Em Tue, 25 Aug 2015 19:58:10 +0200
Mateusz Viste mate...@viste.fr 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 mate...@viste.fr 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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