Re: Ever feel...


2 Jan 1995 06:08:32 GMT

: My last design decision: let players use "all" for verbs besides drop
: and take, or not? I've been back and forth on this. I really don't
: want them getting a complete list of objects by typing 'all' after a
: verb, but will it frustrate people?

: Cast your vote; I'm going to go with majority opinion.

NO! "All" is a curse upon text-adventure designers (although you do
kind of have to leave it for drop and take), and should be eradicated
wherever possible. Players shouldn't be frustrated by it, unless they're
relying on it to cheat. They especially shouldn't be frustrated if you use the
cool TADS code that someone posted on here a while back for deactivating
"all" -- I can repost it if you don't have it.