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Issue 18 August 2004 Contents News and Announcements News and Announcements InsideADRIFT ISSN 1743-0577 Issue 18 August 2004 Contents News and announcements News and announcements. ADRIFT 4.0 release 44 arrives 1. Main news (New (and improved?) newsletter; ADRIFT4.0 The mythical release 44 of ADRIFT 4.0, mentioned as being out soon release 44 arrives; jAsea no longer two issues ago, arrived on 10 July, after what seemed an eternity of being developed) testing. It brings a few, mostly minor changes, but most importantly a 1. Competition news raft of fixes for some of those annoying bugs that have troubled some. (Summer Minicomp; Game of the Year Competition; 3 Hour Game An early problem did appear with the map popping up in front of the Competition; Annual IF Comp IF Art runner window when an adventure started up. As always there is no Comp; Intro Comp) way that a limited number of testers, however diligent, can test 4. Forum news. everything. Once the masses get their hands on things any bugs will Regular features quickly surface. 2. Editorial 3. Drifters birthdays 4. Events diary jAsea no longer being developed 5. IF shorts 5. Drifters Toolbox: MiniMinder Sadly Mark J. Tilford (ralphmerridew), the developer of the JAVA 8. ADRIFT recent releases ADRIFT Runner clone, has decided to end development. I would like to 5. Interview: KF quizzed by Mystery 10. InsideADRIFT merchandise register the thanks of the community for his work, which resulted his receiving the unanimous vote for the Most Innovative Drifter Award at Articles the InsideADRIFT Awards last January. 6. The (big) idea by KF: Walkthroughs just make the player The note placed on the jAsea development site on SourceForge.net lazy! reads: 8. 3-hour game comp report 7. Getting wirelessly connected jAsea (jAsea's ADRIFT Style Execution Application) was an 9. Gamebooks as interactive fiction by DavidW open-source Java program to run ADRIFT games. jASEA is 9. Failed game intro: ?? no longer being developed; it has been replaced by Simon Reviews Baldwin's splinter project SCARE. http://www.geocities.com/legion_if/scare.html 13. “The Big Sleaze (For Sinclair Spectrum) reviewed by DavidW It is always disappointing when such a valuable project runs it’s course, Reference and we have been very lucky to have people prepared to develop 16. Manual: Variables software for free. Such projects help to persuade the rest of the IF Issue Details: 18 (Aug 04) world that ADRIFT should be taken seriously by reducing the scope for Issue 19 due out 11 Sep 04 claims that ADRIFT is Windows only, although that still applies to authoring of games. 1 InsideADRIFT Issue 17 July 2004 Editorial New (and improved?) newsletter With talk of revamping the main ADRIFT site going the rounds on the -ow, doesn‘t seem a forum I decided that the newsletter, and it’s recently remodelled forum year since I was noting site, could do with a facelift too. the end of the first year of the newsletter. This This scheme is designed to be lighter on the eye, with dark issue marks the end of backgrounds replaced by rules. I think it is easier on the eye, but what the second volume and I do you think? You can give your views on the normal ADRIFT forum or go to www.insideadrift.org.uk suppose that should bring a little look back The InsideADRIFT site is gradually evolving with static content pages, and forward being branded InsideADRIFT Extra, adding the extra information that I think I have largely backs up the community. managed the things I planned for in issue 10, Of course all of this counts for nothing if it isn‘t used. So far by way of the regular registrations on the forum have been a great schedule for publishing, disappointment. Probably should have asked Campbell to interviews from wider IF give his server a tweak to force people to find somewhere community, and else for discussions. (Sort of joking œ honest!) continued input from Drifters. Not saying you have to register there, just that it means I know people are interested. KF Contact Send any suggestions, Competition news roundup requests or comments The Three-Hour Game Competition about the newsletter to: [email protected] The results, posted by Woodfish on the ADRIFT Forum were as follows: Find the newsletter at: http://www.insideadrift.org.uk/ 1st Place: Briefcase by Woodfish InsideADRIFT merchandise 2nd Place: Jailbreak Bob by David Whyld You can now purchase an exciting InsideADRIFT 3rd Place: Zombie Cow by Amber Rollins-Walker mug, if you so desire. It 4. Lost Souls by Mel S has been updated with 5. Amulet by Daniel Hielbert the new logo. 6. Shadrick's Travels by Mystery The store is really not 7. Annihilation of Think.com by Adam Dundas fully operational, if you are interested look at Congratulations to everyone who took part for all their efforts, www.cafepress.com/insideadrift and to all who voted without whom there wouldn't be a result. More details can be There are some reviews posted on the Forum. found on page 10. 