From :	Benjamin Lindelof [benjaminlindelof@yahoo.com]
Date :	Tue, 4 Sep 2007 17:12:20 -0700 (PDT)
To :	sierragamers@talkspot.com
Subject :	Re: [sierragamers] Recent adventure games with a typing interface...
I was a fan of Police Quest, King's Quest, Space Quest and the rest. There are a lot of good remakes of the original games coming out. I like to push the envelope, so here's my 2 cents for an original game idea: The New Explorers. It could be a game like Gold Rush or maybe Colonization. Your goal might be to build an empire in the planets and moons of the solar system. "Be Virgin Galactic". Adventure game might be based on your encounters with other Explorers, piecing together a mystery with clues from different planets and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, find out if the are lost civilizations. Alpha Centauri was kind of like a space version of Colonization, but you went outside the solar system. On the moon of Io, with the lava and volcanoes, you'd probably want to use remote-controlled robots and limit production based on high costs of maintenance. On Mars, operational costs might be so low that you send reinforcements to help boost productivity. If you have some free-time and want to talk about making a game like this, send me an e-mail to my address. I won't respond to any public comments about this game idea, so be sure to send me an e-mail directly. When we're making the game, at some point it will be playable. Send me an e-mail if you want to test it. We don't have a website yet, just posting some thoughts at the Aquarium. http://www.bluefugu.info/aquarium Ben --- Jamie Dupree <JDspeeder1@comcast.net> wrote: > The most recent text game I know of is /Future Boy!/ from 2005. It has > graphics, sound, music, and voice acting, but all descriptions, > narration, and input are text - and it's a superhero game. Here's the > website <http://www.generalcoffee.com/futureboy/>, with a free demo > available. > > Archypoet@aol.com wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I was wondering if anyone knew of any adventure games (whether > > freeware, fan-made, or commercially made) that were released in the > > last five to fifteen years that actually use a type interface. I was > > showing a friend of mine who isn't very exposed or knowledgeable about > > computers some of the old Sierra games (including /The Colonel's > > Bequest/ and Laura Bow II: The Dagger of Amon Ra). > > > > He especially enjoyed the typing interface on Colonel's Bequest, and > > kept typing in silly, funny, and sometimes quite adult commands, like > > "Show Celie your breasts". Often, that game will focus in on a certain > > word and say "This game doesn't understand 'breasts'," which often > > made both of us laugh hysterically. > > > > Anyway, I'm a big fan of the typing interface and I wonder if anyone > > has used it again within the time period I mentioned. Either send a > > reply to the group or to me privately. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Ryan A. Scott > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/