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Greg Boettcher
Apr 6, 2012, 8:22:53 PM4/6/12
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The Spring Thing 2012 games are now available for download. There are
three games this year:
The Rocket Man from the Sea, by Janos Honkonen (Z-code)
Sleuth, by Scott Greig (Quest)
The White Bull, by Jim Aikin (TADS 3)
You can find out everything you need to know at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
You'll find the links to download the games on that page.
Anyone who plays the games and is willing to follow the voting rules
on the site may serve as a judge for the competition by voting on the
games.
The deadline for voting is 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Winners
will be announced soon afterwards.
The details on how to submit your vote are at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/index.htm#vote
Feel free to contact me if there are any problems.
________springthing_dot_net
greg_at
To all the players, have fun! To all the entrants, good luck!
Greg
three games this year:
The Rocket Man from the Sea, by Janos Honkonen (Z-code)
Sleuth, by Scott Greig (Quest)
The White Bull, by Jim Aikin (TADS 3)
You can find out everything you need to know at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
You'll find the links to download the games on that page.
Anyone who plays the games and is willing to follow the voting rules
on the site may serve as a judge for the competition by voting on the
games.
The deadline for voting is 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, May 6, 2012. Winners
will be announced soon afterwards.
The details on how to submit your vote are at:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/index.htm#vote
Feel free to contact me if there are any problems.
________springthing_dot_net
greg_at
To all the players, have fun! To all the entrants, good luck!
Greg
Greg Boettcher
Apr 8, 2012, 12:29:45 PM4/8/12
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On Apr 6, 7:22 pm, Greg Boettcher <WRITETOgre...@gregboettcher.com>
wrote:
Spring Thing 2012 due to an error by me.
This has been corrected. The files on the Spring Thing site are now up
to date. The files at the IF Archive will be updated shortly.
Please download and play The Egg and the Newbie.
Judges' ballots will not be complete, and will not be counted, unless
they play all available games they can, including The Egg and the
Newbie.
The game can be downloaded from the updated ST site:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
wrote:
> The Spring Thing 2012 games are now available for download. There are
> three games this year:
>
> The Rocket Man from the Sea, by Janos Honkonen (Z-code)
> Sleuth, by Scott Greig (Quest)
> The White Bull, by Jim Aikin (TADS 3)
Important: One game, The Egg and the Newbie, was initially left out of
> three games this year:
>
> The Rocket Man from the Sea, by Janos Honkonen (Z-code)
> Sleuth, by Scott Greig (Quest)
> The White Bull, by Jim Aikin (TADS 3)
Spring Thing 2012 due to an error by me.
This has been corrected. The files on the Spring Thing site are now up
to date. The files at the IF Archive will be updated shortly.
Please download and play The Egg and the Newbie.
Judges' ballots will not be complete, and will not be counted, unless
they play all available games they can, including The Egg and the
Newbie.
The game can be downloaded from the updated ST site:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
x3v10...@gmail.com
Apr 9, 2012, 3:16:11 AM4/9/12
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Help playing Sleuth?
Cannot load a 'quest' game?
Is there a way to play online?
Cannot load a 'quest' game?
Is there a way to play online?
borowski
Apr 9, 2012, 3:28:09 AM4/9/12
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In order to play Sleuth, you need to download the Quest interpreter from http://www.textadventures.co.uk/quest/
As far as I can tell, it's only available for Windows.
As far as I can tell, it's only available for Windows.
Greg Boettcher
Apr 12, 2012, 8:12:29 PM4/12/12
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On Apr 9, 2:28 am, borowski <wzsamu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In order to play Sleuth, you need to download the Quest interpreter fromhttp://www.textadventures.co.uk/quest/
There was some discussion about whether I should allow the game to be
put up on textadventures.co.uk along with other Quest games, so that
it could be played online by people without Windows.
I mentioned the idea to the entrants and there wasn't universal
agreement that this should be allowed. If I let the author put up the
game online, I couldn't really stop him from updating the game during
the competition. That was the rationale anyway.
I would consider changing the rules for next year, but not this year.
I guess I should update the site to remind everyone that they are not
required to vote on ALL the games if their computer's compatibility
prevents them from doing so. If you can't play Sleuth, just give a
score to the other three and submit your ballot that way.
An imperfect solution, but it is what it is.
Greg
> In order to play Sleuth, you need to download the Quest interpreter fromhttp://www.textadventures.co.uk/quest/
>
> As far as I can tell, it's only available for Windows.
That is true to the best of my knowledge.
> As far as I can tell, it's only available for Windows.
There was some discussion about whether I should allow the game to be
put up on textadventures.co.uk along with other Quest games, so that
it could be played online by people without Windows.
I mentioned the idea to the entrants and there wasn't universal
agreement that this should be allowed. If I let the author put up the
game online, I couldn't really stop him from updating the game during
the competition. That was the rationale anyway.
I would consider changing the rules for next year, but not this year.
I guess I should update the site to remind everyone that they are not
required to vote on ALL the games if their computer's compatibility
prevents them from doing so. If you can't play Sleuth, just give a
score to the other three and submit your ballot that way.
An imperfect solution, but it is what it is.
Greg
Greg Boettcher
Apr 12, 2012, 8:13:46 PM4/12/12
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On Apr 8, 11:29 am, Greg Boettcher <WRITETOgre...@gregboettcher.com>
wrote:
download it, please visit:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
Greg
wrote:
> Important: One game, The Egg and the Newbie, was initially left out of
> Spring Thing 2012 due to an error by me.
The walkthrough to The Egg and the Newbie has been released. To
> Spring Thing 2012 due to an error by me.
download it, please visit:
http://www.springthing.net/2012/
Greg
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