iPad Interactive Fiction Heaven

[JMikeD]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I have the two packages of releases, "Lost Treasures of Infocom", volumes I and II, released by Activision in the early 1990s. They come with all the manuals, maps, and so on. They are among my most treasured computer-related possessions!

Mine, also. I have both the 3.5" disk sets and the CD sets.

Mike
currently playing Hollywood Hijinx on the iPad.

[weateallthepies]

Originally Posted by stustaff

got my 1200 too and it still works, also got a cough CD32 in the loft...

Hey didn't they release a game for that?

[Fotoman]

Originally Posted by kjk

* high five* I had the C64 too! Damn, is everyone here as old as me?

Atari 400 with the membrane keyboard was my first in 1981... I even had the optional, external 5 1/4" floppy drive that was the size of a toaster I had many Infocom titles.

[stustaff]

Originally Posted by weateallthepies

Hey didn't they release a game for that?

I have all of the games! pretty much,

Simon the sorcerer
a fighting game
superfrog
driving game with missiles...
erm maybe a couple of others.

[guyanonymous]

Thanks for bringing back fond memories of these games. Ballyhoo and Planetfall were my favorites. Poor Floyd.

[Kirtai]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I have the two packages of releases, "Lost Treasures of Infocom", volumes I and II, released by Activision in the early 1990s. They come with all the manuals, maps, and so on. They are among my most treasured computer-related possessions!

I still have my volume I, it's on a shelf right behind me

[Kirtai]

Originally Posted by weateallthepies

...oh and high fives all round to the Amiga owners, I've still got mine.

I still have my a500 & a1200, though a friend had a fully tricked out A3000 tower with cybergraphics card, '060 accellerator, toccatta sound card, high res monitor and scsi hard drive.

She threw it in the bin a few weeks before we first met.

[murraypaul]

Has anyone found a good app for creating maps for these games? I've been using popplet lite, but it really isn't designed for it.

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

Has anyone found a good app for creating maps for these games? I've been using popplet lite, but it really isn't designed for it.

Thanks for mentioning this. I see the unlite (is that a word) version lets you save several maps. Looks like it would do a fair job. What have you found as the drawbacks in creating IF maps?

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Thanks for mentioning this. I see the unlite (is that a word) version lets you save several maps. Looks like it would do a fair job. What have you found as the drawbacks in creating IF maps?

It is designed as a mind mapping tool, which is for directed graphs, without loops. So there is no way of creating a cycle of connected rooms, you have to fiddle it by creating duplicate rooms and stacking them over each other.

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

It is designed as a mind mapping tool, which is for directed graphs, without loops. So there is no way of creating a cycle of connected rooms, you have to fiddle it by creating duplicate rooms and stacking them over each other.

Not sure I understand what you mean by "a cycle of connected rooms?"

How about this:


I tried the lite version, liked it, and spend the $5 bucks on the full version. I think it will work.

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Not sure I understand what you mean by "a cycle of connected rooms?"

How about this:


I tried the lite version, liked it, and spend the $5 bucks on the full version. I think it will work.

Neat, that is exactly what I thought I couldn't do

[The Old Man]

Yes! I thought that may be what you wanted.
Anyway, I have the full version ($4.99) and will proceed to create a Popplet image for the IF title "9:05" which is about a simple an adventure as you can get. This will be a learning experience with Popplet.

Again, I thank you for mentioning this app. I think it will work great. Now all we need is the update to the OS that will allow multitasking (or a jailbreak) so we can quickly switch between Frotz and Popplet.

[Rique]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Yes! I thought that may be what you wanted.
Anyway, I have the full version ($4.99) and will proceed to create a Popplet image for the IF title "9:05" which is about a simple an adventure as you can get. This will be a learning experience with Popplet.

Again, I thank you for mentioning this app. I think it will work great. Now all we need is the update to the OS that will allow multitasking (or a jailbreak) so we can quickly switch between Frotz and Popplet.

Wow, I truly feel like a dinosaur now. I always used to simply create a grid on writing paper with room names shown in row headings, and destinations shown in the column headings (N S E W NE NW SE SW U and D). Crude but effective - and faster than drawing boxes.

And I guess I could use "Numbers" for that.

-- Riq

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Rique

Wow, I truly feel like a dinosaur now. I always used to simply create a grid on writing paper with room names shown in row headings, and destinations shown in the column headings (N S E W NE NW SE SW U and D). Crude but effective - and faster than drawing boxes.

That's actually better than a graphical representation, because directions aren't always reicprocal - ie, if going N from room A takes you to room B, going S from room B does not always take you back to room A.

And I guess I could use "Numbers" for that.

Great idea!