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Message: 5851
Author: Steve Worek
Date: 02/06/2006
Subject: Re: Update on Daniel's JSW activities
Sorry for disappearing for so long; I'm not on Yahoo Groups very
often... but I heard about your update of 'Emily' from Andrew
Broad's site, and I look forward to seeing it. :-)
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel"
>
boyfriend/girlfriend
> 1.
>
> The activity in the Group has apparently subsided considerably. I
> hope that it is a part of a cycle, relating to
> visits, hard-time-at-work problems, etc., and not a permanent
state
> of things. I haven't posted for a while myself, because I had
not
> limited time for JSW due to real-life obligations, and also I
> devoted most of my available JSW time to finishing the "side
> project" which I mentioned in one of the previous posts. I will
> offer more information about it right now, other than saying that
it
> will be a JSW48 game, and that unless I encounter an unexpected
version"
> critical obstacle, it should be released in June.
>
> When this is done, my further JSW priorities will be: to update my
> JSW website in order to put Herve's "Willy on a Transatlantic
> Cruise" v. 2 and my "side project" on it, to finally prepare the
> files to be sent for TZX conversion, to prepare the "final
> of Jet Set Emily, according to Andrew's suggestions, to have a
good
> look at, and perhaps playtest properly, the recent Club releases
the
> ("Death TV", "Advanced MM/JSW Trainer" and "Day 1" of "7 Days in
> Sun") and to continue playing the existing JSW games. Further
along
> the road, it's the SEs of "Willy's New Mansion" and "Jet Set
Willy:
> The 2005 Megamix".
of
>
>
> 2. Things related to DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!'s games
>
> I have never "publicly" thanked DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! for his message
> May 4th and for his reassuring words, so I'm doing it now :-).
Also,
> I am pleased to let everyone know that DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! has sent
me
> (some weeks ago, already) bugfixed versions of his first two
games.
> I have playtested the original "DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!" (and sent my
the
> comments to the author), and I will playtest "Fantasy World Willy"
> soon.
>
> DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! has also kindly sent me "a load of stuff from
> development period" of both games. He said that he couldn't
include
> any scans of his notes or sketches, because he didn't have a
take
> scanner, but he said that "in a few weeks" he might be able to
> high-quality photographs of early sketches of all his games, using
games
> his fiancée's digital camera. Then he may resize them to post them
> on this Group. In fact DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! said he was going to
> add "design notes and pics of all the sketches, screenshots
> (unfinished screens), and notes both on paper and in .txt
> formats" "so the completists can get a rough feel for how the
> were made, built and improved on during the editing process".
is
>
> DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! wrote:
>
> > For now JSW is my main squeeze and always will be, even if I
> > fizzle out and my games become boring I'll still come here. JSW
> > my gaming obsession it'd take the Betty Ford clinic to help me
get
> > over my addiction and even then I think I'd re-lapse.
passion
>
> Very nicely said, DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!! :-) It is true of my JSW
> as well :-) What's the Betty Ford clinic, BTW? :-)
on
>
>
> 3. A question to John Elliott
>
> John, so far I haven't been able to load any JSW128 or JSW64 games
> into JSWED 2.3.1. Is it a critical problem, or should I try e.g.
> another computer/OS? (So far I have tried it on a machine running
> Windows 98SE). If the problem is critical and it is impossible to
> load JSW128 or JSW64 games into the current version, when can we
> expect a version of JSWED 2.3.x which will make it possible?
>
>
> 4. A question to Nigel "Fishyfish" Fishwick
>
> Since you've posted recently, let me ask how "Willy Works" is
> progressing? Have you done any rooms beyond the six whose
> screenshots are available at
> http://www.fishyfish.net/jsw/willyworks/ ?
>
>
> 5. A question to Dick Daggers
>
> How is "Lovecraftian Willy" progressing?
>
>
> 6. A question to Sparkstercito
>
> How is "Manic Miner: SPARKS.Russell´s Nightmare" progressing?
>
>
> To everyone else - Happy editing and gaming!
>
>
> Daniel
>
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