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Message: 3678
Author: andrewbroad
Date: 29/07/2003
Subject: ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy Construction Kit (JSW CK 1.0)
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Today I release Version 1.0 of my Jet Set Willy Construction Kit (JSW
CK): the program I used to write We Pretty, Jet Set Willy: The Lord
Of The Rings, and Goodnite Luddite.
From playing briefly with the other Spectrum-based JSW-editors (of
which the best two seem to be JetSet Editor and JSW Editor MkII), it
seems that JSW CK has the advantages of a better user-interface - it
has more shortcuts, and you never have to go through a sequence of
inputs all over again if you want to change one thing. Above all, the
way it handles guardian-classes and guardian-instances is superb -
you can either access the guardian-class table via the guardian-
instances in rooms, or browse the guardian-class table and look up
all instances of a guardian-class across all rooms.
JSW CK also has capabilities that other JSW-editors do not appear to
have - for example, you can edit the length of a rope, and you can
specify the vertical position of a horizontal guardian in pixels, not
just characters.
I would appreciate feedback from anyone who is more familiar with the
other JSW-editors and has something to add about the relative
advantages and disadvantages of JSW CK, or indeed any other
suggestions as to how I could improve or extend JSW CK.
JSW CK 1.0 is the first gamma-version of JSW CK. Some may remember
the public beta-version, JSW CK 0.0, where "ROOMS" of JSW-CK-1.TAP
was corrupted in the tape-transfer. In early 2003 I typed in this
file by hand (via BAS2TAP) - in the nick of time as it turned out, as
my real Spectrum died shortly thereafter! )-:-)
JSW CK 1.0 has some other improvements over JSW CK 0.0, including
support for invalid ramps and invalid arrows. After all, part of
Broadsoft's quirky-features mission is to redefine what should be
considered valid! ;-)
I am currently using JSW CK to write Party Willy, hopefully for an
April 2004 release (see my website for the latest details).
Oh, and I've finally discovered Maria's surname: it's Sharapova! ;-)
--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/download/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/manicminerandjetsetwilly/
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