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From: thoni@ida.liu.se (Thomas Nilsson)
Subject: Re: ALAN games
Message-ID: <1993Oct11.151620.13565@ida.liu.se>
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1993 15:16:20 GMT
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Mark 'Mark' Sachs <MBS110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

>I think it may be partially due to that fact that ALAN is "request-ware,"
>by E-mail only; so the pool of potential authors is limited not only
>just to Usenet readers, but to Usenet readers who aren't too lazy to
>write to the mail-server. Oh well...

ALAN is request-ware, but not limited to email. Just put an
appropriate disc in the mail and we'll return it with the latest
version of ALAN on it. An email contact first would be appreciated,
though... 

Personally I feel it is much easier to drop an email to a server than
to start up the ftp-program.


>I'm currently working on FORTRESS, an ALAN adventure. It's practically
>complete, but needs debugging and playtesting, so don't hold your breath.
>I have written some random examples of stuff -- implementations of
>"function"-type objects by using the DESCRIBE command, changing room
>descriptions a la the Improbability Drive room in Hitchhiker's, and
>a fully automated Floyd (from Planetfall). I guess I could upload these
>somewhere, if anyone can suggest a directory to do it in.

Your doing good, Mark! One suggestion is obvious, the gmd if-archive,
email Blasius!


BTW. The email server is 'alan-request@softlab.se'. Try

	SEND INFO

as the message body.

/Thomas


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