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From: ivanski@world.std.com (Ivan M CaveroBelaunde)
Subject: Re: non-human POV
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Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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Date: Mon, 11 Jul 1994 00:02:01 GMT
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flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee) writes:

>Someone in alt.wolves just announced a forthcoming PC game that lets
>you can roleplay a realistic timber wolf.  Sounds very interesting,
>though it's more of a simulation/RPG than an IF game.

>I'm wondering, are there any IF games that put the player in a
>non-human character?  It's an idea I've toyed with, but it seems like
>it would be very hard to do well.

I wasn't going to answer this (since I figured someone else would have
mentioned it already), but Suspended does this for all practical purposes -
you *are* a human, but are in cryogenic suspension and have the ability
to mentally control six different robots, each of which has different
perceptive and manipulation capabilities (sound, vision, touch, etc).
Everything you see and do is through the "currently active" robot.
Absolutely *loved* it, although it was a bitch of a game.

-Ivan
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Ivan Cavero Belaunde (ivanski@world.std.com)
Avid VideoShop Project Lead
Avid Technology, Inc.
