Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread brennenkinch
Okay Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Jacob Kruger wrote: > > Windows frotz 1.16. > > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > "Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..." > >> On 2016-10-11 12:57 PM, brennenki...@gmail.com wrote: >>

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread Jacob Kruger
Windows frotz 1.16. Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA "Resistance is futile, but, acceptance is versatile..." On 2016-10-11 12:57 PM, brennenki...@gmail.com wrote: And what version of frotz are you running Sent from my iPhone On Oct 11, 2016, at 2:01 AM, Jacob Kruger

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread Jacob Kruger
You can pull both of them off this NVDA add-on repository - one is called interactive fiction interpreter, and the other one is specific to winfrotz - that's probably the only one you really need: http://jeff.tdrealms.com/NVDA.htm And, when you fire up winfrotz, it should ask you to browse

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread brennenkinch
And what version of frotz are you running Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2016, at 2:01 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote: > > Run NVDA, since there are even a couple of NVDA add-ons for use with IF > interpreters, and in any case, using certain oldish versions of winfrotz, you >

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread brennenkinch
How do I run these addons and is there a place with windows frauds where I can put the games that I want and run them every time I start the program or run them from inside the program Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2016, at 2:01 AM, Jacob Kruger wrote: > > Run NVDA,

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-11 Thread Jacob Kruger
Run NVDA, since there are even a couple of NVDA add-ons for use with IF interpreters, and in any case, using certain oldish versions of winfrotz, you can activate preferences using ctrl + P, and then there's a speech output page, which lets you turn on automatic reading of all output, but,

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpritures for windows10

2016-10-10 Thread brennenkinch
Hi does anyone know if any good interactive fiction interpreters for windows 10 Brotz does not work that well with windoweyes Sent from my iPhone --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone

2016-06-08 Thread Devin Prater
Oh, I know what you're talking about. If you want free, try the Frotz app. It works with voiceover, and has plenty more games. --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone

2016-06-08 Thread dark
and dreamhold available. hth. Dark. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com> To: "audyssey" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2016 9:51 AM Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone I have decided t

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone

2016-06-08 Thread Jacob Kruger
al Message - From: "Rajmund" <brajmund2...@gmail.com> To: "Charles Rivard" <wee1s...@fidnet.com>; "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: 08 June, 2016 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone Hello, Sorry if I'm m

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone

2016-06-08 Thread Rajmund
Hello, Sorry if I'm missing something, but, by interactive, we mean things like zork? If so, not sure what app you've tried, but try frotz, for IOS. Again, I might be missing something, and in that case, I'm sorry about that. Sent from an iPad Air > On 8 Jun 2016, at 9:51 am, Charles Rivard

[Audyssey] interactive fiction on the iPhone

2016-06-08 Thread Charles Rivard
I have decided to give interactive fiction games a try. I got a library of them from the app store for my iPhone 6. While the app is free, it was indicated in an article at www.applevis.com that the first book is free and you then order the others as inapp purchases based on whether you

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction: left and right hand title view

2016-04-23 Thread Milos Przic
Hi all, I am playing a game on my android phone using the text fiction app. I remember a long while ago that I red about a possibility to turn on and off a left and right hand title view in every if interpreter. The left hand of the title has the current room, the right hand has the score, date

[Audyssey] interactive fiction.

2014-10-16 Thread ishan dhami
Hello friends! what is interactive fiction? and How can I play it? are they downloadable? or not. Thanks Ishan --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction.

2014-10-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ishan, Interactive fiction is essentially games that are interactive stories in which you read the text on the screen and enter commands to open things, pick up items, light something, etc. Although, there are many different formats such as AGT, Tads, Adrift, etc the most common is Inform.

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction.

2014-10-16 Thread Josh Kennedy
go to www.ifarchive.org. you have to be really really good at english to play interactive fiction as you have to type commands like take box or take the box and then go north. you have to download an interactive fiction interpreter application such as winfrotz. On 10/16/2014 6:15 AM, ishan

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction.

