Re: The way of text adventures

On 22 Mar 2008 as I do recall,
          Alex' A. Interrants wrote:

[snip]
> My construction will take 
> 600 hours for one season. The idea is a whole story. For this, you 
> have to go from one ****t to another. Another big task for the captain 
> is to take enough cargo on board for the travel from ****t x to ****t y. 
> And when the ****p cannot touch the next ****t before water and food are 
> off... game over.

This sounds very much like the gameplay of the C64 game "Pirates!" (with
the additional element that you can attack other ****ps, and that if you
run out of food your crew just mutiny and maroon you on a desert island,
whence you will eventually get picked up after losing several months'
game time....)

> 
> At the moment I'm fighting with the GUI of the WIMP (just learning). 
> The first program is running now but it's a long, long way to go for 
> me either. (RISC OS isn't very simple to kick but it is still doing 
> what I want.)
> 
> Can you send me a copy of the listing of the game "Round the Horn", 
> please?
> 
I'd be quite interested in that as well! 
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