[[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'' (often shortened to ''GAC'') 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 pictures to be 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 a covertape included with the January 1992 issue (#76) of ''[[Amstrad Action]]''. ''[[Amstrad Action]]'' launched a competition to produce an adventure and have it featured on a later covertape. The covertape didn't include two standalone adventures which accompanied ''GAC'' in it's its original package when released.
== Covers ==
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Image:GAC frontpage.jpg|Frontpage
Image:GAC content.jpg|Content
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Image:GAC sec 3 1.jpg|Section 3
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Image:GAC sec 4 1.jpg|Section 4
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Image:GAC sec 5 1.jpg|Section 5
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Image:GAC sec 6 1.jpg|Section 6
Image:GAC appendix a .jpg|Appendix
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* [[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 ==
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== 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]
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