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From: u934132@student.canberra.edu.au (Ogawa / Taro Stephen (ISE))
Subject: Re: <Hmm Can't really think of a good Title:> My Game.(My Pipedream..)
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 07:23:16 GMT
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>* Ascii based mini-maps(HackLike) - tell you not only where you are in 
>    relation to the other rooms, but also in relation to the objects in 
>    the rooms.

Received a post which made me think that perhaps I'd better give an example:
--------+-
|#.......|   (Extended Ascii maps look much better)
|#.@.....|   @ - you [Or another human]
|#.......=   ! - a Mug of Ale [or any other drink], resting on a stool.
|#......!|   = - an Arrow slit 
|###.....|   # - bookcases [Or other furniture
----- ----   + - a closed door
    |.|
     @|

If you examined the arrow slit the map might become:

--------+-      --+--------
|#.......|    ............O.    where O are pillars, your view is of the
|#.......|  ................    courtyard below, and % is a tree
|#......@=................O  
|#......!|  ................
|###.....|    .....@@.....O .
-----.---       ...%%.......
    |.            ........O.
                    .......
                      ....O.
                        ---
-- 
                                              ___  __ __  ___  ____   ___
 Taro Ogawa: u934132@student.canberra.edu.au /   \|  |  |/   \|    \ /   \ 
 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= | =+= | =+= | =+= | =+= | =+= | =+
      "Reality is the sign of a idmn."       \___/|__|__|__|__|__|\_\__|__|
