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« Reply #40 on: December 12, 2007, 03:28:13 PM » |
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The winner will receive the title of "Awesome", to be placed on top of his avatar.
How about "Text God"? :D |
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« Reply #41 on: December 12, 2007, 05:26:04 PM » |
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Yeah, a vote sounds good.  And I'd like to reiterate that the idea is to really try to finish your game, even if it requires scaling the idea back.  |
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« Reply #42 on: December 13, 2007, 08:34:39 PM » |
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So ... anyone else looking at Inform 7, their attempts to create something with it, the wordy errors they seem to be getting, the sheer amount of documentation, and just thinking  ? There is, I think, a very good reason that no one tries to use the English language to program things. Having the compiler try and give me a chirpy explanation about what it was trying to do but didn't manage is definately not helping. Give me specific utterly incomprehensible errors that I can google to get proper explanations of any day.  Guys look what I found! Mystery adventure creatorIt's way simpler than inform and Tads since it only emulates old skool adventure games with no fancy pants syntaxic blahblah, and as a bonus you can use pictures. Just looking at the tutorial it seems rather powerful too. |
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« Reply #43 on: December 14, 2007, 02:07:05 AM » |
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I just realized that it has been a good minute since I played a text adventure game. Is there a good text adventure that some could recommend to me so to brush up on my IF?
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« Reply #44 on: December 14, 2007, 05:35:18 AM » |
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Play absolutely *anything* by Adam Cadre. It'll fundamentally change the way you think about games.
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« Reply #45 on: December 14, 2007, 06:33:49 AM » |
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« Reply #46 on: December 14, 2007, 07:41:19 AM » |
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I dunno, so far I haven't been too impressed with his stuff. Though I've only played Photopia and Shrapnel. I actually played Photopia twice, not fully realizing it until the end. I guess I didn't find it too memorable the first time around I agree with the standard philosophy behind it though: no "puzzles" really, just more of a way to explore a fiction. |
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« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2007, 11:07:47 AM » |
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How do I send the game to this comp when I am finished?
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« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2007, 01:53:49 PM » |
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You can pm me the link, e-mail me, start a thread and post it there, or post it right here in this thread. |
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« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2007, 02:38:44 PM » |
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Play absolutely *anything* by Adam Cadre. It'll fundamentally change the way you think about games.
Thanks guys |
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« Reply #50 on: December 15, 2007, 04:54:35 AM » |
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Not that I want to be a cold shower for the (admittedly justified) TIGS hard-on for Cadre, but if you want to see a few games in a different style: Vespers (Plague-ridden monk solves mysteries.) Sunset Over Savannah (Holiday-maker seeks beauty) Scavenger (Fallout-ish post-apocalyptic highjinks) Downtown Tokyo, Present Day (Man in helicopter fights giant chicken) Attack of the Yeti Robot Zombies (Random dude fights monsters) |
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« Reply #51 on: December 15, 2007, 08:12:56 AM » |
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Vespers is really good, haven't played or heard of any of the others...
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« Reply #52 on: December 15, 2007, 12:48:35 PM » |
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I'm starting to learn Inform. Actually, I wanted to do this for quite a while now, so thanks for giving me a little push.
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« Reply #53 on: December 15, 2007, 09:36:22 PM » |
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I've just blitzed through 3 days of writing my entry - first IF ever. Did it in Alan ( http://www.alanif.se) Anyone out there feel like doing some testing for me before I formally submit it? Could use some extra eyes looking for bugs and problems. It is called The Christmas Party - and it has you saving Christmas for a bunch of orphans - and maybe scoring some brownie points with a cute girl. Any takers for testing? PM if interested |
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« Reply #54 on: December 16, 2007, 01:29:46 PM » |
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So ... anyone else looking at Inform 7, their attempts to create something with it, the wordy errors they seem to be getting, the sheer amount of documentation, and just thinking ? There is, I think, a very good reason that no one tries to use the English language to program things. Having the compiler try and give me a chirpy explanation about what it was trying to do but didn't manage is definately not helping. Give me specific utterly incomprehensible errors that I can google to get proper explanations of any day. I think I understand what you meant now. I'm close to the end of Chapter 3, and there's so much still to chew through... |
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« Reply #55 on: December 16, 2007, 09:53:39 PM » |
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So ... anyone else looking at Inform 7, their attempts to create something with it, the wordy errors they seem to be getting, the sheer amount of documentation, and just thinking ? There is, I think, a very good reason that no one tries to use the English language to program things. Having the compiler try and give me a chirpy explanation about what it was trying to do but didn't manage is definately not helping. Give me specific utterly incomprehensible errors that I can google to get proper explanations of any day. I think I understand what you meant now. I'm close to the end of Chapter 3, and there's so much still to chew through... I learned ALAN ( http://www.alanif.se) for my entry (first IF ever) and found it pretty clear, with a really good beginner's guide, if you want another option. Yeah, Inform is the granddaddy, but there are other choices possible. -OG |
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« Reply #56 on: December 17, 2007, 12:19:12 PM » |
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I am using Quest for this.
If Inform or TADS seem a little difficult to grasp fast enough for a quick game, you can always look at editors such as Quest, ADRIFT, or SUDS. (Note: SUDS is free).
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« Reply #57 on: December 19, 2007, 12:00:06 AM » |
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Just curious, you say TIGER Assaults, so have there been TIGER Assaults in the past, or is this a new thing? And how often are these going to happen?
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« Reply #58 on: December 19, 2007, 06:15:49 AM » |
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Former Tiger secretaries have agreed not to mention Tiger's past assaults in exchange for monetary compensation.
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« Reply #59 on: December 19, 2007, 09:55:41 AM » |
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Ugh, don't think I'll be making it this time. Have to go on a christmas trip in very few days.
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