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From: chidder@fred.aurora.edu
Subject: Re: WANTED: Your thoughts on fantasy I-F
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Date: Sat, 09 Nov 1996 17:31:13 -0500
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> After reading some of the recent threads about "stale" I-F genres - pulp
> sci-fi, time travel, and particularly fantasy - I'm a bit concerned about
> the acceptance of "Circle of Armageddon", the next major effort by myself
> and co-author Jeff Cassidy.
> 
  Um, having skipped over most of those threads, till this one, I
find myself worried about my own game as well (course by the time
I can finish it, those things will probably come back into fashion)
as SHOPPING is pretty much entirely pulp sci-fi and time travel.

 So, in the best Usenet tradition, Im gonna piggyback calls for
responses on CE Formans article, and even swipe his 'points'
section. ;) ;) ;)

  1) Shopping is pretty much a pulp sci-fi/ time travel game..
     Your girlfriend disappears from the fitting room of the
     local mall. Eventually, you find out that shes one of
     5 key women throughout history that the evil Dr.
     N'gen Ninany (say it aloud fast <g>) needs to turn into
     zombie sex slaves in order to rule the universe.

 2)  The game is fairly non-linear. The prologue, and the 
     eplilogue are, but you can tackle any one of the 5
     historical periods in any order and be sure you have all
     you need in that period to complete the puzzle.

 3)  The game has at least two endings. Yes, male chauvinsit pigs,
     it will be possible to leave your girlfriend a mindless
     zombie sex slave. You wont get a full score, of course, but
     I suspect that wont matter to some of you <g>

 4)  The game will have a fiarly large cast of NPC's.. Im thinking
     10-15.  I will try to make them as interactive as possible,
     but hey, Im learning inform so.. <g>

 5)  The game will be freeware, but comments will be eagerly
     appreciated.

 6)  Parts of the game will be sexually explicit. Think LGOP
     with better puzzles and better sex <vbg>


 The game is about 1/2 designed and 1/8 programmed(my puter ran out
of memory- if I can ever get Inform to work on the local universitys
Macs, I can work more on it.)

I just want to know what y'all think of the concept, and more 
importantly- would you download/solve it if/when I can finish it? ;)

Chidder

