January 2007

• The Great Mud Survey Michael Hartman
• • The Great Mud Survey John Buehler
• Community Play (Was: The Great Mud Survey) Dana V. Baldwin
• • Community Play (Was: The Great Mud Survey) cruise
• [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Mike Rozak
• • [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Johnicholas Hines
  • • [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Mike Rozak
  • [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation cruise
  • • [DESIGN] Interactive fiction equation Mike Rozak
      On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:51:01 +0000, "cruise" <cruise@casual-tempest.net>
      said:
      > Generally, however, how do you see this being used? With so many of the
      > terms being subjective, and varying per player, I can't see it being used
      > in any formal way, which is what I'd expect to be able to do with an
      > equation...
      
      Technicalities! :-)
      
      I see it as a first step. It's a 1st order approximation to a very
      complicated equation. I don't expect that the complex equation will ever be
      solved, but at some point more detail might be added.
      
      I also like stating the obvious because people often intuitively know the
      obvious, but not consciously. This causes sitations where something is built
      and the designer comes along and says, "I don't like that. It just doesn't
      feel right."
      
      Even listing the terms of an undefined equation can help designers identify
      techniques they might use. One technique that physicists use is that they
      know the inputs to a physical effect, and the units, they can make a guess
      as to the equation.
• The Great Mud Survey John Arras
• [Design] Personal virtual worlds Mike Rozak
• • [Design] Personal virtual worlds cruise
  • • [Design] Personal virtual worlds John Buehler
    • • [Design] Personal virtual worlds Mike Rozak
    • [Design] Personal virtual worlds Tess Snider
    • • [Design] Personal virtual worlds Mike Rozak
      • • [Design] Personal virtual worlds Dave Scheffer
• Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Richard Tew
• • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Davion Kalhen
  • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Nick Koranda
  • • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Nick Koranda
    • • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives John Buehler
      • • [Meta] Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Matt Chatterley
        • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Davion Kalhen
        • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Davion Kalhen
        • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Johnicholas Hines
        • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Matt Owen
      • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Michael Hartman
    • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Raph Koster
    • • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Morris Cox
      • Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Matt Chatterley
• Old MUD-Dev mailing list archives Mike Rozak