morris@utah-cs.UUCP (Richard Morris) (08/18/83)
~r warp
morris@utah-cs.UUCP (Richard Morris) (08/18/83)
Has anyone heard of a zork like game which runs on the HP 3000. It is set in a sea coast town. I think it is called something like WORP, but am not really sure. Any information anyone may have on this would be appreciated. I would like to get a copy for one the HP 3000 here at the University of Utah. Please reply by mail. -- Richard Morris
bill@hp-pcd.UUCP (Bill Frolik) (08/19/83)
#R:utah-cs:-180100:hp-pcd:4200004:000:1147
hp-pcd!bill Aug 18 13:36:00 1983
Heard of it? We wrote it!
It's called Warp, and has been floating around HP for about 2 years now.
After spending countless hours playing Adventure, Zork, FisK, and Mansion
a friend and I here at HP Corvallis decided we could do one better.
We put together an enhanced Zork-like parser, built a complete world
scenario (centered around a seacoast resort), added LOTS of puzzles
(including many spinoffs from the other games), and put the whole mess
on a 3000. We tried to include everything you ever liked about Zork
and Adventure, then tried to improve on it.
For those of you who get off on statistics:
* Source: about 17000 lines more-or-less-standard Pascal (sorry,
we don't send it out.)
Database: about 6000 lines of ascii.
* Total maingame points possible: 1216.
Total endgame points possible: 100.
* Parser is similar to Zork with macros and conditional clauses.
Macros can have parameters.
* Also runs on HP9836.
Send me mail if you want more information.
Bill Frolik
hp-pcd!bill
Hewlett-Packard Personal Computer Division
1010 NE Circle Blvd
Corvallis, OR 97330
(503)757-2000 x4082mark@umcp-cs.UUCP (08/21/83)
We tried to include everything you ever liked about Zork
and Adventure, then tried to improve on it.
* Source: about 17000 lines more-or-less-standard Pascal (sorry,
we don't send it out.)
Sorry, but I don't think much of people or their products (OR their
companies) which come with rave reviews but "you can't see it".
If its a product, tell us how to buy it. If its research,
lets see the paper in the established journals. If its just a hack,
show your net responsiblity: back your claims with code or shut up.
--
spoken: mark weiser
UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!mark
CSNet: mark@umcp-cs
ARPA: mark.umcp-cs@UDel-Relaymorris@utah-cs.UUCP (Richard Morris) (08/21/83)
We tried to include everything you ever liked about Zork
and Adventure, then tried to improve on it.
* Source: about 17000 lines more-or-less-standard Pascal (sorry,
we don't send it out.)
Sorry, but I don't think much of people or their products (OR their
companies) which come with rave reviews but "you can't see it".
If its a product, tell us how to buy it. If its research,
lets see the paper in the established journals. If its just a hack,
show your net responsiblity: back your claims with code or shut up.
--
spoken: mark weiser
I was rather aggrivated with umcp-cs!mark's comment about having
no respect for "people or their software ... which come with rave
revues but 'you can't see it'." Hp-pcd!bill, the co-author of the
software in question, said that he was willing to provide additional
information to those interested. In communicating with Bill, I
found that one can obtain an executable copy of this software.
What more can be asked for? (As a software author, I understand
the desire to protect one's source code.)
I suggest that Mark Weiser go to the trouble of obtaining an executable
copy and using it, before spouting off.
I appreciate the effort Bill is making for us computer gaming enthusiasts.
Feeling much better!
-- Richard Morris
utah-cs!morrisbill@hp-pcd.UUCP (Bill Frolik) (08/23/83)
#R:umcp-cs:-203800:hp-pcd:4200005:000:377 hp-pcd!bill Aug 22 07:56:00 1983 Sorry, I guess I got a bit carried away there. I wasn't trying to give a sales pitch or promote *rave reviews*. The game is *not* a product; it is not for sale (it's free), nor does it have anything to do with the company (other than run on an HP3000 and consequently exists primarily at HP sites.) - hp-pcd!bill Bill Frolik HP PCD Corvallis, OR