I wrote something along these lines a few years ago as a Visual Basic front end to an Access database. It basically links characters and plots and has...
I must admit that when I was writing After The Triumph, I was using a lot of boilerplate text and was keeping track of character connections via Excel - i.e. I...
... Sounds very useful, I'd certainly be interested in playing with it, but probably can't offer any help developing it. My PHP is pretty limited (I'm a Perl...
I've thought about this lots over the last couple of years, and while I am a big SQL server geek, it ain't cheap. You end up with two possible solutions. (1)...
I was thinking of Mysql for the database, largely from the point of view of free software, though if I were going for bells and whistles I suppose I could use...
Hi, Tony. My ubergeek days (and then only in a limited corporate fashion) are pretty much over so I have no qualms in admitting that I enjoy fiddling around...
This might be a silly question but I cannot remember if I have applied for Troy or not. Could somebody please help this bear of very little brain? I mean, I...
Nope you haven't - I'll write up the list of who has later and post it ... From: David Townsend [mailto:davidtownsend@...] Sent: 03 March 2004 17:31 ...
I was thinking more of stitching the document together with something like CSS or XSLT, rather than fronting by web server. Again, much more platform ...
... That's because they don't force OO the way C++ or Java does; you can write structured reusable code in Perl or PHP (Perl probably has a stronger culture of...
Umm...technobabble... Personally, I had one of these but the wheel fell off and it was never the same... ... Sorry, guys, failed my resistance check :-) -- ...
Sue claims to suffer from "Geek-induced Narcolepsy". I haven't seen the character drawback rules for it yet.... If this does turn into a serious attempt to do...
Thanks to everyone who came and played freeforms/LARPs at Conception. We now consider them to be an integral part of Conception and hope to have even more next...
Hi, I'm a relatively new member of the group. I've run 2 free-form mysteries now and have been monitoring the group for a while. 1) I am attempting to write my...
Yay! New blood! Welcome aboard, Peter. I'm afraid I personally don't have the time to help you with your first question, but the second is easy. Most of the...
... mysteries now and have been monitoring the group for a while. Hurrah ... Is there anyone I could sent it to after a few drafts to give some advice on it. ...
Hi, Out of curiosity, which mystery games did you run? I don't mind giving advice, although I'm a bit time-pressured at the moment so don't expect a quick...
MessageI live in Derbyshire so the siege of try will be an easy one to get to. I have to say Steve that it was your web site that got me into free-forms in the...
Hi Peter! ... Absolutely! The "Peaky" writing weekends are a remarkably "safe" place to try your hand at writing a game. For one thing, you're writing as part...
This is entirely a personal experience, and I'm not sure that anyone else shares it. It'll be interesting to find out. "Torch of Freedom" (the last weekender)...
Just to let you know, one of the freeforms at Convulsion is opening its doors to sign-ups. So far this is the only one, but it wont' be the last! Here's the...
... Certainly - but I'm a bit short of ideas for something new. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Part of the problem is that most of us meet up on a...
Does sound like a very cool idea. You might want to pick up a copy of grapevine which is an administration tool for MET LARPS. I've not played with it a great...
... If you want to take that to its logical conclusion then you want a replicating database so you can have local copies which are used to update the central...
Freeform technobabble ... pontificated about for a long time, we probably ought to set up a subgroup for it. I've been thinking on and off about it since...
There was a request for suggestions for a panel on freeforms at GenCon. I hesitantly suggest that a possible one might be a NON-SOFTWARE discussion of what...
That's a good idea. However, I haven't really kept up with the thread - can someone summarise the issue for me? Steve Hatherley www.mysterygames.co.uk ...
... I can give you the non geek girl viewpoint. We want to discuss what you would like a database to do for you in terms of creating game material from a...
The message <c2ut52+s8lh@eGroups.com> ... I want a program that I can feed vague unformed ideas into and it spits out fully prepared characters and plots. If...
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