<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance --> <!--X-From-R13: Pra Uerrne <terrneNploreuvtujnl.arg> --> <!--X-Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 00:50:16 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 373DC10D.8BDB4782#cyberhighway,net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 000501be9c02$8edd7ba0$a3cb9cd1@k6 --> <!--X-Reference: 4.1.19990514141919.00a37410#pop,darklock.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00265.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00267.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00263.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00271.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00266">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00266">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00266">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 15 May 1999 18:46:37 +0000</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:greear#burrito,cyberhighway.net">greear#burrito,cyberhighway.net</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote: > The player himself is the character. Ostensibly, he is also the captain of > a spaceborne warship. This warship is controlled remotely by computer. (I'm > so inordinately pleased at how appropriate this is with respect to > suspension of disbelief -- unlike your average game where you're supposed > to be physically there, your in-game situation in my system is identical to > your RL situation: you're sitting at an obsolete terminal, using an > inadequate command set!) Ever read Ender's Game? :) I really like this a lot! I've been kicking around ideas for something like this, but I keep getting distracted :) I was thinking of a fully graphical system with full range of motion (as well as textual communications of course). Would be a lot of work to code though.... I'll be interested to hear how this project turns out... Ben -- Ben Greear (greear#cyberhighway,net) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear">http://www.primenet.com/~greear</A> Author of ScryMUD: mud.primenet.com 4444 (Released under GPL) <A HREF="http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html">http://www.primenet.com/~greear/ScryMUD/scry.html</A> _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00271" HREF="msg00271.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00198" HREF="msg00198.html">[MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Quzah [softhome]" <quzah#softhome,net></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00251" HREF="msg00251.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00265.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamically changing room descriptions</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00267.html">[MUD-Dev] Marc Hernandez' Server</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00263.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00271.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00266"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00266"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00198" HREF="msg00198.html">[MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Quzah [softhome] <a href="mailto:quzah#softhome,net">quzah#softhome,net</a>, Tue 11 May 1999, 20:23 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00230" HREF="msg00230.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 14 May 1999, 07:33 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00251" HREF="msg00251.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 15 May 1999, 09:33 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:45 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00266" HREF="msg00266.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00271" HREF="msg00271.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 21:09 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00254" HREF="msg00254.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Planes of existance</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Sat 15 May 1999, 09:46 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00259" HREF="msg00259.html">[MUD-Dev] The distinction between magic spells and magic abilities</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 16 May 1999, 07:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00276" HREF="msg00276.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The distinction between magic spells and magic abilities</A></strong>, Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Mon 17 May 1999, 03:51 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>