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Message: 6053
Author: dm_boozefreek
Date: 17/02/2007
Subject: JSW in the U.S.A.
Hello people
I know I'm not an American but since I live here now I could
technically be classed as a U.S. contributor......well maybe hahaha!
Anyway nice to see that there is a little action starting to take
place here again.
The reason I'm posting is the number of freaky coincidences occuring
with my current state of affairs with JSW editing. My wife (still
feels a little wierd saying that LOL) has started her new job and I
still can't work for at least another 2 months, so it's all JSW.
Anyway the wierd coincidences are pretty much as follows
1: I decided to write a mini-quest type game when I re-started
editing JSW in my new surroundings. Then when I have 6 rooms of it
templated Igor releases a mini-game with 6 rooms.
My mini game bares no resemblance to Igors however(and will have
more than 6 rooms), but it is quite a nice little idea of mine I'll
keep it quiet for now. I've already mentioned this to Daniel in an e-
mail I sent him regarding bug fixes with my old 48k titles for
the .TZX vault. But here's the clincher it stars an original JSW
character who hasn't had his own game yet (Therefore it's not Willy,
Maria, Eugene, or The Manic Mining Robot). The game has 2 nice
little surprises in it 1 is for Sendy: something you dreamed about!
I've put it in my game to an extent(it's nothing amazing or original
really but it's a nice touch to the game). The 2nd is a little
payback for all the JSW fans out there who dislike Willys' lazy fat
housekeeper.
The reason I'm keeping quiet for now is the game although short may
be heavily modded (like I say maybe, it already has a couple of
interesting tweaks).
2: The second coincidence is the reply to Daniels how do I
disassemble question. I just found that wierd that between editing
my new mini-game and tidying the ones I managed to bring with me to
the states, I have been trauling various JSW disassemblies and
trying some never done before patches out on a dummy JSW. wierd eh?
Anyway my priorities are (for anyone who's still interested):
Finish my mini-game to make it my first official U.S.A. title ( I
promise I will not fall in love with my idea and make it a full
sized game).
Tidy my old 48k titles (I can do this simultaniously with the mini-
game).
Then back to "The Dark Quadrology", I'm determined to finish at
least "The Man Who Sold the World" or "YOU-ROBOT!" this year!
Then "Down and Out Trilogy SE's"
Then whatever comes next Super MM, Benders Cheez it game, or maybe
something new who knows.
Anyway that's it for now
Cheers
DrUnKeN mAsTeR!!!
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