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From: jacobw@tucson.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Solomon Weinstein)
Subject: Re: No Pictures?
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Matthew Amster <mamster@pomona.claremont.edu> wrote:
>Then, of course, there is the ubiquitous desktop scanner;  most are perfectly
>suitable for scanning photographs for screen display.  Imagine a game like Save
>Princeton embellished with photos of actual campus buildings.  It would
>certainly not detract from the player's conceptualization of the scene, as the
>game deals with real places.

If TADS ever has the capability to add static graphic scenes, I think I
would probably add them to Save Princeton. I made the game a text adventure
because I think that text adventures are superior to graphic adventures,
but I don't think that adding snapshots would detract from the quality
of the game, and it would probably make people more likely to play (and
pay for) Save Princeton. We are, as has oftne been noted, a
visually-oriented society, and folks would be more likely to take a look
at a game that has graphics, even ones that are unneccessary to the
game. 


