Hi all, I'm new to both zillions and axiom, and as I read through the feature sets of both I'm liking the freedom axiom offers more and more [amazing job...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 4, 2009 1:48 pm
Jeff, Yes, with the Axiom client, it is possible to create stand-alone games. I have posted several stand-alone games to the board game geek site. I haven't...
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Jeff
jeff.creswell
Nov 4, 2009 2:56 pm
Hi all, Thanks for the reply Greg, that's great to hear! Does Axiom support card games/card-inclusive board games as well as abstract games? Thanks again, ...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 4, 2009 3:22 pm
Take a look at "FreeCell"; and "Axiomatic ESP" on the Zillions site. The first is strictly a Zillions game, the 2nd is an Axiom game. Both involve cards. Of...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 4, 2009 3:41 pm
I see there's also a "Hearts" game by the same author (Jeff Roy) so you may want to examine that as well. -- Greg...
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mohangora
Nov 5, 2009 10:17 am
Hello I have downloaded the Dipole applet,and this works fine Is there also a possibility to use this applet to play Dameo and Tablut If so,could someone...
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mohangora
Nov 5, 2009 10:21 am
Hello Greg can this also be done for Dameo and Tablut, and in the same way Greatings Mohangora...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 5, 2009 2:32 pm
Hi, [Hello I have downloaded the Dipole applet,and this works fine Is there also a possibility to use this applet to play Dameo and Tablut If so,could someone...
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modnarmai
Nov 10, 2009 6:32 am
I would really like to start experimenting with Axiom. I have some Forth experience. However I do not have Windows. I stopped using ZoG after the 2.0 version...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 10, 2009 2:51 pm
Hi, The Axiom client is a .NET application so in order for it to run under Linux, you would also need Mono in addition to WINE. I haven't tried it so I'm...
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Uri Bruck
uribruck
Nov 11, 2009 10:30 am
... I asked a friend who tried ZoG 2.0 with WINE and he said that it worked with a few glithces. Said it worked ~98% ... -- Thanks, Uri Si fractum non sit,...
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modnarmai
Nov 12, 2009 7:11 am
... That is very encouraging. I am not a WINE expert by any means, but it looks like I will be giving it go. Thanks!...
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modnarmai
Nov 12, 2009 7:40 am
... Do you mean the stand alone version of Axiom or the ZoG plug-in? I know very little about Mono and do not have it installed. That being said it is my...
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burkemat
Nov 12, 2009 6:15 pm
I did scan through the archives for this group---apologies if I missed this already being discussed. I was wondering if anyone had done any work on porting...
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Jeff
jeff.creswell
Nov 12, 2009 7:11 pm
Hey all, I'm totally new to Forth and I was wondering just how familiar with it I'll need to be to use Axiom effectively (I know the most precise answer is 'it...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 12, 2009 7:21 pm
... Sorry, I should have clarified that. In regards to Mono, I was referring to stand-alone games that use the Axiom client which is written for .NET. I would...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 12, 2009 7:27 pm
... axiom.dll was built with Microsoft's Visual Studio and is MFC (not .NET - notNet? :) ) based. For that reason, I would expect axiom.dll to work under...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Nov 12, 2009 7:47 pm
Hi, You are asking a really good question for which I probably do not have a great answer. For starters, I recommend reading the introduction to the...
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burkemat
Nov 13, 2009 3:44 am
... Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. ZoG runs (or at least, sort of runs) under Linux if you use Wine. But that's not what I have in mind. I don't want to...
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modnarmai
Nov 13, 2009 4:37 am
... More good news. So only the front-end for Axiom needs the .NET system. It is being to look like I am going to able to do this. Thanks, Dewayne...
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modnarmai
Nov 13, 2009 4:59 am
... Following up on the post of Axiom being able to work without Zillions, I would like to code a version that runs natively under Linux. ... It seems to me...
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burkemat
Nov 13, 2009 6:41 am
... Maybe I'm missing something, but isn't using Vala for the front end a completely separate issue from getting axiom.dll to run under Linux? You'll still...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Dec 28, 2009 3:16 am
Hi, I recently finished "Adaptoid";, a game created by Néstor Romeral Andrés and it's now available for download. I understand the game was a hit at Essen...
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Dave
ddyer0
Dec 29, 2009 5:01 am
Can you clarify the run time relationship between Zillions and axiom? My recollection is that Zillions has a free version that runs some games, but some games...
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Greg Schmidt
gschmidt958
Dec 29, 2009 7:03 am
[Can you clarify the run time relationship between Zillions and axiom? ]  Sure.  Axiom began life as a plug-in DLL (axiom.dll) which works with Zillions. ...
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Dave Dyer
ddyer0
Dec 29, 2009 5:28 pm
Thanks, that's all pretty clear. I got here from downloading "Adaptoid"; and thinking it looked and acted like a Zillions game. I've owned Zillions for a long...
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Dave
ddyer0
Dec 29, 2009 10:37 pm
I read the thread for Axiom without Zillions, but it seems to peter out without any release of the standalone engine. These also seems to be a consensus that...
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Greg
gschmidt958
Dec 30, 2009 12:58 am
The game engine has been officially released for some time and is available as a Zillions submission titled "Axiom Development Kit". The standalone Axiom...
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Dave
ddyer0
Dec 30, 2009 6:10 am
Axiom would be a much more attractive place to start a project if you only had to deal with one language and one runtime. Since the pieces are already in hand,...
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Greg Schmidt
gschmidt958
Dec 30, 2009 3:03 pm
Just to clarify what you wrote... [if you only had to deal with one language and one runtime.] Â Are you referring to the "minimal zrf" (ie. what ends up...
