#he

At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups. ↗

Eventually I found it had been working all along-but didn't show anything on screen until it had the first full page of text. I inserted 30 new lines, and suddenly my toy said 'hEllO woRlD'. An hour later I understood alphabet shifting rather better! ↗

— Graham Nelson

#anything #been #better #eventually #first

If pushed, though, I'd say that the next stage will be reached when it it's no longer true that about 75% of the best games were written in 1980's on the way to that. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#best #games #i #longer #next

If you're setting a game during the Cuban Missile Crisis, look through a library. find out what people were wearing, what other issues were in the news, how houses were furnished, what cars were being driven. Especially include things which now seem foreign. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#cars #crisis #cuban #cuban missile crisis #driven

The most frequent complaint is that it's hard. True. it's a hard game to win Also, many people ask me how to use the secret debugging commands, apparently under the impression that I'll tell them. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#apparently #ask #commands #complaint #debugging

What I would pay much more attention to are the few points where the player can inadvertently make a career decision. Most players end up back-tracking, though some actually enjoy this. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#attention #career #decision #end #enjoy

Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. ↗

— Harriet Nelson

#offended #them #who #you #yourself

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#did #humor #i #keep #paths

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps. ↗

— Horatio Nelson

#anything #cannot #direct #done #field

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting. ↗