Em Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:58:10 +0200
Mateusz Viste escreveu:
> I think what Tom is saying (and to what I totally agree), is that
> without an internet connection, and a modern browser, a DOS user has
> no chance to even run the program (because of the password).
This is easy to overcome. We could just include a 'README' file
mirroring the homepage contents within the distributed software
package.
> Further 'game' is compromised as well, since there is no way to know
> what one is supposed to type in the shell.
Believe you or not, that's a major feature of the game. ;-) Moreover,
there is a way to know: it's free software --- the source code is
available.
> I understand there might be some bigger concept somewhere in the
> background, but a game must be - well - playable. Terminal Matrix, as
> well coded as it might be, is simply not targeted to a general
> audience.
I see.
> Have anyone other than you actually played this game?
In the net abroad, not that I'm aware about. However, I've just
published it, and it didn't get much promotion yet. I expect that as
the program get distributed and more people get to know it, the number
of effective players will increase.
== Context Below =
> Em Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:53:00 +0200
> Mateusz Viste escreveu:
>
> > Okay, I tried it. And I'm lost.
>
> That's expected. The loose wording in TM's homepage is part of the
> game. It plays a dual role: keep the wrong-minded people out and
> invite the right-minded people in. The truth is hidden within the
> lines of those paragraphs and deep inside the program's source code.
>
>
> > First, I started the game, and I got stuck on a login/password
> > screen. I tried several combinations, none worked. No way out. Had
> > to switch off the computer. This alone can be seen as a real
> > nuisance.
>
> That's true. I'll consider this as a feature request for the next
> release. ;-)
>
>
> > Second attempt - I read on your website the login and password (how
> > would someone figure it out when getting the program from anywhere
> > else than directly from your website?)
>
> They should not, unless someone who already has access provides one to
> them.
>
>
> > The login/password works. I got in a shell where I can run a
> > matrix-like screensaver, clear the screen, or exit back to DOS. Any
> > other command I tried to type ended with a blinking "NO REPLY"
> > message.
>
> It seems RIS is not willing to talk to you.
>
>
> > I really don't get it. I might be missing something, since I am not
> > much into intelectual games, but I find the Terminal Matrix
> > experience highly frustrating.
>
> Have you watched the demo session?
>
> http://oitofelix.github.io/terminal-matrix-8086/tm.mp4
>
>
> > If I understand it right, this is some kind of shell prototype,
> > right? But then, maybe could you actually turn it into something
> > useful, like maybe an interactive fiction engine or so? As such, a
> > prototype is likely to be of any interest only to you.
>
> It's not a prototype, it's a fully working program as demonstrated in
> that video.
>
> Besides being a terminal of communication to an hyper-dimensional
> being, Terminal Matrix is an experiment in psychology, free software
> development model and remote ideological corroboration.
>
>
> > BTW, you might want to announce such stuff rather on the FreeDOS
> > user list. FreeDOS-devel is rather about development.
>
> I've already announced it there as well.
>
>
> Thank you for playing TM!
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