Text adventures would have been even worse! I like to roam free and find things
as I find them while moving around and exploring. What annoyed me was the fact
that I had to scroll through a seemingly endless succession of menus instead of
short scenes, some time to move around and pick up items, battles here and
there, and testing powers on random things to break them open and get more
stuff. :D That's the kind of game my mum would play while I listened and
cheered her on. That's the kind of game I want to make.
From: allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx
To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: So I had a peek at AGE even though I discovered
it had been discontinued...
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 08:24:18 -0400
I actually liked shadowgate as played on ian’s game engine. Last I heard was
that someone was going to port zork to it…although I am not sure of its current
status.I like the game engine because I was never thrilled with text
adventures. I would rather prefer a choice of options rather than trying to
figure out just the right way to say "pick sword up". Just my two cents,
grin.al From: ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Brett
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: So I had a peek at AGE even though I discovered
it had been discontinued... Yeah, I suspect you're right about Ian
discontinuing this in favour of the other one. As far as first attempts go,
it's not bad, but it can be a little long winded to use.
Haha, I got stuck on it too. For some reason, throwing a coin down the well
rings a bell. Can't remember what coin though. When you do, you should be able
to float down the well and carry on. It is beatable. And I completely get you
wanting to clock it. Especially after coming so far.
True story about the AG Shadowgate, when I was playing through and beat it, I
genuinely didn't know you could load and save, so was starting from the
beginning each time I died. Countless lost hours, I bet. :(On 06/05/2015 16:35,
Sharni-Lee Ward wrote:I decided to download the Adventure Game engine to see
what it was like. I saw on the page that Ian had stopped working on it in
favour of the project I assume Craig was referring to before, but I thought I'd
take a look anyways.
loathed the set up. Loathed loathed loathed. The menus are so annoying and I
got bored really fast. I'll admit to being used to Braillemon, the audio port
of Pokémon a wonderful American woman has been working on, which allowed one to
explore the world around them freely. That's part of what I endeavour to
create. Exploring and finding items, encountering sparring partners or enemies
along the way, is part of my kind of game. Kingdom Hearts is a prime example of
what I seek to create.
I also got stuck at the end part of the only game in the thing. I'd expected it
would be short, and I kinda cheated and searched for a walkthrough to get me
most of the way. No sense wrestling with endless annoying menus. Still ended up
stuck at the Wishing Well room. Anyone played Shadowgate all the way through
who could help? I may not really like how the game's set up, but I still want
to beat it.
