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Still a little confused as to what this means... though my IFDemo thing (not to mention TWIFComp) probably rules out Inform 7 for me, and nothing else is remotely ruled out except maybe BASIC, so I guess it's moot. Hm.

Hm... please explain your confusion, and I'll try to clarify. If you mean Does "Hello, World!" count?, no. It doesn't. From what you've said, sounds like you can try lots of different things, just not BASIC or I7.

The spirit of this is to try something new in a more in a substantive way. (For values of substantive that equal Speed-IF quality, that is. )

OK, this time...I'm really, really gonna try and actually complete an entry...and I mean it.


I hope

Well, what I meant was something like this: I've had the thought "hey, let's try programming a game in ChoiceScript!", but I haven't actually ever programmed a game in ChoiceScript, or even downloaded the source. So I still wasn't sure exactly how far one could go and still have something count as a new language... but I'm pretty sure that I've gone farther than that in I7, and I've never gone anywhere with any other language, so this would be an "Anything but I7" comp for me.

So, never mind.

Yeah, that sounds right. I guess a better way to say it is simply this: experience a new-to-you IF programming language in a substantive way. I'd downloaded ADRIFT Generator, for example, but never actually written so much as a room description with it. I've toyed with the idea of ChoiceScript, but not gotten so far as to code anything up. I've downloaded Curveship, miraculously gotten it to run, and looked at some sample code, but never tried to code anything for myself. Any of those would be valid for me for this Speed. Just be honest with yourself - the purpose is to break you out of your comfort zone a wee bit, and to experience something novel.

I've now started a project in Inform 7. If I'll finish it remains to be seen, but I'll try.

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I've started and now have a few objects and two rooms

Getting ready to do the hard part, adding a couple simple puzzles and then a semi-decent (or at least good by Speed-IF definition) NPC.

Oh wow, I hadn't even heard of ChoiceScript before.

Thanks for this. I think I might actually release a game for once!

The deadline is near... my project is almost done!

When it comes to distributing ChoiceScript, would I just need to zip up the entirety of the /web folder?