Newbie enquiry re using Revolution for Myst style games

[Mark Talluto]

On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 02:06 AM, peter9.smith at ps.ge.com wrote:

> I'd like to take digital pictures and movies of say my house then 
> create a
> poor man's Myst style 'game' which I can send to friends.  Revolution 
> seems
> like a good contender to do this in as it's reasonably priced and
> cross-platform.
>
> Any comments on how suitable Revolution is for creating something a 
> step or
> two up from slideshows in DVD format?
>
> How far does Revolution support Quicktime?  Say for things like 
> transitions?
>
> How possible is it for a program to generate Revolution code as 
> opposed to
> typing it in?  Presumably converting from Hypercard or Supercard to
> Revolution requires something along these lines?
>
> Thanks for any feedback,
>

It is totally possible to do this with Rev.  The Quicktime support 
includes full access to QT transitions.
As for auto code generation, nothing like this exists today.  For now 
you will have to type it in.


Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com