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- From: greg@huia.canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
- Subject: Re: Searching for a sense of wonder
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- Reply-To: greg@huia.canterbury.ac.nz (Greg Ewing)
- Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- References: <1992Nov13.140109.7455@starbase.trincoll.edu> <1992Nov15.234650.12927@starbase.trincoll.edu> <librik.721877327@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1992Nov16.042649.20208@starbase.trincoll.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 23:39:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.042649.20208@starbase.trincoll.edu>, Russell L.
- Bryan <rbryan@Mail.trincoll.edu> writes:
- |> The programmer's standard solution to preventing this is to
- |> make the door too heavy to kick or to preach on the immorality of
- |> destroying such a beautiful door.
-
- My point is that the author shouldn't *have* to go out of his/her way
- to make every other solution impossible, nor think of all possible
- solutions in advance. Somehow the framework needs to make plausible
- things work automatically.
-
- Very hard, I know, but it's an example of how the computer might be
- used to make the game more interactive and less linear-story-like.
-
- |> If he cuts the rope at any other length, he swings safely to the
- |> wall only to have the carriage land on his head from above.
-
- Seems more like if he cuts the rope at any other length he splats
- into the wall.
-
- |> The cave is actually a balcony for a very
- |> comfortable bedroom, and your fall is easily broken by cushions / bed.
-
- Is this visible from outside? If not, then anticipating a very
- substantial horizontal velocity after swinging in a 90 degree 70 foot
- radius arc (even in 1/2 earth G) I would be very apprehensive about
- attempting such a trick!
-
- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand
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