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Thanks; I'll see if I can get anything out of the source code, which compiles like a charm under DOSBOX (albeit with numerous Warning messages).

Here's a little rogue-like game that I'd really like to finish, but I'm hopelessly stuck.
On the author's page, we are supposed to find the game's source code, but the link is broken.
I think I'm stuck with the character Arekusu. I'm also stuck in the maze, blocked by the net of ropes. I don't know ...

Strident wrote: Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:02 pm I must update the links on the site to his blog, which seems to have moved to...
https://scottjulian.alphaworks.com.au/

It seems to have moved again:
https://www.alphaworks.com.au/
https://scottjulian.au/

Version 1.0 is out. I added the Windows binary. It is now possible to use the -i option to display words in reverse video enclosed in square brackets:

There is a [bright] light in one corner.

I have added a binary for MS-DOS (DosBox) until I can provide a Windows binary.

It appears that the three games by John R. Olsen from the IFDB archive are not in the CASA database (I was able to decompile them without any problems).

I took a look at the Locus Anatis Atari Quill/Adventure Writer: File Format document, and it motivated me to make an AdventureWriter IBM-PC (MS-DOS) database decompiler:
https://gitlab.com/auraes/unaw-dos
Decompilation is done from the game .exe file. I don't know if it compiles under Windows, but ...

I didn't see any mistakes, at least not on the right path.
There are a few anomalies in the original version, and certain actions prevent the game from being completed without informing the player: eating the candy bar, the death of the computer.
I don't know why LOGOUT is written LOGOU, etc.
It's a ...

I installed the Xroar emulator on Linux. I was able to launch the game by renaming the file TOWER3.TXT from jgerrie to TOWER3.bas with the command line:

I thought that “port” would not cause confusion, but apparently that is not the case. It's all too subtle for me.

I thought that publishing the source code listing was remunerated; if that is the case, he must have known the author's name.

Reading Dorothy Millard's walkthrough for Paul Price's Giant's Gold, it seems that this is the same game as Warlord.
In his walkthrough, Garry wonders why the game is called Warlord: probably an arbitrary title to hide the fact that it is simply plagiarism. I haven't compared the source codes.

Jason Wells' versions are not playable; a major bug traps you in the damp cellar:
You are in a damp cellar.
You see:
Hungry rats
Exits are:
E U
> e
The rats look too fierce.
> u
The rats look too fierce.
This concerns the Python version (which I port to Inform 6 without the librarie) and the ...

It's not easy to implement with PunyInform. In any case, the solution I've implemented is quite cumbersome. I'll think about this issue again one of these days.

There is something amusing about the inventory. It seems to be limited to four items; if you try to take a fifth, it responds: ‘I can't carry that much!’ and does not take the item. If you insist and try again to take a fifth, it accepts it and displays: 'My back is hurting.' If you try to take a ...

I ported the game Warlord, published by Argus Specialist Publications, to Inform 6 using the PunyInform Library. I fixed bugs, inconsistencies, and blocking situations.

The game code in Basic is simple, yet the adaptation proves complex, as is often the case with the Inform6 dedicated libraries ...