Re: The 1st Annual 1-2K Text Adventure Competition

[Matthew Westcott <gasman@raww.org>]

Alistair Hutton wrote:
> Paul Allen Panks wrote:
>
> > Yes, although the total source file cannot exceed 2,816 bytes. THe 
> > binayr file, zipped or UPXed, cannot exceed 2,999 bytes. External data 
> > files are ok.
>
> So, I write a 1K parser, primative but doable.  A 1k database program, 
> not lookig for miracles just a simple database program. Then I provide a 
> 1 megabyte external datafile which actually contains the adventure? 
> That's crazy mad.

Nonono, what you do is write a Brainfuck interpreter 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck> inside 2K on your platform of 
choice, then write a complete Z-Machine implementation in Brainfuck and 
supply that as an "external data file". Then write your 1 megabyte 
adventure in Inform.

And if you can pull that off, you deserve to win the competition.