2014-10-16 Thread ishan dhami
Hi champion ! so after the interpreter what should I do? Thanks Ishan On 10/16/14, Josh Kennedy joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: go to www.ifarchive.org. you have to be really really good at english to play interactive fiction as you have to type commands like take box or take the box and then go

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction.

2014-10-16 Thread ishan dhami
On 10/16/14, ishan dhami ishan1dha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi champion ! so after the interpreter what should I do? Thanks Ishan On 10/16/14, Josh Kennedy joshknnd1...@gmail.com wrote: go to www.ifarchive.org. you have to be really really good at english to play interactive fiction as you have

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-11 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I'm actually surprised that there aren't more tactical text rpgs for this reason, sinse while I know interactive fiction traditionalists have a real downer on rpg mechanics, I'm surprised other people haven't done more. Then again, if you look at the resurgence of things like

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-11 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I take your point regarding Inform, but after all inform was never meant to be used to create rpgs and their objects in the first place. You wouldn't find a class to create a multiple headed monster rather than a generic animal because in most inform games even if the game's writer

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread shaun everiss
there were some, but to be honest while I did play some, I really couldn't have the game and solution open, I have brothers and other family some of them religious, and while I am sure they will not look and tamper with my affairs, they easily could, and since I want to keep my adult stuff

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Well, there are some good adult interactive fiction games, but I'll be the first to admit they are few and far between. I think the problem with AIF, as with most porn, is the developer is interested in getting straight to the down and dirty while skipping over developing a background

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Josh Kennedy
also the inform7 language seems to be one of the easiest I came across so far. On 10/9/2014 2:13 AM, shaun everiss wrote: there were some, but to be honest while I did play some, I really couldn't have the game and solution open, I have brothers and other family some of them religious, and

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Personally, I would choose Python. Any full blown programming language is better for a roll playing game than most interactive fiction languages which are designed for puzzle type play than any kind of deep sort of action oriented game with stats and skill levels. Python is simple and

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Josh Kennedy
filfre seems to be one of the best interpreters I found. On 10/9/2014 2:13 AM, shaun everiss wrote: there were some, but to be honest while I did play some, I really couldn't have the game and solution open, I have brothers and other family some of them religious, and while I am sure they will

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread dark
Hi Tom. I disagree about Inform not being good for rpgs, or at least not Inform as it exists as Glulks. Given what has been done by Victor with Kerkerkruip, and his previous efforts such as the unfinished idols of war. The Inform 7 modules he created are still freely available and some other

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Josh Kennedy
or an rpg football game. there's lots of possibilities with interactive fiction combined with rpg. and since its mostly all text your limit is your imagination computer storeage and amount of ram. On 10/10/2014 9:01 AM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. I disagree about Inform not being good for rpgs, or

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Josh Kennedy
yes me too! I would love to see more rpgs made in glulx with some sounds and maybe some music. maybe make oo oo yes! an rpg text version of dota2! On 10/10/2014 9:01 AM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. I disagree about Inform not being good for rpgs, or at least not Inform as it exists as Glulks. Given

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread dark
PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question or an rpg football game. there's lots of possibilities with interactive fiction combined with rpg. and since its mostly all text your limit is your imagination computer storeage and amount of ram. On 10/10/2014 9:01 AM, dark wrote

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Me too. I don't think it is possible to write a text game these days that would challenge today's RAM, hard drive space, or CPU too much. Text games are the most simple to write, and don't have any of the hardware requirements of video games, or even audio games for that matter. In any

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Okay, I get where you are coming from, and I need to clarify a few things here. By Inform I mean the Inform 7 language itself not Glulx. Yes, I know basically Glulx is an updated and extended version of Inform, but when I say Inform I mean Inform not Glulx. So with that in mind Inform 7

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Wintads is a bit problematic with NVDA, but there is a CLI version, tads32, which works pretty well in a Command Prompt window with NVDA. As far as creating an RPG in one of the interactive fiction languages a lot depends on how stat based you want your RPG to be. Inform, for example,

