Hi Thomas, I hear you. However, my question relates to the stage where you are writing the story for the game in a word processor. Or, do you start writing directly in a database?
If you go to http\://www.ffproject.com or http://www.projectaon.org, you will find a number of downloadable game books. They are word documents consisting of numbered sections. You choose the relevant section based upon dice roles etc. My question relates to writing those numbered sections. When I am writing the game story before writing the code, how do I keep track of the different paths the character could follow? Pranav -----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 8:53 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch Hi Praniv, That is basically why you would use a scripting language such as perl, javascript, or php. The scripting language can help keep track of where you've been, what adventures you have completed, and so on. You could store that info in a database or parce it out to a text file for later use. HTH Pranav Lal wrote: > Hi Thomas, > > This is an excellent post and I have archived it. One question. Could you > elaborate on the process of making a game book? How do you write the various > alternatives and keep track of them? For example, let's say that our > protagonist is called Peter. Peter can do two things. He can either go to > the pub or go to the old barn. If he goes to the pub, something else > happens. If he goes to the barn then something completely different happens. > > Pranav > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
