[net.games] Suggested Changes in Hack

dim@cbuxc.UUCP (Dennis McKiernan) (01/10/85)

[Actually from Daniel Kian Mc Kiernan]

  1) As some one else said, hitting the space-bar should not cause a pause.

  2) Considering how slow the games frequently runs, type-ahead should be
flushed when a monster enters the room and/or when the user gets hit by a
monster; otherwise the game can become dreadfully tedious when searching-out a
wall, &c.

  3) Again considering the frequent slowness, it would be nice if the number-
of-turns-elapsed were displayed at the bottom-right of the screen; otherwise,
the type-ahead cheats the user.
     For example: Let's say that the user is searching out a wall.  The little
dog comes in and runs around, occasionally resting.  Then the display stops.
The user assumes that the search produced no results, and hits the h-key.  But,
in fact, the display had stopped because the computer was taking its own
goddamned time.  The search is resumed; the dog runs around; the search comes
to an end; the dog steps in the way; and -- POW! -- you kill the little dog.
     This sort of thing happens to me all the time, and the only way the avoid
it is to wait a minute or two between each entry.

                                        DKMcK

rcook@uiucuxc.UUCP (01/13/85)

How about causing just a "push" when the little dog is in the way.
i.e. "you push the little dog!"
Rob

robert@gitpyr.UUCP (Robert Viduya) (01/16/85)

>< 
> How about causing just a "push" when the little dog is in the way.
> i.e. "you push the little dog!"
>

But what if you (being a cruel, heartless and non-sentimental beastie) decide
you can handle the rest of the dungeon yourself and don't need a little dog
who constantly gets underfoot anymore?  It's much easier to kill him off
when he's tame rather than let him starve or leave him on a level to go
wild and attack you.   He's much easier to finish off when he's tame.

			robert

hey folks, it's just a game :-)
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rcook@uiucuxc.UUCP (01/22/85)

I don't know if you've noticed or not, but i think when you kill your little dogit causes a ghost of your character to appear for you and others on that level.
I could be wrong, but thats the experience i've found.
Rob