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Message: 3763

Author: Igor Makovsy

Date: 30/09/2003

Subject: Re: Andrew from Mak

 

Andrew,... my reply:

> Okay, I've updated my List of MM/JSW Games accordingly (and with
> respect to my own games too).
>
> Re. Moscow: Russia is a country I'd like to visit now that I'm a
> Maria Sharapova fan, but I don't expect I shall make any more
> journeys outside the UK again, save one.
>
> My eyes are on Moscow this week because of the Kremlin Cup tennis.
>
> I was only eight and nine in 1984, and I don't think jet_visy was
> even born then! ;-)

It means nothing to me.. I wasn`t born in 1984 too. I was born on
12th December, 1985, but why does the game has to be the truth
documentary film, right?

> I started in September 1994, and graduated with my BSc in Computer
> Science in July 1997. I returned as a postgraduate in September

1997,

> got my MPhil in 1999, submitted my PhD thesis in September 2001,

had

> my PhD viva in September 2002, and finally graduated with a PhD -
> after a very long and protracted process - in July 2003.
>
> I enjoyed my time at university because I love my subject, I love

to

> learn, and I was motivated above all by academic achievement, so I
> will always look back on them as the best years of my life.
>
> So what are you studying?

My university is called "Moscow State University of
Printing", "MSUP" - it one of the world-wide-famous universities that
prepares new specialists of book art and everything, what is
connecting with printing. I mean, those people, who construct new
printing machines and so on. But my departament is an ARTIST
departament of this university. I don`t know exactly what is mine
speciality, but it sounds like "Graphic
artist", "Designer", "Computer art creator", and so on. We learn
everything what is connected with book creation and the history of
printing. Now we learn everything which is connected with computer
gfx, too. We learn wed design, web art and so on, because it hard to
imagine our future life without computers, right? You, ofcourse, have
to agree with me, yeah?

> > - Andrew, can you, please, say a few words about ZXHEROES and
> > FROSYA?
>
> Frosya was a very impressive début game. I particularly like the
> following rooms:
> "The extremely dangerous cable" [23]
> "The east tower" [64]
> "Barrels from the warehouse" [65]
> "The souls that didn't pray" [67]
> "The main cterilization center" [68]
> "The devilish Maria" [72]
> "In the land of the golden sands" [85]
> "The wet cave" [88]
> "The west point on the map" [91]
> "Cool paradise" [103]
> "The cleanest pond" [117]

I see, I see...

> However, Frosya does have several bugs [Rooms 19, 31, 36, 41, 47,

48,

> 81, 82, 88, 99, 105, 111, 114, 119]...

I won`t call it "several" bugs. Looks like, you just don`t want to
use other word, which is more useful here... thanks.

> ...also in the Lite Version [8, 13].

Emm...

> There are also some nasty infinite death-scenarios [9, 115]...

I understand...

> ...some unfair rooms [66, 67, 70, 86, 99, 104, 111, 118]...

Why unfair?

> ...and some loop-holes where you can do things you shouldn't be

able

> to [53, 77, 116, 117, 118, 122]...
>
> ...and I can't see a way back from "It is the old kind bathroom"
> [127].

I can`t see a way tooooo... listen, Andrew, I have copied all your
remark page to my notepad and will release the patch for my game very
soon.

> I still haven't played ZX Heroes yet, but the screenshots I've seen
> look very impressive.

Please, play it!! I`ve tested it very carefully and even tried to
make a JSW video in it. I would like to listen your comments about
ZXHEROES, because, as I think, it is more professional. Plus, to my
mind, it has not a bad idea. BTW, if you will play it, then help me
with one bug, that I can`t fix.

- It is "FINDERS KEEPERS" room. When Willy enters it from
the "TECHNICIAN TED"`s first floor, Willy teleports to the room with
main enemy "Pentium 6 and the King Spectrum", though there are no
teleporters there. "Finders keepers" is a buggy room. Willy likes to
teleport in different places from there. Help me, please.

I want to add, that ZXHEROES is finishable game and can be finished
within 15 minutes easily. It is rather easy and playable, try it.
And, ofcourse, write me, what you think, OK?

Thanks, for the answer,
Igor.

 

 

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