Re: Red Dwarf IF


Mon, 13 Mar 1995 20:26:27 GMT

David Gilbert (dgilbert@bu.edu) wrote:
: Okay... here's my warped thought for the day.

: Having played the "Lost in Space" game that was recently uploaded to
: the archive, i really liked playing as Dr. Smith, who is certainly the most
: disagreeable character on the show.

I'll have to loo that on up, haven't played it yet.

: Now.. upon reading the newsgroup alt.tv.red-dwarf, they talk of making a
: computer game based on the show. And having played LIS as Dr. Smith, I was
: thinking how interesting it would be playing a Red Dwarf IF game as Rimmer!
: As Rimmer is a hologram, it would be interesting to see how the player would
: solve the normally simple problem of PICKING AN OBJECT UP.

I think Lister would be more fun! Actually I did some thinking on this
idea a while back, and a multiple perspective game would be alot of fun. The
player gets to chose their viewpoint when they start a new game, and
depending on who they choose their viewpoint is altered subtly (or not so
subtly in the case of Rimmer).

No time to implement it right now though.

Brian

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