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Article #2223Re: Interactive Adventure Writting Language
From: Jeff Erickson
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 21:00
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1989 21:00
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From article <39514@vax1.tcd.ie>, by trolfs@vax1.tcd.ie (Tommy):
> ( This is also being posted in comp.lang.forth, as well as in
> rec.games.programmer, for Forth progammers who might be interested )
>
> I'm in the initial stages of considering writting an *Interactive
> Adventure Writting Language*. My motivation for doing this is the
> language FORTH and my love of text adventures.
>
I tried to tackle this problem once, from a higher level. I got as far as
a functional specification, a formal description of the grammar, etc., but
no actual code. Unfortunately, I tried to tackle too much.
The name of the language was "Adventure System Specifying Hierarchical
Objects, Locations, and Events."
Infocom has had one of these for years. I think they call it "Zork
Adventure Language" or something. Runs on a VAX and generates code for
any microcomputer they have a cross-assembler/compiler for.
It's a tough one. Good luck!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!claris!krazy From: krazy@claris.com (Jeff Erickson) Newsgroups: rec.games.programmer,comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Interactive Adventure Writting Language Message-ID: <9782@claris.com> Date: 11 Apr 89 21:00:25 GMT References: <39514@vax1.tcd.ie> Followup-To: rec.games.programmer Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA Lines: 26