Hi Nicol, I found the games created for the IF contest each year are easier than full games since I think the games are supposed to be finished in a half hour. One I liked was Bears night out. You should be able to find it on the IF archive site along with all the competition games.
My friend Carl did an article on going through a game Maze in an earlier Audyssey when we put out the game HAZE MAZE. He created a physical representation of the maze with push pins stuck into cardboard, such as a lid to a pizza box. When starting a game he would create a square with the push pins and if the game said there was an opening to the north he would leave a gap in the row of pins to the north or top of the box. I would add a braille label in dymo tape describing the room if necessary. I know that this procedure is slow but eventually you would get a physical picture of the layout of the game, and even discover areas that you have not explored yet. My friend Carl did an article on going through a Maze in an earlier Audyssey when we put out the game HAZE MAZE. Essentially, he said that you need to create a physical representation of the maze with push pins stuck into cardboard, such as a lid to a pizza box. In the case of Sarah, when you start out, hit the w key to find out where you are and the F key to find out which direction you are facing.By reading the instructions and by moving around a bit you will find that you are in the South Center of the maze. So this would be on the bottom center edge of your pizza box. put a pin in the middle of the bottom and follow the right wall putting a pin along the bottom of the pizza box each time you take a single step. Now do the same with the east, North , and west walls. Where there is an opening leave a space in the wall of pins. And when the space opens up to the left and you turn left into the entrance hall and great hall, make the same turn on your pizza box . I know that this procedure is slow but eventually you should get a physical picture of the layout of the level, and even discover areas that you have not explored yet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 1:17 AM Subject: [Audyssey] a very basic text adventure > > NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice > which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf > > ---- > Hi all > > I'm still a very beginner with text adventures. I'm going totally blank > when trying to solve a text adventure. Can you suggest a very basic > Winfrotz game to start off which only requires a few moves to complete > the game? > > The problem I found with these games where you have a lot of hallways to > go through, I tend to go in circles all the time. How do you guys make a > map not to go in circles? One such game is a fable. The only topic in > the help system in that game is: about the game. I tried that game so > many times and each time I go in circles. > > Many of the games' help system only contains walk throughs that gives > you a solution to the game. > > It doesn't give the help I need: I need help on how to create a map not > going in circles. Do you think I must go that far as to open a word > document and create a map there? It's a schlep to do it like that. Do > you need to have a good memory to play text adventures? > > So if you can recommend a very short text adventure just to start me > off, I'll appreciate it. > > I have the z files that came with Winfrotz, there are 95 games when I > downloaded Winfrotz. > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
