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From: alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: Re: Looking for Comments/Suggestions for Spaceward Ho! Version 2.0
Message-ID: <13788@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 31 May 91 17:18:16 GMT
References: <1991May30.185345.10261@neon.Stanford.EDU>
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Organization: Hackers Anonymous
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In article <1991May30.185345.10261@neon.Stanford.EDU>, commons@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Peter Commons) writes:
> 
> 1. Multi-Player Games. What can be done to make them easier?

"AppleEvents, AppleEvents, AppleEvents!"

Network ability comes for free. Also, a cleaver person could write an
application (hell, even a HyperCard stack) to control a copy of the game,
and create their own automated players. Kinda like rogue-o-matic.

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