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Message: 5819

Author: ewgf3

Date: 26/04/2006

Subject: Re: Personally To Carl - I'm not going to teleport to the another g

 

Igor mate,

> Oh, my dear Carl, everything is not as bad as you wrote here. I

don't

> plan to leave this super club with such kind and friendly people!
> Staying with this best "Y!club" I take part in - is a part of my

life

> since 2001 and I don't even think about leaving this club. I still
> visit mostly every day and I'm planning not to stop taking activity
> in it. The only thing, which I wanted to say is that I don't plan

to

> release any other JSW games more. (It means, that Andrew can erase
> them from the list if he wishes to do it).

I'm certainly glad that you're going to keep in touch, though it's a
pity you'll probably never release more JSW games.

> > Is your decision caused by the negative comments about UMM?
>
> Haha! Carl, don't make me laugh! If I would refuse doing any work
> that wasn't appreciated by all other people, I wouldn't be myself.

If

> this game was enjoyed only by you and all other people would hate

it,

> then even this fact will make me feel that all the time that I

spent

> next to JSWED with it was useful. Plus all the criticism about it

was

> constructive criticism and I absolutely agree with them in most
> points.
>
> > They were very much in the minrity, as most players seemed to

love

> the game.

You're right of course. Plus a true artist creates even if no-one
appreciates his work (look at Van Gough), though it would be very
untrue to call your work unappreciated.

> Carl, let's not to discuss my personal reasons why I dicided to do
> it. One of the biggest reason is that I met russian ZX fans and

with

> one of them, we now create a "boulder" game that will be a TOTALLY
> NEW BOULDER GAME, NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

Fair enough, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the new game -
Boulderdash style games can be great (look as Riptoff, Down to Earth
or Earthshaker, all on the Spectrum, for example). Will there be a
WWW site detailing production of the game, with suitable screenshots?

> OH MY GOD, CARl!!! I'M NOT GOING TO LEAVE THIS WORLD AND TELEPORT

TO

> ANOTHER GALAXY! So much talented JSW\MM creators exist here and I
> suppose that many new will find this club and will create super new
> JSW games.

Sorry, I was just afraid that by were "retiring" from the JSW scene
you were disapearing from the world's view, as so many other authors
of games or emulators seem to have done over the years. I'm really
glad that's not the case.

> > That said, hopefully you'll still keep in touch, and don't forget
> your
> > old mates. And maybe one day release that Half-Life themed JSW

that

> > sounded so fascinating.
>
> Forget it.

Damn! Maybe one day, if I become a millionaire, I can pay you to
write the game!

> > And please keep us informed of the progress with the Boulderdash
> style
> > game; although not JSW/MM style, I'm sure we'll all be interested
> in it
> > (I will!) - and if you can perhaps theme a level in a Miner Willy
> > style, then it'll be even better!
>
> Yes, ofcourse!! =D Main hero is a MINER too! Though he looks
> absolutely different than Willy, but he wears a helmet too and has

4

> different ink colours in his sprite.

Oh, is it sixteen by sixteen pixels? And is the game for the standard
Spectrum, or the Scorpion (or whatever) variations? I only ask as
there are some really good games (such as Fire and Ice) that only
seem to be available in TR-DOS format, which I believe is very
popular in Russia.

> > By the way, have you played Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? My mate

has

> it
> > (my rusty ol' PC won't even look at it), and when I saw it I
> thought of
> > you, as it seems to be the sort of game you'd love (I remember

you

> > mentioning once how you wanted an open-ended game in a realistic
> > world), plus your PC should be able to manage it. Aparently it's
> really
> > deep, even more so than Morrowind, but you have to be prepared to
> put
> > in the time, or yo won't appreciate it. Hmmmm, maybe that's why
> you're
> > retiring from JSW-editing - too much time spent playing Oblivion?
>
> Are you laughing! I'm not playing games already for a several

years!

> I only play old ZX games and some old new remakes.

Well, there is nothing to beat 3D Deathchase, Dynamite Dan 2, The
Sentinel or Skooldaze, in their respecive genres!

> > Anyway, have fun in your "retirement", and please keep in touch.
> >
> > Your old mate,
> >
> > Carl.
>
> Carl, I will write you a personal letter in WOS.

Looking forward to it, mate.

All the best,

Carl.

 

 

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