[projectaon] Re: gamebook.js update: FotW now fully implemented
- From: Chris Neilson <crusty.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: projectaon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:02:29 +1300
congrats.
I havent played all the way through (as I died trying to pick the lock
in the captains room).
In section 315 i typed "hint" thinking it would give me all the options
(upon reading the help i later discovered the command i wanted was
"cheat"/"choices") and selected the option to open the chest. In my
defence i thought that my Sixth Sense would warn me it was a dumb idea
(but turns out its Mind Over Matter that saves your skin). So no fault
at your end - I just didnt read the help properly and everything played
out as it should have.
I thought the combat(s) I did come across played out very well.
Random number selection was also implemented well.
A couple of options I would like would be to have the option of toggling
the choices on all the time (rather than having to type cheat/choices),
and the option to display images inline (rather than having to click on
them and display them in another window). I know this completely goes
against what you were originally trying to accomplish (ie text-only IF),
but your gamebook.js just makes playing the book so damn easy - dont
have to track anything (unlike the javascript action chart
http://www.projectaon.org/staff/eric/) and unlike Seventh Sense combat
resolves quickly (havent even tried Magnamund Commander as I get an
error every time I try to register my account).
Anyway, congrats once again.
On 13/03/13 12:19, Christian Jauvin 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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