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From: tob@world.std.com (Tom O Breton)
Subject: Re: No Pictures?
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 04:12:59 GMT
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emoyer@kiwi.cs.wright.edu (Eric Moyer) writes:
> For example, _The Little Prince_ by De Auxburry (sp?) has pictures that
> are essential to its message, but it is not a book written for mental
> sluggards.

Antoine De Saint Exupery, the French aviator. Charming little book.

> I admit that I personally get a heck of a lot of enjoyment out of
> picturing the scenes in IF games in my head, but why is forcing the user
> to do this for everything a necessary characteristic for interactive
> fiction?

I strongly agree that it's not a neccessary characteristic. It does have
the good point that anyone (anyone literate) can write a text adventure
without either possessing the tools and skill to make decent pictures,
or working with an artist. I'm not saying the result will be any good,
of course.

I know that David Malmberg talked about giving graphics to AGT, but I
have not heard that this ever came about.

        Tom

-- 
Having finished it's [sic] evil speech, the Tom spreads it's scaly
wings and soars away...  (tob@world.std.com, TomBreton@delphi.com)
