nah, it doesnt need to be the same size. let the artist choose their own restrictions beyond mine. it doesnt even need to be 2d. they will know it's maniac-mansion inspired. call it MANICMAZE. you must believe me when i tell you i am good at puns
like MANICMAZE is what it'd be called in DOS, but with 9 characters, transcending the limitations of the form. function (text) and object orientation (books) and open source (wiki) as three sides of the same coin (the forum? the pixel?)
wayofthepixel is a better operating system than DOS - but in the chaos thread remember we only got in three good posts before tierny came in and tried to shut the whole thing down
HELM
(This could easily lead to explaining a few basics of AGS to get more people interested in actually making an adventure game. )
my money's on twine. I CANT MAKE AGS GAMES REALLY, I ONLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THEM
but i cant talk about twine without first talking about borges.
thats basically a whole different commercial critique, of zork maybe. probably something more recent - I WANT TO SAY 'with those we have alive' by porpentine, or 'the tower' i think is the other one, by max something. THE BARON if thats what its called. lots of pacian games. i can do a twine subforum - also ascii and petscii. call that Textual Art - i tell you, crosspollenisation