Re: Inform Competition


14 May 1995 19:35:50 +0100

In article <800443642snz@moose.demon.co.uk>
Alison@moose.demon.co.uk "Alison Scott" writes:

>In article <3p07j5$qps@agate.berkeley.edu>
> whizzard@uclink.berkeley.edu "Gerry Kevin Wilson" writes:
>
>>How does that grab you? Any suggestions for changes? I really think
>>that only people who have played all the entries should be allowed to
>>vote, otherwise it's unfair to the authors of the games they didn't
>>play. So, either honor system or answer some quiz questions on the
>>games, in which case the author must supply me with one.
>
>Except that portability *is* a factor; if some voters can't play some games,
>it's not fair to disallow them from voting.
>
>Personally, although I'm currently using a PC, in fact I only play text
>adventures on my Psion3a, which currently limits me to Infocom/Inform games.

I'm in the same situation, and I'd agree totally. Inform is available on
MANY more platforms than any of the other toolkits.

Chris

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