Re: Time Question..


14 Jul 1995 03:46:44 GMT

In article <neilg.805632526@sfu.ca>, Neil K. Guy <neilg@kits.sfu.ca> wrote:
>gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk (Gareth Rees) writes:
>
>>The reported experience of authors on r.a.i-f is that it always takes
>>longer than expected. My own game-in-progress was started in May 1994
>>and might be finished testing before the end of the summer. Graham
>>Nelson's new game "Jigsaw" must have been on the go for about two years
>>now. Gerry Wilson has been working on "Avalon" for about two years;
>>David Baggett's "The Legend Lives" took about three years (correct me if
>>I'm wrong). Of course, amateur authors have day jobs; Brian Moriarty
>>was being employed full-time by Infocom.
>
> "Longer than expected" is certainly a remark I can attest to! I've
>been working, off and on, on my mini-epic for over 3.5 years now.
>Still no sign of land... I'm just glad I had the self-control not to
>pre-announce any details. :)

And me too :P I do intend to get _Music of the Spheres_ out by November,
really, but it's been quite a while since I started it. Still, in the
meanwhile, everyone can play my contest submission. Speaking of which,
how many of y'all are entering the I-F contest?

> - Neil K.

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