2 InsideADRIFT Issue 17 July 2004 Drifters birthdays InsideADRIFT Summer Minicomp 2004 August 2004 The competition is now approaching fast. In the time limited competition the game must be written during the period 15-22 August 2004. To 2 schoolsinger (20) ensure compliance there will be required first and completion line for 4 outsider (17) the game, as well as a compulsory object to be announced on 15 5 gigabyteman (35) August 2004. 8 Lena1975 (29) In the other two sections, the build a better maze event and the games 15 Coolkid (16) limited to 10 rooms, authors can write them in advance, so are 18 rocksockm (27) hopefully working hard as I write this. 21 Bacchus (36) malleus For more information go to http://www.insideadrift.org.uk/comp_sum_04 maleficarum (31) 22 Minicomp InsideADRIFT Game of the Year Competition 2004 23 Woodfish (16) Damien (18) White Divine (20) Mickey Crocker The event at the end of the year to showcase the best of the past years (20) games, and any new games people want to release, will once again 26 Starstream (59) take place over the Christmas/New Year period. 27 re_volvo (31) Filthy Bill (33) I have posted up the rules for the event on the InsideADRIFT site, if you see anything you think is wrong and I may change it. Please check it September 2004 sooner rather than later as I will not change the rules once we are into September. 1 Astridian (21) 4 RansomDchs (47) cewilson (45) Lailokken (48) Wider IF community events 5 Campbell (28) 2004 Interactive Fiction Competition 10 Lycaon (21) brucehum (33) The huge annual event is now drawing near, with entries in 11 Rabbinical College of Cordova by late September, though you need to have expressed an (61) interest in entering by the start of that month. A number of 13 Chaos (19) drifters have expressed their intention of entering, but 17 Mystery (32) actually getting the game ready and in is the hard part. 20 ondre (26) There was a rather odd argument that developed on the 24 Jacqueline (21) RAIF newsgroup when one prospective IFComp author took 27 MadTom (18) it upon himself to launch a one man assault on the previously unreleased rule. He allegedly wanted to enter half 28 kolya (27) a dozen games, but had previously made them available to 29 phazonstorm (12) download. Seemed more like someone who wanted to put on a show, and be seen to cause a stir. IntroComp judging underway Since the 18th of July judging of the seven IntroComp entries has been taking place, and is due to end on the same day as this newsletter appears. 3 InsideADRIFT Issue 17 July 2004 Events Diary Spring Thing revival proposed and announced 22 - 29, August 2004 7n RAIF there has been a proposal that the Spring Thing, an The InsideADRIFT Summer IF competition that ran a few years ago should be revived. Minicomp in August. Entries in One of the main differences from the Annual IF Comp is that 22 Aug, judging ending 29 Aug. there is no two hour game playing limit for judges. This is facilitated by limiting the number of accepted entries to September 01, 2004 2004 twenty. Interactive Fiction Competition The idea was greeted with a thread that has exceeded a You must have signed up to say hundred posts, with input being generally favourable. that you intend to enter by today. The competitions rules are now posted up and everything is set for take off. September 11, 2004 InsideADRIFT 19 Sep/Oct 2004 due out The September/October issue of the newsletter should be Forum news available today. Much more lively this month, with quite a bit of discussion September 30, 2004 2004 over the main ADRIFT website. NickyDude was putting Annual Interactive Fiction forward the possibility of a facelift for the pages, and this Competition Entries must be in by today. time Campbell agreed that he wouldn‘t be against an update to the look of the site to modernise it. Campbell has now th October 01, 2004 2004 said (19 July): Interactive Fiction Competition Just so you know, I've started working on the 'new' ADRIFT Entries released for judging site. Once finished, it will have: (ends 15 Nov. 04) o Member Logins, for uploading, reviews etc o Full database back-end October 30, 2004 o Quick-links into Forum InsideADRIFT 20 November 2004 due out o Quick-links to top adventures The November issue of the o Search Site facility ADRIFT newlsetter should be o News available today o Sitemap o Hopefully a much more professional look November 15, 2004 2004 Following my article in the last issue on the feasibility of an Interactive Fiction Competition ADRIFT collaboration project DavidW instigated a thread Judging ends today.
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