A New(?) Idea? Whaddya think?


13 Feb 1995 21:10:21 GMT

Here's a (maybe not too) radical idea. I've been working on a set of
short stories all in the same pseudo-mythical world, and while they
don't have a consistent plot or goal, I thought it would be great to
provide a text-based "virtual reality" wherein you could wander around
the world, taking in scenery, manipulating objects, talk to NPC's, and
maybe solve a few subplots, but nothing in the area of a grandiose
uber-plot. Maybe you could:

Learn to use magic

Defeat a dragon

Court the prince(ss)

Search the ruins of a fabled city lost in time...

What'cha think? I've got background enough for all this, so
description/subplots would be no problem, the only thing I would be
concerned with would be the immense implementation. Coding isn't the
problem, but sheer size. Given an area roughly the size of oh, say,
Gondor in LOTR, how big do you think it could get? Could I fit it all
into the 256k maximum?

Thanks,

Zac