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Absolutely. There are several adult interactive fiction games available on the web if you know where to look. There are some written in Adrift, some written in Inform, a few in AGT, some written in Tads,etc. I'd say I probably have at least 20, and those are just the ones that were

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Josh, Oh, its totally doable for a blind person. Most interactive fiction games have some programming language which can be written in say Notepad, and then compiled into a game by using the compiler for the language. Take Inform as an example. You could write it up in Notepad, copy the code

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread dark
While Tom is correct on standard inform not working for rpg mechanics, I will say some good rpgs have been made with glulks, that is inform 7. You need to play the games with winglulx, filfre or another glulx interpreter rather than frotz, but judging by Kerkerkruip found at

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread Josh Kennedy
does glulx let you have sounds and stuff? and is it also backwards compatible with inform games as in will it also play inform games or will I need both win frotz and glulx? On 10/9/2014 3:24 AM, dark wrote: While Tom is correct on standard inform not working for rpg mechanics, I will say

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread Josh Kennedy
what is better for writing an interactive fiction rpg then? On 10/9/2014 2:22 AM, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi Josh, Wintads is a bit problematic with NVDA, but there is a CLI version, tads32, which works pretty well in a Command Prompt window with NVDA. As far as creating an RPG in one of the

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-09 Thread dark
Glulx is pretty much it's own language, if you want to play games in standard inform Zcode, you need frotz or similar, if you want to play glulx games you need winglulx, though i believe there are multiple format interpreters that do both. The only real connection is that Glulx is

[Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Josh Kennedy
hey I had a question for those of you more familiar with interactive fiction and z-machine games or frotz games. Back when they were popular did anyone ever make any adult x-rated I-F games? Because I imagine if any are accessible those would be accessible for us. --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Zachary Kline
Josh, People continue to make such games, as a matter of fact. If you Google “Adult interactive fiction,” you’ll find plenty of examples. There are a few on mainstream IF sites like the IFArchive, but many more available from elsewhere. They’re not just for the Z-machine either, a lot are for

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Josh Kennedy
can blind people using screen readers also make such games? or is the programming of glulx and z-machine tads and adrift too visual? and you have to be able to see? On 10/8/2014 10:02 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: Josh, People continue to make such games, as a matter of fact. If you Google

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi The programming for those games is perfectly doable. Adrift is a bit less so than the others, but that’s because it does use a visual GUI to design the game. Tads, Glulx, etc all use programming languages, and they are perfectly easy to write for us. Best, Zack. On Oct 8, 2014, at 7:11 PM,

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Josh Kennedy
I'm not sure if tads is accessible with NVDA, but NVDA has addons for win frotz and glulx. Can glulx play sound and music for example could one of those interpreters let me make an offline rpg well, like a mud like alter aeon but offline and something that is my own reation? I think glulx or

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games question

2014-10-08 Thread Ron Schamerhorn
There is quite a number of them indeed. On 08-Oct-2014 9:48 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: hey I had a question for those of you more familiar with interactive fiction and z-machine games or frotz games. Back when they were popular did anyone ever make any adult x-rated I-F games? Because I imagine

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpreter for android phones - Hunky punk

2013-03-18 Thread Jacob Kruger
This is an at least somewhat accessible interactive fiction interpreter app for android phones, and it handles/supports z-code games: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.andglk.hunkypunk On my slightly old-school gingerbread phone, have only thus far tested that it will read

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-09 Thread dark
, 2012 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site Hi Keith, Adrift isn't a platform. It is another interactive fiction format. You can use the official Windows Adrift Runner or you can use a third-party runner like Scare for Adrift games. The problem with Commodore text

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-09 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
*. All the best, Ibrahim. -Original Message- From: dark Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 8:27 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site There are however occasionally conversions of adventures into more useable formats such as zcode so look

[Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Keith
Hi, I've noticed that on the I F site, there are games for such systems li,e Commodore and Adrift. I know the Apple 2 Eamon are being worked on by Frank Black, but are their links on the IF site for those other platforms/systems for emulators or programs to play such games? Thanks Keith

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
1:03 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site Hi, I've noticed that on the I F site, there are games for such systems li,e Commodore and Adrift. I know the Apple 2 Eamon are being worked on by Frank Black, but are their links on the IF site for those other

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Keith
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site Hi Keith. You can play most all types of games on the PC these days, even those written in the massively old and out-dated AGT system as there is an interpreter for Windows

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Keith, All the Adrift runner interpreters can be found at: http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXadrift.html and the Agility interpreter for AGT can be found at: http://ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXprogrammingXagt.html HTH On 11/9/12, Keith ks.steinbac...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Keith
Thanks thomas. Keith - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 12:13 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site Hi Keith, All the Adrift runner interpreters can

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site

2012-11-08 Thread Ibrahim Gucukoglu
: Friday, November 09, 2012 5:52 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction archive site If you've got interpreters, or know where to get the following interpreters, I'd greatly appreciate it: Adrift, AGT, Hugo, Commodore, MAC, Basic, Atari 800, spectrum Thanks

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-26 Thread Hayden Presley
[mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of dark Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 6:14 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games What's the problem with the interpreter? really using something like winfrotz is pretty much the same as playing westfront, though

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-18 Thread dark
. - Original Message - From: michael barnes c...@samobile.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:25 AM Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games Hey, I have something I would like to know. I have westfront game and I know it's a interactive fiction game. but I

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-18 Thread dark
write in an if language like zcode or tads, and thus you need the correct interpreter to play them. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: michael barnes c...@samobile.net To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Right. There aren't that many interactive games that are stand alone. Most require an interpreter. I'm personally glad for one very big reason. In most cases interactive fiction games are completely cross platform. Want to play an Adrift adventure download scare for Linux. Want to play an

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-17 Thread Hayden Presley
] interactive fiction games Hey, I have something I would like to know. I have westfront game and I know it's a interactive fiction game. but I was wondering if thiere may be more I.F. game that don't require you to have a translator to play the games. If somebody could give me a site to find these kind

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2011-04-17 Thread michael barnes
Hey, Hayden. Sorry about that what I meant was interactive interpreter. I was wondering if there was any interactive fiction games that don't uses the interpreter. I know that westfront don't use one so I was trying to find other off line interactive games that I could play. -- Email

[Audyssey] interactive fiction

2011-01-09 Thread michael barnes
Hey, I would like to find different kind of translater for the iphone and computer. Could someone please give me a list of different translaters? Where could I also find cheats and walkthroughs for different I.F. games? Thanks in advance. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction

2011-01-09 Thread Hayden Presley
: Sunday, January 09, 2011 4:56 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction Hey, I would like to find different kind of translater for the iphone and computer. Could someone please give me a list of different translaters? Where could I also find cheats and walkthroughs

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction

2011-01-09 Thread michael barnes
Anyone of them. So long as they are accessible. -- Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-15 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Phil, Yep, and my apartment door is about 30 steps from the laundry room. Better to count than tapping the walls of my neighbors the whole way down the hall. BFN Jim Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts - Albert Einstein

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, for what it is worth you certainly are on the right track. For example, the examine command could include so much more than a visual description. As you pointed out an author could include weight, texture, sound, smell, etc to give it more meaning to someone who is blind. For example,

[Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Neophyte, There is a problem with the link to Test.z5, the T in test should be capitalized which makes a difference in download links. Try this one, http://www.inthecompanyofgrues.com/interactivefiction/Test.z5 - Original Message - From: neoph...@inthecompanyofgrues.com To:

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Jacob Kruger
. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Phil Vlasak p...@pcsgames.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:25 PM Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Okay, thanks to Phils' link I have just tried the test game. Naturally I have a few comments about it. First, good job on cutting down the extra babble. I really appreciated the fact that the test game cut out all the extra stuff like moves and such and only told you exactly what you want to

