Hi, Glad I could help. The over all point I wanted to make was simply don't be afraid to use common terminology to describe things in the game or to use as commands. Most of us wouldn't be offended by terms like look, see, watch, etc because we often use them to fit in with mainstream society anyway. When we start down the politically correct path, by changing a command from "look" to "perceive" we are setting the blind individual up to be a special class of person apart from anyone else when in fact all we want is to fit in with mainstream society as best as we can. Most of us want to be treated like anyone else with the exception our eyes are bad and sometimes we need special equipment, software, etc to be equal with our mainstream counterparts. Here is a case in point.
I don't know if you intend to show other interactive fiction developers your test game or not, but if you were I'd prefer it to be done right. By "done right" I mean treat it as any other interactive fiction title but trim out some of the babble as you have done and the "Your command?" line is fine too. the last thing we would want is for other interactive fiction developers to think they have to say this or that is so many steps away or that they have to add special commands like "perceive" instead of "look" to keep from offending somebody. That's not at all necessary. So what I'm getting at is since you are writing an article on this we need to have a clear idea of what to do and what not to do in future interactive fiction titles. Cheers! --- 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.
