Re: Inform Competition ?!!


10 May 1995 16:56:55 GMT

David Gilbert (dgilbert@bu.edu) wrote:
: Fury Op (furiop@cii3116-09.its.rpi.edu) wrote:

: : -It must be written with Inform.

: Hmmmmm... Why is this? What about a plain IF competition, rather than an
: Inform competition? Just wondering because I like the idea, but I don't know
: inform ( I use TADS).

Yes, why restrict the competition to Inform? Or Inform and TADS? I for my
part don't use any IF-tool, but I'd be happy if my game were also allowed
to compete... of course only games should be accepted that match certain
criterias, like

*) "text-basedness"
*) no graphics, no sound
*) no unusual new functions (just the known commands like "TAKE", "N"...)
*) existance (and "reachablility") of a "win-state"
*) not more than, say, 10 rooms
*) playable within, say, about 5 hours

Anyway, there are still some problems: Who should be the judge? What if
someone does not accept the result? What if the judges make an obviously
"silly" decision?

Marcus

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