From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-07-14T01:38:03+09:00
Subject: Re: I need serious help!


On Jul 13, 2007, at 11:10 AM, James Edward Gray II wrote:

> On Jul 13, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Joe Wiltrout wrote:
>
>> James Gray wrote:
>>> On Jul 12, 2007, at 9:54 PM, Peter Seebach wrote:
>>>
>>>>> easier to
>>>>> make than games with moving graphics, so I might start off with  
>>>>> a Sky
>>>>> Pirate text-based game instead. It all depends whats easiest for a
>>>>> beginner.
>>>>
>>>> If you wanna write text adventures, my recommendation would be
>>>> Inform 6.
>>>> (I don't like 7 as much.)  It's a domain-specific language, but  
>>>> gets a
>>>> lot of advantages from it; on the other hand, it is probably by far
>>>> the
>>>> quirkiest language I've ever used.
>>>
>>> There's a text adventure framework for Python called PAWS.  It's
>>> certainly something that could be redone in Ruby.  I've considered
>>> doing it myself.
>>>
>>> See the solutions to this old quiz for some great ideas on how this
>>> could work out:
>>>
>>> http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz49.html
>>>
>>> James Edward Gray II
>>
>>
>> Could you do me a favor and link the PAWS adventure to this  
>> thread? If I
>> googled PAWS, I'm likely to get thousands of websites, from adoption
>> centers for abandoned fuzzy animals to strip clubs.
>
> We need to get you past this Google fear my friend.  Google python  
> PAWS and it's the top hit.
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
Indeed, pump up your Google-fu!
Never be afraid to google an entire sentence or question.
But in general, multiple keywords will get you good hits usually.