[[Image:gac cover.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''The Graphic Adventure Creator cover''' (often shortened to ''GAC'') was a game creation system/programming language for adventure games published by [[Incentive Software]].
Published by Its main advance over the already well established ''[[Incentive SoftwareThe Quill]], the Graphic Adventure Creator '' was a game creation system/programming language clever graphics editor, one of very few vector graphics editors for adventure gamesthe CPC.
Its main advance over the already well-established [[The Quill]] was a clever graphics editor, one of very few vector graphics editors for the CPC. This enabled 'rooms' pictures to be portrayed drawn using a minimal amount of memory.
In the heyday of the CPC, few major-label commercial games were produced using ''GAC '' (probably fewer than with ''The Quill''), but it had a vast following in the homebrew and public domain scenes - despite a comparatively high retail price of £24.95 (in the UK).
''GAC '' was also notorious for its [[Lenslok]] protection system, which mercifully was removed before the utility appeared on an a covertape included with the January 1992 issue (#76) of ''[[Amstrad Action]] covertape''.
== Games using The Graphic Adventure Creator ==* ''[[The_Smirking_Horror|The Smirking HorrorAmstrad Action]]* [[Yarkon_Blues|Yarkon Blues]]* [[Yarkon_Blues_II:_Space_Station_Zebra|Yarkon Blues II: Space Station Zebra]]* [[Help_Inc'' launched a competition to produce an adventure and have it featured on a later covertape.|Help Inc.]]
The covertape didn't include two standalone adventures which accompanied ''GAC'' in its original package when released. == Manual Covers == <gallery caption="The Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC)"> Image:2000px_GAC Back Cover.jpg|Back CoverImage:2000px_GAC Front Cover.jpg|Front Cover </gallery> == Disc == <gallery caption="The Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC)"> Image:GAC Disc.jpg|The Program </gallery> == Tape == <gallery caption="The Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC)"> Image:GAC Tape side B.jpg|GAC Tape side BImage:GAC Tape side A.jpg|GAC Tape side A </gallery>
== See also ==
* [[List of games created using The Graphic Adventure Creator]]
== Manual ==
* [[Media:Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC) Manual.pdf|Graphic Adventure Creator (GAC) (Incentive Software) Manual]] {{EN}} {{PDF}}
== Advertisement ==
[[image:AmstradComputerUser14-0186 page 0091.jpg|thumb|none]]
== Links ==
* {{CPCPower|4943}}
* [http://www.genesis8bit.fr/archives/index.php?news_id=924 How to make a game with the Graphic Adventure Creator]
* [https://dspace.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/handle/1880/51523/2016-1086-05.pdf Interview with Sean Ellis about the development of ''Graphic Adventure Creator'']
* [http://moteprime.org/article.php?id=62 Scanned notes and disassembly of ''Graphic Adventure Creator'' on Sean Ellis' personal web site]
[[Category:Applications]] [[Category:Manual]]