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by catventure
Sun Dec 31, 2023 5:13 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Season's Greetings and Happy New Year 2024 to all text adventurers! Just a reminder that I made an online instruction QUICK TUTORIAL for a "TAB for Windows" text adventure example game in case anyone fancies trying it out over the hols. http://tab.thinbasic.com/QuickTutorial.html (However, it is als...
by catventure
Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:48 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

A screenshot of the text only version of TAB Player.

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by catventure
Tue Oct 24, 2023 10:38 am
Forum: It's all fun and games
Topic: Ode to a text adventurer
Replies: 1
Views: 1073

Ode to a text adventurer

Ode to a text adventurer ===================== In the depths of cyberspace where worlds unfold A realm of magic and wonder yet untold We embark on a journey, the path unknown For in text adventures our dreams are sown Through letters and pixels a narrative blooms Taking us to realms where imaginatio...
by catventure
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:39 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

There is also the 3 graphicbox split-screen version 71 :D

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by catventure
Tue Aug 22, 2023 9:50 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

https://caad.club/parser-tab-2/
A recent article of TAB in the Spanish club magazine CAAD.
by catventure
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

21 Aug 2023 (Release 71) ==================== *UPDATED System Message 48 has been expanded to include text customisation of TAB game window menu bar items. (useful for other language and translation purposes) If using a database created with prior version 70 then to make compatible before running it...
by catventure
Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Today worked on a gfx version of TAB in addition to the 2 already available for an upcoming release. This one has only one graphicbox and is a split-screen type. There are coding action commands for showing images in the graphicbox eg: locations, characters, object and whatnot. You can also display ...
by catventure
Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:48 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Here is the small example standalone text only parser game test version written using TAB for Windows in French language referred to earlier in this topic. Can be played offline. Win XP and above; 32/64bit. Direct Download link: http://tab.thinbasic.com/cqvdle.zip (700kb) Note: this is mainly a verb...
by catventure
Sun Jul 30, 2023 2:33 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Hi Denk, Sorry for delay in reply. Realm of Obsidian: An older TAB text adventure by Amy Kerns for a Spring Thing Comp in 2009. https://amethystgames.wordpress.com/92-2/ MAC: Amy says "Parallels Desktop for the Mac? I haven’t gotten around to posting this video in my blog, but here you go. Omar got ...
by catventure
Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: AI adventure game creating
Replies: 4
Views: 3035

Re: AI adventure game creating

Hi Exemptus, I very much agree with your comments. It's quite fun and I like the way it's different each time you play, but in no way does it have a core logic or provide the exact same challenges that an author might want to create in such a game or respond in ways the author might have wished or e...
by catventure
Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:30 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: AI adventure game creating
Replies: 4
Views: 3035

AI adventure game creating

What do folks think about them? Today I very quickly generated a text game by giving prompts to the ai like this: Can you make a text adventure about Dracula's castle with ten rooms and five objects. parser input only. no options. game ends when player kills count dracula. create a few puzzles for ...
by catventure
Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Hello, I was asked to contribute an info article about the TAB creator for the latest issue of popular Spanish adventure club fanzine: CAAD#58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37J1kRgjz2g Video is in Spanish 🙂 View article (use translate) https://caad.club/parser-tab-2/ Regards, Philip. (aka catventu...
by catventure
Fri Feb 03, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker
Replies: 79
Views: 299890

Re: TAB - Windows IF/Text Adventure Maker

Hi, Game author Ron Edwards contacted me and reported he had successfully converted one of his old TRS Basic adventures with the "TAB for Windows" adventure system as a test game to share with some friends. Ron has given permission to share it with others who may be interested. A short mini-adventur...
by catventure
Thu Jan 05, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: New Adventure: ESCAPE FROM THE DEEP (released)
Replies: 2
Views: 1033

Re: New Adventure: ESCAPE FROM THE DEEP (released)

Thanks. Will check it out. Looks good.
by catventure
Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:47 pm
Forum: The modern era
Topic: QUILL vs TAB
Replies: 2
Views: 1846

Re: QUILL vs TAB

auraes is currently working on a TAB version of small French adventure game he wrote and posting updates on his gitlab site. I very much thank auraes for the suggestions to include new Object Definite/indefinite article tags and Object prefix tags which help with the French language translation so t...