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Games, Events & Contests

As If Productions provides Consulting, Design, Development and Production services for interactive games, events, gameshows, performances and contests featuring online participants.

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Custom Design & Documentation

I've written a lot of automated webserver applications, standalone desktop applications and client-server systems for Windows and UNIX/Linux, and all of them needed documentation. I've also written rulebooks, user manuals and in-house documentation for games (both tabletop and electronic), as well as other complex projects. No matter what type of complex project you're talking about, good, precise documentation is a vital link in every step of the process.

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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.

ELIPTZA is a complex script, divided among multiple SPOTs. For this reason, the script is presented here as an entire Palace ROOM (with the default background "clouds.gif". To use the script, simply plug the entire room into your Pserver.pat file (making sure you don't use a room number that already exists in your Palace). You'll also have to provide your own graphic for Eliptza herself; to do this, make a new SPOT with the graphic of your choice, and move it into position so that her mouth is located in the middle of the room. Happy chatting!
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Roleplaying Games by Tod Foley

A collection of links to RPGs and game supplements, both Indie and Oldschool.
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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.

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The Art of Ambistructure

14 January 4437: En route to the city of Sanctuary, Blandisford Barter encounters an Elven minstrel on the Bridge at Three Roads Crossing. The RunePlayer introduces himself as Rimsel, and informs Barter that he has been sent by the Council of Deneldor to oversee the halfling's progress. Unfortunately, some evil priest's spell bound him to this bridge several days ago, and he is unable to overcome the magick. Blandisford uses the Codex of Truth to call upon the power of the deity and free his Elven ally, who repays him with a much-needed clue...

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