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Ben
Exactly! Good vocab point there. Had to explain that hundreds of times to people who just don't get it. --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread dark
I agree with Tom on all counts here, the you command? was perfect on the prompt. Look is easier to type. It might be fun however to have specific other responses to other sensory commands, eg, look is a general, but feel, listen give you other specific information, - actually that might

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread dark
These days, I've actually taken to asking people and making them think. When someone inevitably starts up with I don't want to offend you followed by a site question, I ask people why they think I might be offended, and whether they'd considdered the fact that if I did find things like

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread neophyte
Hey Thomas, Great, I'm glad the babble is down. Thanks for taking the time to explain why messing with the look command is a bad idea. I know any attempt by a sighted person to understand blindness is fraught with problems, so thanks for not biting my head off and explaining it all to me in

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Glad I could help. The over all point I wanted to make was simply don't be afraid to use common terminology to describe things in the game or to use as commands. Most of us wouldn't be offended by terms like look, see, watch, etc because we often use them to fit in with mainstream society

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Thomas, I do have one objection to your disliking the description that the room was 7 feet away. This is a valid description in many games. Sighted games do not need to describe the distance to things as you can see them and as you get closer you can then judge when you will reach them by

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, I think you missed the point. It didn't say 7 feet away. It said 7 steps away which is a big difference. If it said 7 feet away, as a general description of distance, etc I would have been okay with that. In any case this is an interactive fiction type game where distances don't matter

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread Hayden Presley
, November 14, 2010 6:27 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction test game Hi Thomas, I do have one objection to your disliking the description that the room was 7 feet away. This is a valid description in many games. Sighted games do not need to describe

[Audyssey] interactive fiction test game

2010-11-14 Thread neophyte
A few quick questions and answers. Am I going to show this little test to anyone outside of this list? Really short answer: heck, no. The game was only written to test out the prompt and status line features. As I mentioned in my previous comment, this is not intended to be a game in its own

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction

2010-04-05 Thread Jacob Kruger
@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction Hmmm, can't you just copy the game and save files as normal? I've not tried mobile software, but certainly I've used this to transfer if games betwene a number of computers. Beware the Grue

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction

2010-04-04 Thread mike maslo
Can someone please explain on how to use the ftp client on the win frotz? I have a game on my laptop and want to transfer it to my iphone but do not have a network. Any help would be sincerely appreciated. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction

2010-04-04 Thread dark
Discussion list' gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010 7:38 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction Can someone please explain on how to use the ftp client on the win frotz? I have a game on my laptop and want to transfer it to my iphone but do not have a network. Any help would

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction interpreting software - an alternative - adventure.msi

2009-12-11 Thread jacobk
http://download.webbie.org.uk/ On that page there's a link to download adventure.msi itsself, and it works fine - even on my windows 7 work machine with new MS Anna voice. This is specifically trying it so far with *.z* games - haven't tried it with any other file formats as of yet. Stay well

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction game packaging

2009-09-27 Thread Milos Przic
Hi all, I found an interpreter that runs on java environment. I succeeded activating in on my symbian 9 nokia 6120 phone. But every game needs to be packaged with an application java jre or sdk according to this page: http://setera.org/ZeeME So please if anyone is willing to see it an to

[Audyssey] Interactive Fiction Interpreters

2009-05-26 Thread kelby carlson
Hey List, Can anyone give me tips on interactive fiction interpreters? I'm using HTML TADS, and I need to know if there's anything I should do to set it up. Is there a way to make JAWS not read the clock of the interpreter, as this is very distracting? Does anyone have any tips on using

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction

2008-12-26 Thread dark
7:48 AM Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction Hi folks, what are the best interactive fiction games to play and which are the most accessible interpreters to play them? lindsay cowell. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction

2008-12-26 Thread shaun everiss
well the best interpriter to really use I feel is hugo. any of the hugo games are good. Another is web if games, there are not many but there are a few. The other is java although I honestly have not tried it at all yet. But if the java web interfaces are anything to go buy then it should be good.

