Subj : Programmers and Game desi
To   : Steven Sheeley
From : Jason
Date : Tue Apr 04 2017 22:24:00

  Re: Programmers and Game designers wanted
  By: Steven Sheeley to All on Tue Dec 27 2016 08:37 am

 >    Hello everybody!
 >
 >     I'm looking to engage with people who would be interested in designing
 > a new BBS Door game. I have the basics of the concept down but these things
 > are always done better when there a few people involved in development.
 >
 >     I'm writing the game in Pascal as it's free and the IDE is also free
 > and I used to write in Pascal oh so many years ago.
 >
 >     The basic concept of the game is based in the Cyberpunk universe using
 > G.U.R.P.S (Generic Universal Role Playing System) by Steve Jackson Games.
 > GURPS will be used for the character generation aspect of the game.
 >
 >     When a Sysop installs the game on their system they become another
 > Corporation in the game. In this aspect, the Sysop becomes the CEO of the
 > Corporation. They get to name it and manage it, hire Shunners (Shadow
 > Runners), etc, etc, etc.
 >
 >     Users on the BBS become Shunners and run the net, hacking and
 > exploring.
 >
 >     The BBS interface for the users will be a standard console program,
 > just as the BBS games of the past. The interface for the Sysops will be a
 > console based app (Win32, Linux and I hope Mac OS as well). All BBSes that
 > join the game will be linked together and messages will flow using standard
 > FTN packets.
 >
 >     While this game will not have fantastic graphics, I believe that we can
 > create something that people will enjoy playing. I hope that some of you
 > will join me in doing this as, with anything, it takes a community to make
 > something good.
 >
 >         I am also looking for programmers for my other BBS related
 > projects, Wycker, a BBS Log file maintainer, FTN Firefly, a FTN Mailer
 > based on the last code release of the Argus/Radius/Taurus branch and
 > Serenity, a Synchronet File List Generator.
 >
 >         If you are interested, please contact me at Buckaroo
 > Banzai@1:275/97 via Netmail or steven dot sheeley at gmail dot com.
 >
 >
 >
 > Steven

It's interesting that you're doing this, i'd be happy to help where I can. I'm 
writing a similar game but more future based called "Interplanetary Realms" 
which has a very similiar concept where each BBS is a part of the universe as a 
whole.

The only difference is that i'm writing this in PHP since most systems can use 
native executables for doors now.

Jason
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