Re: Apple II version (Porting Westfront PC adventure game)

[Bob Retelle <bobr1@provide.net>]

Just one question-

Does the source code absolutely, positively, HAVE to be in an html
format?

Wouldn't a nice, simple TEXT file be easier to maintain, not to
mention a lot friendlier to anyone who wants to import hundreds of
lines of code into a text editor..?

Most of the systems mentioned as possible ports have no html editors
available, so the source code has to be stripped out manually from the
html page source using search and replace in a text editor.  That can
be awfully messy and time consuming.

Real coding would be a lot easier to get started with a simple .ZIP
file (or just straight ASCII) of the source code.

Just a thought...


BobR




On 9 May 2001 17:51:48 GMT, pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I put up a mock screenshot of what a port (of Westfront PC) might look
>like. Here it is:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/dunric/wfc64.gif
>
>Would anyone be interested in porting the MS-DOS/Windows to your beloved
>system? I've received a few inquiries from individuals willing to try, but
>it would take a solid month or so of free time to port a small fraction of
>either game. An experienced BASIC programmer could use that screenshot and
>code a game around it, using the colors and layout shown above. Inspector
>Funkydog, Faldor and 350 or so rooms could be done rather easily. 
>
>The game is in the public domain, so anyone can port it and/or use it. The
>source code is available here:
>
>http://www.geocities.com/dunric/wfsource.html
>
>Let me know if anyone is interested. It would be great to see this game on
>other systems! :)
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul Panks (a/k/a "Dunric")
>dunric@yahoo.com
>http://www.geocities.com/dunric/westfront.html