ReHi all.


17 Jan 1995 23:02:06 GMT

Hello IFers, I'm 'home' from the holidays. First, a couple of new
developments, and then a recap on the old ones.

1. I am looking to develop a few text adventures, as money and
time allows. So, if you have a good game idea, and the know-how and
skill to write it, but don't want to deal with the other aspects of it
such as marketing, packaging, betatesting, etc, drop me a line with a
plot synopsis and a writing sample. Or simply a request for more
information.

2. Molley the Mage and I have been putting together a short-if
collection, currently untitled. All that I can tell you is that it will
resemble the Infocom samplers found on gmd. My two contributions to it
will be 'The Underoos that Ate New York' and an Avalon preview. Molley's
will be 'Tying One On' (sp?) and a preview of his upcoming game. I
haven't heard from him in awhile, so the release date is uncertain at
this point, but should be fairly soon after I do hear from him.

3. Daydreams, my first attempt at children's IF, should be ready for
release in about a month. It is recommended for younger children of all
ages. There are a few things of note about it:

*Vocabulary footnotes for the longer words.
*Personalized player character. Your child's name will appear
throughout the story.
*Past tense action, really reads like a book. For example:

>open door
Kevin opened the door slowly, wondering what might be behind it.

*Built in hint system. Your child will acquire traveling companions
that will almost always have an easy to access hint or solution
thanks to the directed dialog module found at ftp.gmd.de.

*Best of all, Daydreams is quite inexpensive, and shareware to boot.
$5.00 will register it, and get you a coupon for $2.50 off for the
purchase of Avalon. (Sorry, coupons are no good for credit card
orders.)

Old Business

1. Avalon: My monumental first game is in the final stages of planning
now. Almost all the story is finalized and ready to program. Much of
the programming and debugging is done. One large segment and two smaller
ones have yet to be programmed, with one tiny segment partially done. I
am going to make an educated guess again here and say by the end of the
school year.

Other things later, gotta go for now.

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