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[continued]An Interview With Game Creator Tod Foley
by Gloria Stern
Tod Foley is a game designer, consultant and technical director. He has authored many role playing games, including CyberSpace, the RPG. You may know him as the editor of PIX-elation, or as the panelist at the Electronic Cafe or numerous other industry conferences and live events. He is the founder of As If Productions. Get the picture? Wait. He's active in IICS, the International Interactive Communications Society, and he devised the incredibly innovative LARP (Live Action Role Play) - Ghosts In the Machine.
[continued]WalkThru
 | Design and Programming of this visual interactive authoring tool for debugging narrative adventure games. |
WinGames, Game Collection 1 & 2, DTPCD, Edutain
 | Interface Design & Programming for these shareware collections on CD-ROM. Publisher: Home Run Software |
Ocean Voyager
 | Game Mechanics, Puzzle Design and Mechanical Script for this young adults edutainment/adventure CD-ROM game developed by the Judson Rosebush Company, published by Times Mirror Magazines. |
The F.I.R.M. System - How Interactive Are Your Media?
The word "Interactive" has been applied to virtually everything, from electronic toys to sophisticated works of tech-art. But what exactly is "Interactivity"? The computer has been described as "an interactive tool". But if I pick up a hammer and feel its weight in my hand, am I not interacting with the tool?
[continued]ELIPTZA : The Iptscrae Eliza
 | ELIPTZA is my Iptscrae version of the famous ELIZA; arguably the first "ChatBot" ever written. Originally intended to simulate a psychotherapy session, the bot responds to most statements by inverting the speaker's sentences and handing them back in the form of a question, asking you to elucidate or clarify your opinion. This approach, while occassionally annoying, does a pretty good job of keeping the conversation going for a while. Many people will talk with Eliptza for several minutes before they realize she is a bot. [continued] |
The South Park Character Creator
Now you can create your own wacky original South Park character to play on the chat site... [continued]
Roleplaying Games by Tod Foley
Between 1985 and 1990, Tod Foley authored seven role-playing game systems and adventure modules for Iron Crown Enterprises of Charlottesville, Virginia. NOTE: Most of these games are out of print, and can be hard to find. Contact your local hobby supply store or see our list of rare roleplaying resources.
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