To each their own, but I know what you're talking about. Hopefully tactical
battles can tide you over until you find the right platform for your
adventure.
Al
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sharni-Lee Ward
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 9:00 AM
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Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Re: So I had a peek at AGE even though I
discovered it had been discontinued...
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.
_____
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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 ians 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
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[mailto:ian-reeds-games-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Craig Brett
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Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 7:16 PM
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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.
