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From: jrferro@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Jon R Ferro)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,rec.games.frp,rec.games.misc
Subject: Re: Adventure Definition Language
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Date: 26 Mar 90 22:42:32 GMT
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Reply-To: jrferro@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Jon R Ferro)
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In article <9SRGAKL@drivax.UUCP> g1@drivax.UUCP (Bruce Holloway) writes:
>I'm looking for the sources and/or DOS executable forms of one of two
>text adventure creating languages I've seen over the years but can no
>longer find.
>
>They are: Dungeon Definition Language and Adventure Definition
>Language. Both (I'm told) provide the means to write text adventures
>without having to do the tedious "how does one get something, etc."
>bits.

The C sources to both ADL and another adventure-authoring system,
ADVSYS, were posted to comp.sources.games several years ago.  They are
available in volume 2 of the comp.sources.games archive on ftp.uu.net
(via anonymous ftp).

According to the documentation supplied with the sources, ADL will
compile on BSD Unix, HPUX, MS-DOS, and AmigaDos by making changes to one
header file.  I had no difficulty building the system on BSD with GCC.
I have no idea if ADVSYS will compile on DOS, but I had no problem with
it on BSD.

Both systems come complete with manuals and with "standard libraries" of
routines designed to overcome the "having to do the tedious bits"
problems.

I have not worked with either system long enough to determine whether
one is technically superior to the other, so I will have to assume that
it is a matter of personal preference.  Given that, my personal
preference leans toward ADL.

Hope this helps!

-- 
Jon Ferro					jrferro@ai.mit.edu
MIT Transportation Modelling Research Center, Documentation Committee
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