Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf and other adventures
definitely.. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@asmodean.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf and other adventures I modified the subject slightly. Just so you know, there are hundreds, if not thousands of games you can play. For the most part, the games will be Adrift, TADS, Inform, or AGT games. There are a few other types, but these are the more popular with AGT now-a-days being the least. I think that Inform and TADS offer the games with the most flexibility, but writing them has the steepest learning curve. Adrift on the other hand is an engine which allows you to use a gui to choose with buttons and drag and drop, things you want to do, creating rooms, conditions, characters, etc. It might be one of the easier ones to work with, but you have to somethings get pretty creative to make it do what you want due to it already having built-in parameters. You can go to the general if sites and download many adventures, there are regular if, interactive fiction, and then there are those adventures with an adult-oriented theme. These are called aif, adult interactive fiction. You will often hear if games as text adventures which is also an applicable name. Hope this helps. On 8/20/2009 6:13 PM, CSF inc. wrote: Well, that makes allot of sense, didn't know about that, I would like to see all the adventures available; I was under the interpretation that all one needed to do was download the runner.. Good.. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@asmodean.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf Hi, the game runner Adrift is simply the program which allows you to play any taf files. This is like having Microsoft Word installed. Now that you have it installed, you need to obtain taf game files, much in the same way that you would need to have doc documents to open in Word. So if you want to play the adult-oriented text adventure Last Week, you will have to get it from the Adrift section of www.aifcommunity.org. Many thanks. On 8/20/2009 2:02 PM, CSF inc. wrote: Tom you said *.taf files associated with Adrift you can just press enter on LastWeek., I have none of these files, where would I get them from, I simply loaded the adrift 40.something51; that created a adrift, selection under my programs, it has generator, manual, and the run app, after selecting the runner a edit box comes up; then I attempt to load last week and I guess I don't have that file, I thought it was loaded with the program itself.. Thanks - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf Hi, You can either browse for the file, or if you have *.taf files associated with Adrift you can just press enter on LastWeek.taf and it will automatically open in Adrift. As far as finding the adventures to load it all depends on where you unzip the *.taf files to. What I tend to do is put all of my taf files in a directory like c:\Adrift and then set that as the default directory for Adrift. That way I can easily find all of the adventure games I have on my system. HTH CSF inc. wrote: Hello, after selecting the runner how does one load the last week adventure; I can go to adventures and open a adventure, but the LastWeekk.taf file isn't found, where would I find the adventures to load? Thanks --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding
Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf and other adventures
I modified the subject slightly. Just so you know, there are hundreds, if not thousands of games you can play. For the most part, the games will be Adrift, TADS, Inform, or AGT games. There are a few other types, but these are the more popular with AGT now-a-days being the least. I think that Inform and TADS offer the games with the most flexibility, but writing them has the steepest learning curve. Adrift on the other hand is an engine which allows you to use a gui to choose with buttons and drag and drop, things you want to do, creating rooms, conditions, characters, etc. It might be one of the easier ones to work with, but you have to somethings get pretty creative to make it do what you want due to it already having built-in parameters. You can go to the general if sites and download many adventures, there are regular if, interactive fiction, and then there are those adventures with an adult-oriented theme. These are called aif, adult interactive fiction. You will often hear if games as text adventures which is also an applicable name. Hope this helps. On 8/20/2009 6:13 PM, CSF inc. wrote: Well, that makes allot of sense, didn't know about that, I would like to see all the adventures available; I was under the interpretation that all one needed to do was download the runner.. Good.. - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos r...@asmodean.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:38 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf Hi, the game runner Adrift is simply the program which allows you to play any taf files. This is like having Microsoft Word installed. Now that you have it installed, you need to obtain taf game files, much in the same way that you would need to have doc documents to open in Word. So if you want to play the adult-oriented text adventure Last Week, you will have to get it from the Adrift section of www.aifcommunity.org. Many thanks. On 8/20/2009 2:02 PM, CSF inc. wrote: Tom you said *.taf files associated with Adrift you can just press enter on LastWeek., I have none of these files, where would I get them from, I simply loaded the adrift 40.something51; that created a adrift, selection under my programs, it has generator, manual, and the run app, after selecting the runner a edit box comes up; then I attempt to load last week and I guess I don't have that file, I thought it was loaded with the program itself.. Thanks - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] loading lastweek.taf Hi, You can either browse for the file, or if you have *.taf files associated with Adrift you can just press enter on LastWeek.taf and it will automatically open in Adrift. As far as finding the adventures to load it all depends on where you unzip the *.taf files to. What I tend to do is put all of my taf files in a directory like c:\Adrift and then set that as the default directory for Adrift. That way I can easily find all of the adventure games I have on my system. HTH CSF inc. wrote: Hello, after selecting the runner how does one load the last week adventure; I can go to adventures and open a adventure, but the LastWeekk.taf file isn't found, where would I find the adventures to load? Thanks --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your
