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From: tim@wagner.Princeton.EDU (Tim Hollebeek)
Subject: Re: Zork, the original three.
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 01:22:58 GMT
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In article <1995Mar13.061130.13660@csc.canberra.edu.au>,
Mah / Nick (MGM) <u943961@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>In article <D5Aq0o.HC0@midway.uchicago.edu>,
>Steppin [MOF][DUMF] <grruffin@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>Yeah, I gave them the text files for the Encyclopedia a year or two ago, but
>Much thanks <assorted grovels :>
>
>Work _is_ progressing on ZorkMUD, unfortunately some of us have lives, some
>of the time :P .. still, puzzles are being designed and being implemented to
>various degrees, and it should be open round about the same time Avalon2 is
>released ...

Yes, things are moving forward.  Within 6 months or so, I think things
might be getting to the point where it'd be possible to at least hang
out/fool around with cool stuff.  Unfortunately, these things take
time to build :)

>On the bright side, however, the overall plot has been roughly worked out,
>at least one puzzle is in fully working order, I'm slowly learning the 
>horrors of LPC, and the new parser is supposedly nearly ready.

Hmm ... not sure which one he's refering too :)

I think there are two, although the one I wrote I do not think is
currently in working order.  Been doing too much work on the parser
and have to get back to it soon :)

Anyway, most of us who are building it are Active Lurkers (nice
oxymoron, eh?) of this newsgroup, so if you want to help, drop us a
line :)

I'm pleased by the ammount of interest the project has generated;
quite a number of people drop by now and then to see how we are doing.
We could desparately use people who are willing to devote time in
order to help us tho :)

Disclaimer: Due to the move and parser rewrite, things are a bit up
in the air atm.  Look for a return to normalcy within a month or so.

-Beek@ZorkMUD
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Tim Hollebeek                   'There will be a better sig when I have time'
