Maybe the unix version got some more updates. On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, Lenron wrote:
> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 02:15:18 > From: Lenron <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] larn discovery > > I am trying to find it for windows only saw something about version 12.4 > > On 7/25/19, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > > version will be at least 14.0. > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2019, Lenron wrote: > > > >> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 01:53:59 > >> From: Lenron <[email protected]> > >> Reply-To: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] larn discovery > >> > >> Could someone please post the link to grab this game? > >> > >> On 7/25/19, Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > No sound, and no mud. You play this on your local machine. Your > >> > screen > >> > reader produces what sounds come from the game as a result of reading > >> > text. > >> > You start out on the town screen after giving a character name which > >> > has > >> > three types of characters. > >> > Letters which are monsters who would like to chew on your face and > >> > other > >> > parts. The period character which is open ground, and numbers which > >> > are > >> > locations to enter. > >> > You enter those with upper-case E and except for the dungeon which is 8 > >> > and volcano which is 9 you use > >> > escape key to leave the others. > >> > You got a sick daughter at home and 10,000 moves to first get enough > >> > experience in the dungeon; next sell gems at bank, next upgrade > >> > equipment at D&D store, and next enter the volcano to find the potion > >> > that will cure your daughter. I think there's another mission after > >> > that one, but I've never lived long enough to find out. > >> > It's a top down view game like nethack and rogue and hack if you've > >> > ever > >> > played those. In the dungeon, the # character is a wall and though > >> > looking with : and ^searching for traps with ^ are supported, no long > >> > searching is done in this game like in nethack. > >> > I haven't figured out how to wear rings yet but I'm working on that. > >> > > >> > On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, lori duncan wrote: > >> > > >> >> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 17:46:30 > >> >> From: lori duncan <[email protected]> > >> >> Reply-To: [email protected] > >> >> To: [email protected] > >> >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] larn discovery > >> >> > >> >> What game is this, and does it have sound or is it just a mud. > >> >> > >> >> On 24/07/2019 21:45, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >> >> > I was getting killed off early and often so changed game strategy > >> >> > and > >> >> > started reading scrolls and books and drinking potions when found. > >> >> > I > >> >> > was > >> >> > confused for a while from one of those potions, but one of the > >> >> > scrolls > >> >> > I > >> >> > read asked for a direction so I gave it one. A ray shot out and > >> >> > crumbled > >> >> > a statue and I got another scroll out of the statue. So apparently > >> >> > statues are scroll or book holders and unlike nethack don't have to > >> >> > be > >> >> > moved a couple levels to yield their contents. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#120859): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/120859 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32591480/21656 Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
