I got bored. I sent Al Lowe an e-mail. He wrote back. This is the message (I was really bored...). Would anyone be interested in getting in contact with Bob Heitman just for general questions and answers on SCI? Nothing really specific mind you. He's actually programming GameBoys now :) - he works for TranSolar, and he's being contraced out, as is Corey Cole :) Cheers Ian (You can tell Al doesn't have word wrap on his e-mail client...) ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date sent: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 11:00:35 -0700 From: Al Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: SCI To: "Ian C. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: Al Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The main designer was Jeff Stephenson. Bob Heitman was a major contributor. Chris Iden and many others also helped. Look at the credits on any of the early SCI games. "System Programmers" means "the guys who created SCI." The ones on the most games contributed the most. AGI was also Jeff's baby. When it started, there were many on the team, but it narrowed down to Jeff and Bob and a few others. The tools started out terrible and worked their way up to bad over the years (compared to Photoshop, 3d studio, etc.). For their time, they were remarkable! AL Visit my humor website: www.allowe.com For daily free jokes, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian C. Smith To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 5:21 PM Subject: SCI Hi Al Congratulations on your hard work and dedication to us adventure game fans, and I feel quite awful about what happened last year with Sierra. However, I'm writing to ask you about SCI - just any things you remember about it, who were the main designers and everything. I'm not asking about engine specifications - just your personal memories about it (and AGI if you still remember back that far... or if you actually want to remember back that far), what you liked and disliked, how hard it was to use the developer's tools. You've probably already been contacted by other interested in SCI - I guess we're all from the same batch, the guys working with and interested with FreeSCI. If you don't know anything about them, I'd be happy to give you some info - but you're probably way to busy to check out reverse-engineering stuff like that. Hope for all the best for you. Ian
