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Message: 3761

Author: andrewbroad

Date: 30/09/2003

Subject: Re: Party Willy (SCREENSHOTS UPLOADED) / Music-references

 

soa1000 wrote:

>
> andrewbroad wrote:
> >
> > This is no longer a factor, as "Strawberry Fields Forever" and
> > "The Fool On The Hill" are in Party Willy (Part 1), which I have
> > just finished apart from the attributes of Maria , and
> > applying my previous hacks to specify the player's sprite-page in
> > any room, and to implement my 24-hour clock.
>
> Excellent. Looking forward to it

I have just finished Part 1 of Party Willy! See the Photos section
(Broadsoft > Party Willy) for screenshots.

I've also updated the previews of my future games on the Download
page of my website, and given the front page of this Group a new look.

I had a quick play of JSW:FTB the other day, just to
compare "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "The Fool on the Hill" with
my rooms of those names (I didn't have to go far to find them ;-) ).


[Re. David Bowie]

>
> Did you get the new album? I picked it up yesterday, and
> it's great

Yes, I purchased Reality (2CD limited edition) on the day of its
release, and yesterday I purchased his new DVD-single, "New Killer
Star".

> Ah Radiohead. I saw them live earlier this year. Great gig that

So did David Bowie. He had a shrewd suspicion that Radiohead were the
best band around, and that confirmed it! :-)

Talking of Radiohead, I've recently come to realise what that guy in
the "Just" video said to make all those people lie down on the
pavement with him: "We must perform a Quirkafleeg!"

In the version of JSW that I had for my real Spectrum, Room 16 was
called "We must perform a quirkafleeg", but the emulator-versions
spell it "Quirkafleeg" with a capital `Q'! It looks like there's more
to the JSW version-history than has been revealed!

> Music references are the lifeblood of this genre

They are certainly a significant source of inspiration for me (along
with TV, films, books, computer-games and tennis). Of the 64 rooms
I've written for Party Willy so far, I can attribute 17 of them to
music.

--
Dr. Andrew Broad
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/willy/
http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/download/

 

 

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