Interactive Fiction with Runtime Revolution

[Thomas McGrath III]

Alejandro,

I think between using a card based approach as rooms or scenarios and  
simple logic that this type of application is a perfect match for  
Revolution. I would look into using switch statements for multiple  
choices and also random() to add a little uncertainty to the game  
aspect.

It helps to draw out the flow of the story/game on paper to realize  
where the turning points need to be.

Also, along the lines of Myst you can have turning points that take  
you to a 'special' area that can include puzzles and animations etc.  
Se AnimationEngine for ideas on that.

I always wanted to do a 'web' based treasure hunt type game that  
combined a desktop app for its base and web sites out there with key  
pieces of info to complete the story.

Anyway, as to your question, I don't think there are any  
unsurmountable roadblocks for a program like this. The only difficult  
part would be animation.

And don't forget you can use the free iTunes Library Suite to include  
a background sound track for your story/game made up of the End Users  
own music library.

HTHs

Tom McGrath III
Lazy River Software
3mcgrath at comcast.net

iTunes Library Suite - libITS
Information and download can be found on this page:
http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/RevOne.html





On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:16 AM, Alejandro Tejada wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Recently, i have been studying the didactic possibilities for young  
> students
> of creating works of interactive fiction with a custom made  
> application
> created with RunRev:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction
>
>> From my single point of view, creating in RunRev such kind of  
>> application should
> be a fairly simple programming task, but surely i am missing some  
> important
> information.
>
> Does one participant in this mail list have already created a  
> similar application?
> Do you remember any specific unsurmountable roadblocks during  
> development?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> al
>
>
>
>
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