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In article <10464@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes:
>>	Okay, here's a chance for all of you Mac aficianados to prove
>>how good Macs are.  What I'm looking for is in essence very simple.
>>Basically a sort of "adventure game construction package." 
>>...
>Sorry, but an application that builds adventure games is not what makes
>a great computer, especially in the case of the mac, Fortunately for you
>though such a program does exist on the mac although I don't promise
>that it will do everything you want it to do.

	I never said that the application makes the computer great,
only that here's a chance to show me how good the computer is.  The
fact is that I've heard fantastic things about the Mac, and even seen
them, but the software packages that do these things are almost always
nowhere to be found.

>The one that immediately springs to mind is WorldBuilder by Silicon
>Beach software. It was written expressly for making your own graphics
>adventure games and I've seen very impressive results. It is a piece of
>commercial software but i am not sure of the price, try calling one of
>the Mail-order places.

	I'll start checking into it ASAP.  Sounds good.

>Another alternative is HYPERCARD, which is fairly easy to get ahold of
>although its status is not precisely public domain. I've seen some
>stunning adventures done in HYPERCARD but I believe there is a problem
>with saving games. For a great example of a HYPERCARD adventure try
>finding a copy of DeathMall 3000.

	Actually I saw a copy of Hypercard on the table with the Mac
last time I was over there.  I have no idea how Hypercard operates
though - what steps would I go through in making such an adventure
game with Hypercard?

>There may be other alternatives and you might consider asking some of
>the local talents on the net. Glenn Andreas who wrote that great PD frp
>"THELDROW" occasionally reads and posts here.     

	Sounds good.  Are you out there Glenn?  Does anybody have his
net address?  How about an FTP for Deathmall or THELDROW?  I have
several Mac FTP sites, I guess I should just start looking...
 
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