JSimpleton Posted March 20, 2005 [ FAIL-SAFE -- By Jon Ingold © 2000 <ji207@cam.ac.uk>] With thanks to Vincent Lynch, Tom Lees, John Bichard. [Please press SPACE to boot up.] Bzzt. Crackle. *Static* "...hello? Hello? Can... me? .. Anyone! Hel.... Need.. hello?" Bleep - PLEASE WAIT - Locating/Tuning signal... .. ".. help. Repeat, can anybody hear me? Can you hear me? Hello.." >> Score: 0 | Moves: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryam BaCo Posted March 21, 2005 do nothing wow, erkki, awesome idea! how did you program this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 21, 2005 Not too difficult to program. It's written in Java, uses apache.org HttpClient to log in, fetch the forum HTML pages, then does some rexexp searches to find the necessary info from these. Then uses a Z-Machine class ripped from Zinc ( zinc-if.sourceforge.net ) to run the game and posts the response again using HttpClient. The idea of running text adventure games on the forums was actually Jake's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 21, 2005 I might try to leave it on for the night running a game (in a new thread) if I manage to fix some issues. Any requests? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted March 21, 2005 I'd like either Zork or the Hitchhikers Guide game... both sort of standard classics I know, but hey I've never played either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSimpleton Posted March 21, 2005 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright © 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. > Location: West of House | Score: 0 | Moves: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 21, 2005 #this game will not stay blabla Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSimpleton Posted March 21, 2005 null> north North of House You are facing the north side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded up. To the north a narrow path winds through the trees. > Location: North of House | Score: 0 | Moves: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSimpleton Posted March 21, 2005 ZORK I: The Great Underground Empire Copyright © 1981, 1982, 1983 Infocom, Inc. All rights reserved. ZORK is a registered trademark of Infocom, Inc. Revision 88 / Serial number 840726 West of House You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here. > Location: West of House | Score: 0 | Moves: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Erkki Posted March 21, 2005 north If it prints usernames now, I'm going to post a new thread and leave it on... It will probably crash, but what the hell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JSimpleton Posted March 21, 2005 Erkki> north North of House You are facing the north side of a white house. There is no door here, and all the windows are boarded up. To the north a narrow path winds through the trees. > Location: North of House | Score: 0 | Moves: 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted March 21, 2005 Closing this thread then, for now at least, to prevent confusion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
