Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread dark
Hi. Firstly, yes, Ffproject do do new books, it's just that they don't come out every day. The last one was footsteps of a hero released at Christmas. As to Age of fable, well it's been through a lot of expantions. Apparently an ending will be added soon when you've completed all the

Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread dark
One thing about age of fable is the more you play, the better you get. I've got a saved game now with a character who started out with 10-15 in all stats accept roguery, with extra points in streetwise, heroism and healing. After finishing all game quests with her (particularly visiting the

Re: [Audyssey] [Spam] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread dark
hi. In the next build there's apparently going to be an analise spel to exactly tell you this thing. At the moment the higherarchy goes from weakest to strongest: nothing, all cloth, all leather, copper, Bronze, Iron. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Allan

Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread dark
use equals and dash, pluss and minus to add or subtract your available skillpoints in the skills menue. Hth. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: James Howard coldshadow...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Re: [Audyssey] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread lelia
Hi, while exploring I hear two kinds of footsteps one on a kind of hard surface then like a sandy surface does that mean you can't go further in that direction? thanks Lelia - Original Message - From: Jason Allen evildi...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread lelia
Hi Jason, is the only character a human? If there are others I can't seem to go through them. thanks lelia who is loving the game when she can play - Original Message - From: Jason Allen evildi...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, March 03,

Re: [Audyssey] [Spam] Re: entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread dark
Hi. The sound of footsteps walking on stone is indicating that your coming to a staircase going up or down. You might be at the end of a corridor which ends in a staircase, or (as happens at one stage in the demo), the stone steps might indicate the top or bottom of a staircase your

Re: [Audyssey] [Spam] Re: ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread dark
Hi. When you start entombed, the only race you can choose is human. Later on though you'll unlock another race to play. Apparently more races will be in the next version. Oh btw, also note that your job has a lot to do with your character as well, so even though your stuck with just

Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. On the skills, press the plus or minus key to make changes to the skill you currently have selected. - Original Message - From: James Howard To: Gamers Discussion list Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 11:00 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED Um jason, I have a question,

Re: [Audyssey] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread Valiant8086
Hi. I think dubeus is better than poor,, decent is better than dubeus, and good is better than decent. Just my guess. - Original Message - From: Allan Thompson To: gamers discussion list Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 10:09 PM Subject: [Audyssey] entomb question Hi, Not

Re: [Audyssey] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Jason, It is a great game, thanks for making it. I am afraid I still am having a hard time trying to figure out which is better then others. The heirarchy of cloth to metal is easy enough, my problem is the description terms that are used, as well as the heirarchy of armors within their

Re: [Audyssey] [Spam] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread Allan Thompson
Hi Dark, I just read Jason's email about the heirarchy of metal armor and he said that it was bronze, copper then iron. An analyze spell would be very cool, but a character with the fighter job perhaps could judge value of weapons and armor as well, or perhaps a dwarf or blacksmith like

Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread Dakotah Rickard
I have a question about a related thing. In character creation, you can only choose create new character. Is this a feature that isn't implemented yet, the ability to reuse a character? Signed: Dakotah Rickard On 3/4/09, Valiant8086 valiant8...@lavabit.com wrote: Hi. On the skills, press the

[Audyssey] more entombed things

2009-03-04 Thread Allan Thompson
Hello again, I had a few more questions and such. by the way, I was playingthe game and I had accidentally hit the grov key (it is directly under the escape key) and when I pressed it, my character managed to cut his hand off. Also, what does the zombie rot potions do? I have drank them, made

Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread shaun everiss
Hmm what is this age of fable, also what are the chronicals of arberel, what are the addresses to download/play this stuff. At 09:19 p.m. 4/03/2009, you wrote: One thing about age of fable is the more you play, the better you get. I've got a saved game now with a character who started out with

Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread dark
Age of fable is an online gamebook style adventure which roles all it's own stats. You can find it at http://www.apolitical.info/webgame/index.php?mode=0 The Chronicles of Arborell is an attempt by someone to do online something similar to what Tokeen did, create an entire world with it's

Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread shaun everiss
thanks At 06:01 a.m. 5/03/2009, you wrote: Age of fable is an online gamebook style adventure which roles all it's own stats. You can find it at http://www.apolitical.info/webgame/index.php?mode=0 The Chronicles of Arborell is an attempt by someone to do online something similar to what Tokeen

Re: [Audyssey] [Spam] entomb question

2009-03-04 Thread Jason Allen
The footstep sounds. A step on stone is a correct movement. A sandy sound means you brushed up against a wall and can't go any more in that direction. There is no penalty for walking into a wall. Some audio games I played would blast this shrieking noise whenever you bumped into a wall. I thought

Re: [Audyssey] ENTOMBED

2009-03-04 Thread Jason Allen
Regarding character creation. I planned to allow you to save character builds to select easily the next time you play. This will probably be removed or added much later though. I'm prioritizing gameplay elements right now. Jason On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Dakotah Rickard

[Audyssey] a very! long! shot!

2009-03-04 Thread Charles Rivard
Sorry for this being a somewhat lengthy post, but I'm hoping that my description of this unit will help in getting the assistance I'm looking for. Here goes: I just got a game controller, and haven't a clue as to how to use the darned thing. It is manufactured by Phillips. I bought it at

[Audyssey] Ocean Sky VIP Pocket Golf

2009-03-04 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Folks, I read about this golf game for cell phones on Fred's Head: Ocean Sky VIP Pocket Golf http://www.oceansky.us/shopgolf.php VIP Pocket Golf is a game designed for the Windows Mobile platform, with visually impaired users in mind! Play 18 wholes of golf, on any of four difficulty

Re: [Audyssey] a very! long! shot!

2009-03-04 Thread shaun everiss
plug in the controler first, and see. then install the software, with my logitech you need to install software first then plug in the device when it tells you. At 01:33 p.m. 5/03/2009, you wrote: Sorry for this being a somewhat lengthy post, but I'm hoping that my description of this unit will

Re: [Audyssey] more entombed things

2009-03-04 Thread Jason Allen
Hi, The key below escape is a key I use for testing. I sometimes forget to disable it. It's not used for anything in normal game play. Zombie Rot potions cure zombie rot. Zombie rot used to be a serious plague in earlier versions of Entombed, but it doesn't show up much (or at all) in the new

Re: [Audyssey] fighting fantasy gamebook

2009-03-04 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi Sean, snip In wrong way back, which floor is the club on. PL] You need to get the current floor from the computer. So, before you start charging around the ship, talk to the computer and it will tell you which floor you are at. I have not played the other games so cannot help. Pranav ---

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Mainstream Games

2009-03-04 Thread Pranav Lal
Hi, I am currently using Dragon NaturallySpeaking and J-say. I have been looking around to see which games I could play using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. one possible option is lone woolf from GMA games. I am open to trying other options. For that matter, I had considered trying mysteries of the

[Audyssey] retractable PC controller

2009-03-04 Thread Charles Rivard
I asked how to use my game controller in a previous post, and have now found out that it a Phillips SGC2909 retractable PC controller. The manual that was loaded when I did the installation is in .pdf format, which, to say the least, I do not like. So far, I can find nothing about this game

[Audyssey] Windows/Linux Interactive Fiction Interpretors

2009-03-04 Thread Draconis Entertainment
Hey all, What interactive fiction interpretors are you WIndows and Linux users using these days? For Linux, we're talking something that works well with Orca. With Windows, something that just works well. Something that works well with ZMachine games and their derived formats, like

Re: [Audyssey] Windows/Linux Interactive Fiction Interpretors

2009-03-04 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi there, I'm a Linux user myself, and can tell you that as far as I know, Orca is out of luck IF-wise. That being said, I do like good old Frotz for the Z-machine, and Glulxe or Git when compiled with ncurses support for Glulx. Frobtads works wonderfully for Tads 2 an 3 games. I am using

Re: [Audyssey] Windows/Linux Interactive Fiction Interpretors

2009-03-04 Thread dark
Hi. for zcode games, --- z1-z8, I use win frotz. I find it's screen layout very handy with hal, though there's always the win frotz tts option as well, especially now I've got decent sapi voices. For tads, I use html tads. I have used win tads in the past, but html tads has the