Thanks! I tried it and it worked. I've so far been able to get through two games.
Ah! It takes me back! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 4:37 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Need help with winfrotz games. > Yep, you're always in the proper field. Type away. haaha. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:34 AM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Need help with winfrotz games. > > >> Thanks! I haven't played a text adventure since the early nineties, so >> I'm >> a little rusty, and back then I could see where the cursor was on the >> screen >> so I knew I was in the right place to type commands. >> >> So the things like "examine tree" and "feel" tree you would type in to >> move >> the game along? In the winfrotz games, how do you know that your >> cursor's >> in the right place to type them in or does it put you there >> automatically? >> That was what kind of confused me. I'm used to Jaws telling you when >> you're >> in an edit field, so I wasn't sure. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brandon Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 2:00 PM >> Subject: Re: audyssey: Need help with winfrotz games. >> >> >>> Welcome to the world of text adventures. >>> Dence Forest >>> You are standing in an overgrown wood. The trees around you are thick, >>> and >>> branches hang low on all sides. From here, it is unclear which way you >>> should go, as you seem to be surrounded by nothing but woods. >>> Furthermore, >>> you seem to have no recollection of how you got here. >>> Dence Forest score 0, moves 0 >>> examine trees >>> The trees are all quite large and mostly covered in brightly-colored >>> leaves, >>> making you believe that fall is either here, or fast approaching. >>> Strangely >>> enough, you notice that one of the trees near you is sectioned off. The >>> branches seem to be evenly spaced apart, as if the tree were made for >>> easy >>> climbing. >>> Dence Forest score 0, moves 1 >>> feel tree >>> You put a hand on the tree, and it feels cool. Almost metallic. You tap >>> it >>> a >>> few times, and there is a dull ringing, as if the tree is hollow. >>> Clearly >>> this is no work of nature. This is getting stranger by the moment. >>> Your score has just gone up by one point. >>> Dence Forest score 1, moves 2 >>> >>> I hope this example of a text adventure will give you a better idea of >>> how >>> they work. Actually, it was kind of fun writing that. Haha. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 12:41 AM >>> Subject: audyssey: Need help with winfrotz games. >>> >>> >>>> Hi! I greatly fear looking like an idiot, but I just downloaded the >>>> talking winfrotz interpreter and the game-pack that goes with it and I >>>> seem to need some help. They work fine as far as going through the >>>> list >>>> and selecting a game. But, um how do I actually play the games? Are >>>> there help files out there or can somebody give me some direction? >>>> Like, >>>> once the speech finishes reading me the scene, do I just type what I >>>> want >>>> to do, and how do I figure out what that should be, or do I need to use >>>> hot-keys, and if so, how do I find out what they are? >>>> >>>> Thanks. 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