[Audyssey] interactive fiction

2008-12-25 Thread lindsay
Hi folks, what are the best interactive fiction games to play and which are the most accessible interpreters to play them? lindsay cowell. --- 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

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lelia, Interactive Fiction is a generic term for all text based games written using the inform, tads, and other such text adventure programming languages. By and large most of them are very accessible, and can be quite fun. It is basically interactive stories. You often have to type commands

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-20 Thread lelia
thomas nice description, hmm like it might play some. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 7:57 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction? Hi Lelia, Interactive Fiction

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-20 Thread Marsha
Hi These games sound like a lot of fun. It sounds like the old Treasure game, I think it was back in the very early 80's, which someone read me the choices. I read the links listed; however, I didn't undersand how things would be downloaded. Marsha --- Gamers mailing list __

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-20 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I think so. They are a great way to pass time at any rate. You can get a huge collection of interactive fiction games and the programs to run them at http://www.ifarchive.org Smile. On 12/20/08, Marsha marcat...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi These games sound like a lot of fun. It sounds like the

[Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-19 Thread lelia
Hi all, I was just listening to a cast of a pod made by Dark, grin, and in this pod that he cast he talked of interactive fiction? Is it accessible to us and if so what do I do to play it? thanks Lelia --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive fiction?

2008-12-19 Thread dark
] Interactive fiction? Hi all, I was just listening to a cast of a pod made by Dark, grin, and in this pod that he cast he talked of interactive fiction? Is it accessible to us and if so what do I do to play it? thanks Lelia --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave

[Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games - Re: Mithril games and Interactive Fiction

2007-11-20 Thread Charles Rivard
Some of the fun of these games is that you have to think in odd ways. There are answers to puzzles that I would never have thought of, either, and then, when someone tells me the answer, I see the logic. But, yeah, some of them are really weird. -- On Thanksgiving day, be like a turkey. Get!

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games - Re: Mithril games andInteractive Fiction

2007-11-20 Thread Lora
] Interactive Fiction games - Re: Mithril games andInteractive Fiction Some of the fun of these games is that you have to think in odd ways. There are answers to puzzles that I would never have thought of, either, and then, when someone tells me the answer, I see the logic. But, yeah, some of them

[Audyssey] Interactive Fiction Compitition Reminder

2007-10-02 Thread fastfinge
Hi, For those of you who still enjoy Interactive Fiction, aka text adventures, just a quick note to let you know that the Interactive Fiction Compitition started yesterday. What better excuse to play and vote on over 20 free accessible text adventures? You can find all the information

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games

2007-05-28 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
, 2007 12:29 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games Hi! Just introducing myself ... My name is David Fisher, and I usually hang around the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup, which is to do with creating Interactive Fiction games. I'm not actually blind, but I would like to find out if you

Re: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games

2007-05-28 Thread Niall
] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 12:29 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Interactive Fiction games Hi! Just introducing myself ... My name is David Fisher, and I usually hang around the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup, which is to do with creating Interactive Fiction games. I'm

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2007-02-09 Thread Niall
Where did you get this harry potter game? - Original Message - From: shaun everiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games www.ifarchive.org is the only place you can

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2007-02-06 Thread fastfinge
Hi, Try: http://wurb.com/if/platform/1 It has a list of all games for the platform, with downloads and reviews of the games. Josh wrote: Hi, My wife whose email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants to know where she can get text adventure games for the winfrotz program at. Apparently she

[Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2007-02-05 Thread Josh
Hi, My wife whose email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants to know where she can get text adventure games for the winfrotz program at. Apparently she likes them and wants more. Josh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: kutztownstudent msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: jkenn337

Re: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games

2007-02-05 Thread Niall
the if archive is probably the best place. http://www.ifarchive.org - Original Message - From: Josh [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 6:46 PM Subject: [Audyssey] interactive fiction games Hi, My wife whose email address

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