabe Duncan

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SOURCES USED:

The following sources are a combination of primary and secondary sources which we used to both shape the feeling of the game and create the ‘trail’ that the game follows. All but one of these sources chronical the klondike gold rush; while the Oxford History of the West does not touch on the klondike gold rush, but rather the many others that where in the same vein.

We go into much more detail on how we used these sources and what they are in our attached portfolio.

• Shape, William. Faith of Fools: A Journal of the Klondike Gold Rush. Washington State University Press, 1998. Accessed 10 Jan. 2024

• Berton, Pierre. Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899. Anchor Canada, 2001

• BRACKBILL, ELEANOR PHILLIPS. “A Storied Woman: Harriet Smith Pullen and the Klondike Gold Rush.” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 106, no. 2, 2015, pp. 55–67. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44790676. Accessed 15 Jan. 2024

• Milner, Clyde. O’Connor, Carol. Sandweiss, Martha. The Oxford History of the American West. Oxford University Press Inc., 1994This is of course, the original Oregon Trail. We referenced this game heavily when making our spiritual successor, and the music and vast majority of the sprites are sourced or edited from this game.

• Bouchard, Philip. The Oregon Trail (Apple II version). MECC, 1985