Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:59477 comp.sys.amiga.tech:12648 comp.sys.amiga.games:190 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: A Philosophy of Game Design, from the author of PocoMan Message-ID: <1715@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 9 Jun 90 14:27:44 GMT Lines: 47 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <1990Jun9.222125.2499@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >I promised to post a part of the letter I received from the author of >PocoMan, in response to my Multitasking vs Games posting, if permission >were forthcoming. > >> PocoMan is not copy protected. ... >> PocoMan is multi-tasking friendly. ... >> This disk is not bootable. ... >> You can either run PocoMan from the CLI, or via >> WorkBench by double-clicking the icon. >> ... Well, so far you have managed to hit my main criteria right on the mark. It's nice to know that there are game creators that care about that segment of the community who want to use their machines in the manner they were intended to be used. >> Thank you, and enjoy playing PocoMan. I'm sure I will. I will be buying it on sight. >> Sleepless Software, 1989 >> Anyway, I'd be interested in anything you have to say about PocoMan >>or game (mis-)design in general. We have two games underway right now, >>both of which will fully cooperate with workbench. BTW, our publisher >>tells us that of all their published titles, PocoMan is the only one >>that runs fine as-is on the A3000, I guess it pays to play by the rules... I'll let you know what I think of the game itself once I play it. It's a no-lose situation for me. Even if I don't like the game, buying it will make the statement I want to make to all programmers of commercial software. Program long and prosper. -larry -- The raytracer of justice recurses slowly, but it renders exceedingly fine. +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+