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Started by Brendon M McNamara
Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:37
CAD...CAM....CAR?
Author: Brendon M McNamara
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:37
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:37
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Computer Aided RPG's? Are there any of them out there? Everyone I know has a computer now (does that mean a lot of people have computers, or I need more friends?) but I haven't seen anything along the lines of CAR's. I remember SSI released some computer tools years ago for use with D&D, but those were not very interactive. They seemed to be for use in creating your game world. How about some input here...which if any of these would the RPG players / computer people like to see in a CAR system: - character generators - character managers - object databases - object creation tools - spell databases - monster databases - monster managers - scenario editors - graphical battle interface (GBI) I'd like to see them all come to think of it...what do you think? BMC
Re: CAD...CAM....CAR?
Author: Mike Hackett
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 22:59
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 22:59
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In article <BzvI25.JvL@acsu.buffalo.edu> v101q4ct@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Brendon M McNamara) writes: >- character generators >- character managers >- object databases >- object creation tools >- spell databases >- monster databases >- monster managers >- scenario editors >- graphical battle interface (GBI) > >I'd like to see them all come to think of it...what do you think? All of the above and more will be included in my Game Master's assistant program (no official title - working name is Fates) that I have been developing in my head for many years, and I've finally actually started working on it for real. It will be GUI based, and very easy to use, but very powerful (don't they all *say* that). I am developing it on the Apple IIgs and will be porting it to at least the Mac and to Windows. I expect that several other versions would come soon after if it is successful. Unfortunately, I've had to pretty much put it on hold until May when I'm finished university and can take up software development full time. OK, so all I've told you is that I am working on some supposedly great program which is entirely vapourware at this point. Yes, that's true. But the point of my post is to let you know that, yes, someone has been thinking about such a project, and very carefully at that. Also, I too would like to hear what everyone would like to see in a program like this. I know pretty much what I wwant out of it, but I may have forgotten something or not given something enough thought. I don't have time right now to go into everything I have planned for the program, but I will be watching this thread to see what comes of it. Let's hear from you all. Thanks for listening. ===================================================================== Mike Hackett | "She wouldn't make love, <hackett@gaul.csd.uwo.ca> | but she could make good sandwich" Honors Computer Science IV | -Ian Anderson, "Budapest" University of Western Ontario | - _Crest of a Knave_
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