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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:39:02 -0700</LI>
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On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:32:58 -0700 (PDT)
Adam Wiggins<adam#angel,com> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Koster, Raph wrote:
>> From: Adam Wiggins [<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">mailto:adam#angel,com</A>]
>>> Rather than walking through an interactive world, as I had been
>>> led to believe, I was actually walking between props much like
>>> those fake buildings they used in the old Hollywood westerns.
>> I had the same experience, of course. I imagine we all did. But I
>> would not call the goal of having a fully interactive environment
>> even necessarily contradictory to what I am discussing. You can
>> have a fully interactive environment that still imposes a
>> perspective or a worldview on the player, I would think.
> On this particular point I don't think I can agree. In the end,
> if someone detonates a nuclear bomb inside your candy store it's
> still going to have the same roomdesc.
Right, you need to have objects and locations built from defined
component materials with externally defined transformation paths to
get it done right.
> I don't think this sort of constructed world will ever be
> interactive in the way that I'm thinking; it will always be a
> sophisticated Zork spinoff, which is to say you only have the
> interactions which are coded by whoever created the area.
Bingo.
> Other than that, I agree with all your other points including the
> main one. I could see a whole new genre of muds spinning off from
> this sort of thing, especially with free user creation
> (LegendMOO?).
Rhetorical question: _Now_ do you see why I'm such a fan of user
programming?
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01319" HREF="msg01319.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
apocalypse <a href="mailto:apocalypse#pipeline,com">apocalypse#pipeline,com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 01:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01331" HREF="msg01331.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 14:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01337" HREF="msg01337.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 20:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01339" HREF="msg01339.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 22:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01340" HREF="msg01340.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 22:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01385" HREF="msg01385.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Nathan F Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 30 Sep 1998, 20:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01386" HREF="msg01386.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 30 Sep 1998, 21:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01392" HREF="msg01392.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 01 Oct 1998, 00:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01394" HREF="msg01394.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Room descriptions</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Thu 01 Oct 1998, 01:09 GMT
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