Hi, folks.
The main reason I’m posting is this: I have made the most minor of minor changes to Werewolves Rising. There was some confusion over the fact that the author’s name was Jimmy Ronald on the voting form and website, but Roger Ronald in the text of the game. The author’s full name is Roger James Ronald, so he goes by both, and didn’t realize he’d registered under a different name than what was in his game. It’s now listed as Jimmy Ronald in the game, on the website, and in the voting form.
Now that I’m here and I’ve read the other posts, I have a couple of other things to say:
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As said in a bunch of places, I don’t really frequent this forum, so thanks to those of you who’ve already answered some questions, such as the fact that authors cannot publicly discuss their games (but can privately).
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The play online links were pulled permanently, because I decided to include them on a whim when all the games turned out to either be ChoiceScript, Z-Code, or Glulx. But the authors didn’t know I was going to do this, and the authors were not asked to release their games for the web. I just slapped the Inform games into the Parchment or Quixe site and called it good, only to later notice that hint menus in one game weren’t displaying correctly, text highlighting wasn’t working in another, etc. Next year I may consider asking (but not requiring) authors to release for web, but this is something I’ll really have to weigh, because I want the playing field to be as level as possible for content, regardless of platform, and not all platforms are yet suitable for web. Possibly it’s something I’ll work out after the Intent to Enter deadline has passed, but before the entries themselves are actually due (basically, once I know which platforms people are planning to use for their entries).
Thanks again to everyone who is downloading, playing, voting, and reviewing.
- Jacqueline