Re: MUD clients, was Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-22 Thread Devin Prater
Ah, thanks. I'll see about it. I have a $15 itunes card which I just bought voice dream reader with, and a few voices, so hopefully this "mudder" is worth it. Sent from my iPod On 22 mai 2013, at 07:39, Maria & Joe Chapman wrote: > Hi. mudder isn't too bad. The devellopper seems pretty resp

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-22 Thread erik burggraaf
Thanks, This may have been my problem. I'll be taking it with me on vacation and giving it another shot. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business through the ontario disability support program at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com/blog Ebony Consulting tol

Re: MUD clients, was Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-22 Thread Maria & Joe Chapman
Hi. mudder isn't too bad. The devellopper seems pretty responsive too. Blessings! Maria Joe and loving guide Karly. Email/ I Message: &fb bubbygirl1...@gmail.com twitter: bubbygirl skype: bubbygirl1972 bubbygirl1...@gmail.com On 21/05/2013, at 8:58 AM, Devin Prater wrote: > Your welc

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-21 Thread Cait and Maggie
thanks for saying this. I just got zoom today. Cait On 2013-05-21, at 10:14 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Which flavor of the game did you download? Zoom creates an embedded browser > which dumps you to the interactive fiction database. Once you find a game you > like they offer it in several for

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-21 Thread Noel Romey
Has anyone figured out how to change tts rate in xoom or is it best to use the vo cursor to review the screen? I like Xoom more than the windows interpreters even Ner On May 21, 2013, at 8:40 AM, erik burggraaf wrote: Zoom was OK, but I couldn't get it to download any of the games I wanted fro

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-21 Thread Chris Blouch
Which flavor of the game did you download? Zoom creates an embedded browser which dumps you to the interactive fiction database. Once you find a game you like they offer it in several formats for download. You want to be sure to grab the zmachine version. CB On 5/21/13 8:40 AM, erik burggraaf

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-21 Thread erik burggraaf
Zoom was OK, but I couldn't get it to download any of the games I wanted from it's online portal which I'm assuming is ifarchive. After trying about 10 games and not finding one that would download I gave up. Best, Erik Burggraaf Follow my series of articles about setting up a small business t

Re: MUD clients, was Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Harry Hogue
Thanks much; I'll give this a look, and thanks for the prompt reply. Harry On May 20, 2013, at 4:58 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > Your welcome, and happy adventuring. And on a sidenote, does anyone know of a > better MUD client than Tintin++? That's the terminal MUD client. > > Sent from my iPod

MUD clients, was Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Devin Prater
Your welcome, and happy adventuring. And on a sidenote, does anyone know of a better MUD client than Tintin++? That's the terminal MUD client. Sent from my iPod On 20 mai 2013, at 17:54, Cait and Maggie wrote: > ok, thanks, will do. > Cait > > On 2013-05-20, at 6:52 PM, Devin Prater wrote: >

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Cait and Maggie
ok, thanks, will do. Cait On 2013-05-20, at 6:52 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > I don't think so. Try just searching for it. > > Sent from my iPod > > On 20 mai 2013, at 17:51, Cait and Maggie wrote: > >> Can you get this in the app store? >> Cait >> >> On 2013-05-20, at 6:48 PM, Devin Prater

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Devin Prater
I don't think so. Try just searching for it. Sent from my iPod On 20 mai 2013, at 17:51, Cait and Maggie wrote: > Can you get this in the app store? > Cait > > On 2013-05-20, at 6:48 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > >> The frotz version is OK. Zoom for mac is amazingly good though, I recommend >>

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Cait and Maggie
Can you get this in the app store? Cait On 2013-05-20, at 6:48 PM, Devin Prater wrote: > The frotz version is OK. Zoom for mac is amazingly good though, I recommend > it over the other for iOS though. > > Sent from my iPod > > On 20 mai 2013, at 16:44, Cait and Maggie wrote: > >> Harry, >>

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Devin Prater
The frotz version is OK. Zoom for mac is amazingly good though, I recommend it over the other for iOS though. Sent from my iPod On 20 mai 2013, at 16:44, Cait and Maggie wrote: > Harry, > There's froths. I know you said you weren't interested in the iOS side of > things. they do have an iO

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Cait and Maggie
Harry, There's froths. I know you said you weren't interested in the iOS side of things. they do have an iOS version of it, but they might do a mac version as well, I think I remember somebody saying there was awhile back. There are tons of games that come with it. hth, Cait On 2013-05-20, a

Re: Text Adventure Games on OSX

2013-05-20 Thread Devin Prater
Try Zoom. Sent from my iPod On 20 mai 2013, at 16:45, Harry Hogue wrote: > Hello, > > Is anyone familiar with how to play text adventure games on OSX under > Mountain Lion? I am interested in the Desktop platform rather than the > mobile side of things, but either would work. > > I looked