[projectaon] Re: gamebook.js update: FotW now fully implemented
- From: Sam Seaver <samseaver@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:33:47 -0500
I just had a quick play-through, and there was one thing that seemed a
little inconsistent (it seems to work very well by the way) and that was
with regards to the meals. In the game, you actually get to eat with the
captain or the crew, what was interesting is that almost immediately after
the meal with the captain (as I like to wager afterwards) the game told me
I lost health due to being hungry. It seems that it doesn't necessarily
recognize all instances where the text tells you that you ate.
There was another related issue, when taking the coach to Ragadorn, the
text says "you must eat a meal, or lose health" and I didn't "eat", but the
game didn't deduct points for that, though a few sections later, it said I
was hungry.
I understand the rules about hunger, and it's something I could keep track
of myself, but in general the game text is not consistently applied.
Another issue I had, which I may have misunderstood, is that I deliberately
didn't choose a weapon, I took the chainmail and the shield to start.
According to the action chart, the lack of a weapon (-4CS) is offset by
the combination of chainmail and shield (2CS+2CS). However, in a couple of
the battles I had, my starting CS was -4. I actually couldn't remember the
rules about multiple people in a given situation, but I think you can be
more explicit about the CS for any given battle, when that battle starts, I
wasn't sure if there was a bug, or if the game was correct.
Anyhow, good work!
S
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 6:19 PM, Christian Jauvin <cjauvin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a note to announce that I have finished the implementation of
> FotW for my gamebook.js engine, which is now fully complete and
> playable (I took great care in coding the rules as faithfully and
> precisely as I could).
>
> To recap briefly: the idea of gamebook.js is to offer an IF-like
> interface where you freely type commands, instead of explicitly
> picking choices.
>
> I wrote a longer description on my blog:
>
> http://cjauvin.blogspot.ca/2013/03/suspension-of-parser-disbelief.html
>
> but in a nutshell, here are the interesting new features:
>
> * Contextual word autocompletion (effectively providing hints, which
> can be turned off)
>
> * Use of a word stemmer for greater lexical flexibility
>
> * Action Chart and item management coherently integrated in the
> textual interface
>
> * Semi-automatic content extraction, where a script first processes
> the raw PA XML as best as it can..
>
> * ..then weaves it with a meticulously curated and customized
> "override" content file
>
> * Many mechanisms to limit tedious guesswork (choice trimming based on
> requirements, etc)
>
> * Save/load
>
> If you'd like to try it:
>
> http://projectaon.org/staff/christian/gamebook.js
>
> but please be sure to reload if you ever tried the previous prototype
> (in the 3rd intro paragraph, the version should no longer be
> "incomplete and experimental".. just "experimental"!).
>
> I sincerely hope it can be of interest to some of you,
>
> Christian
>
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