Comments on: Would-Be IF Stuff http://grandtextauto.org/2007/08/09/would-be-if-stuff/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2007/08/09/would-be-if-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-124731 nick Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:25:41 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1557#comment-124731 <a href="http://frontalot.com/index.php/?page=video" rel="nofollow">Full Frontalot</a> is now being displayed. Third video from the top is <i>It is Pitch Dark.</i> Full Frontalot is now being displayed. Third video from the top is It is Pitch Dark.

]]> By: nika http://grandtextauto.org/2007/08/09/would-be-if-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-120737 nika Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:28:09 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1557#comment-120737 hi Nick, hi John! thanks for mentioning our talk at the CCCamp07.. and thanks for updating me on the technical workarounds needed meanwhile to play the game on Intel Macs. Phew, when we created the game (in 2001), we didn't expect future Mac OS versions/Macs to have so few compatibility to "older" programme files. Anyway, thanks a lot for reminding me of this workaround for Intel Macs. I just checked in on my husbands Macbook and will include this info on the download-website for this game asap (the camp net is a bit wobbly right now). I'm sorry that you had been searching for the Inform game version for so long. Unfortunately, i had just started this game but never finished, because we decided to do the Shockwave version instead. I mentioned this in my talk, but will also update my slides with this info. Maybe - with Inform 7 - i will have another go at it, some time, some place.. but not very soon. I also got inspired by Jens' talk again to maybe write some more, new text adventures, but, also, i gotta finish my second novel ;) anyway, thx again & best! nika hi Nick, hi John!

thanks for mentioning our talk at the CCCamp07.. and thanks for updating me on the technical workarounds needed meanwhile to play the game on Intel Macs. Phew, when we created the game (in 2001), we didn’t expect future Mac OS versions/Macs to have so few compatibility to “older” programme files. Anyway, thanks a lot for reminding me of this workaround for Intel Macs. I just checked in on my husbands Macbook and will include this info on the download-website for this game asap (the camp net is a bit wobbly right now).

I’m sorry that you had been searching for the Inform game version for so long. Unfortunately, i had just started this game but never finished, because we decided to do the Shockwave version instead. I mentioned this in my talk, but will also update my slides with this info. Maybe – with Inform 7 – i will have another go at it, some time, some place.. but not very soon. I also got inspired by Jens’ talk again to maybe write some more, new text adventures, but, also, i gotta finish my second novel ;)

anyway, thx again & best!
nika

]]> By: nick http://grandtextauto.org/2007/08/09/would-be-if-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-120683 nick Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:50:17 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1557#comment-120683 Thanks, John, since I was busy searching for the Inform game, I forgot about the Rosetta trick that would let me run the Shockwave one. Thanks, John, since I was busy searching for the Inform game, I forgot about the Rosetta trick that would let me run the Shockwave one.

]]> By: John Sparrow http://grandtextauto.org/2007/08/09/would-be-if-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-120649 John Sparrow Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:48:31 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1557#comment-120649 You may already know, but there is a way of running the Shockwave version on Intel Macs. Shut down your browser, find its application icon, right-click it and select get info. Then choose "Open with Rosetta" and reopen the browser. It's hardly a fix, since it's running under pointless emulation, but it's a temporary workaround... I've tried this successfully in Camino. Thanks for the interesting info! Best J You may already know, but there is a way of running the Shockwave version on Intel Macs. Shut down your browser, find its application icon, right-click it and select get info. Then choose “Open with Rosetta” and reopen the browser.

It’s hardly a fix, since it’s running under pointless emulation, but it’s a temporary workaround… I’ve tried this successfully in Camino.

Thanks for the interesting info!

Best
J

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