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  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    I remember writing some crappy games with the Quill, based on 2112 by Rush. pretty sad huh? :)
    mlasham mlasham July 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    I wrote a game in GAC once, then used the Quill but opted for PAWS eventually as I found it much better, personal opinion of course!
    steveinuk steveinuk July 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    ... =^Professional+Adventure+Writer$&pub=^Gilsoft+International$&model=spectrum"]http ... =^Professional+Adventure+Writer$&pub=^Gilsoft+International$&model=spectrum[/url ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    ... got a soeccy and the quill, i did a murder mystery ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr July 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    ... best, though some ay the Quill is, and some prefer GAC ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Retro Remakes Competition - The Conclusion!!!!Just had a look at Retro Remakes site([url]http://www.remakes.org/[/url]), noticed that the competition that they were running finished on Friday. A …

    Although this thread is going off topic a bit, before it gets back on track, can I state for the record -

    if anyone has written/wants to write a text adventure, with GAC, The Quill/Illustrator etc., then CRONOSOFT is happy to release it.
    chaosmongers chaosmongers August 2003 Games
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... from above command...

    Quill Database : treasusm.z80

    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • sinclair QLI know this is not a QL forum.. but would one of you plz direct me to one? I have a boxed QL.. with lots of extras... Thanks. [ This Message was edi…

    ... ...
    QL SERVICE MANUAL,
    QUILL..ABACUS..ARCHIVE..EASEL origionals
    STAMPER STAMPER August 2003 Sales
  • GameHiya I'm after the following titles if anyone can help. Alien ( Film Version ) Aliens ( Film Version ) Aliens US Edition ( Film Version ) The Quil…

    I have the Quill for sale on my Website for ?8 inc (p+p) - in perfect condition.

    My website site address is: [url="http://freespace.virgin.net/steve.999edwards/index.html"]http://freespace.virgin.net/steve.999edwards/index.html[/url]
    steve999red steve999red August 2003 Wanted
  • Do these qualify as MIA?I remember a book called "Exploring adventures on the ZX Spectrum" by Peter Gerrard. This book had three text adventures (type-in) in it: 1) Collosa…

    ... I subsequently converted to The Quill (with full credits to the ... exercise to teach myself the Quill than anything else, but I ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Security codes for Operation Berlin and Operation Stallion kindly requestedHas anyone the security codes for these adventures? It is impossible to start playing without the codes, since the player is requested to input them …

    ... is indirected trough the whole Quill/PAW/GAC/whatever system. This ...
    GOC GOC September 2003 Games
  • Security codes for Operation Berlin and Operation Stallion kindly requestedHas anyone the security codes for these adventures? It is impossible to start playing without the codes, since the player is requested to input them …

    ... is that they are both Quill type adventures. We also know ...
    BadBeard BadBeard September 2003 Games
  • 3D Game makerLittle suggestion to all those wonderful people out there who hack games and write their own wonderful little programs like the jet-set willy editior…

    damn. looks like i'm going to have to get my head round the quill then. ho hum.

    still, I think a 3D game editor like the jet set willy one for the pc would be nice.
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy November 2003 Development
  • some new games ?is anybody working on a game for speccy?

    ... .

    9) GAC, The Quill/Illustrator ... I'm happy to ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers March 2004 Development
  • Text adventuresHi everyone (first post!) how ya all doing? I was just wondering to myself how many of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I was aroun…

    ... done some coding on The Quill too. Mainly converting some type ... -in adventures to the quill format. You can find Neptune ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2004 Games
  • GB Max SoftwareEllo chums... I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about GB Max Software? Specifically, if they have a list of games "by" them, and what they were…

    ... material. Probably made with [I]Quill[/I].
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2004 Games
  • Text-based Adventure GamesI really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy. I really enjoyed the Level 9 games: Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon …

    ... think, that was a good quill one, you had to go ...
    loony_jetman loony_jetman July 2004 Games
  • Adventure writing with an emulatorI fancy having a go at writign an adventure using a package like GAC, Quill or PAW, but I don't know how to save my game as a .sna or .z80 or .tap et…

    ... using a package like GAC, Quill or PAW, but I don ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2004 Games
  • Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …

    I understand PAW is the best one of all three but I've never used it so I can't say. Of the two I have used, I prefer Quill.

    Necros!
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton August 2004 Games
  • Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …

    You could always look at the Dungeon Builder. I don't think it is as advanced as the Quill etc. but it is (if memory serves) quite easy to use and allows you to use graphics, if you feel the need.
    Scoops Scoops August 2004 Games
  • Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…

    ... half the process. IMO, The Quill was a [I]very[/I ... framework as provided by The Quill (etc) could stand up fairly ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall August 2004 Development
  • Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…

    ... framework as provided by The Quill (etc) could stand up fairly ...
    cyborg cyborg August 2004 Development
  • Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…

    ... . I'd sooner play a Quill-ed adventure than anything produced ...
    Ed Ed August 2004 Development
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... text adventure games. Download The Quill/PAW alongwith the excellent manuals ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Development
  • Profanities in speccy text adventures[url="http://www.monkeon.co.uk/swearadventure/"]http://www.monkeon.co.uk/swearadventure/[/url] "A nostalgic look at what used to happen when you tri…

    ... Quilled adventure, and unfortunately the Quill only checks the first few ...
    darkman darkman November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... be to go with The Quill or PAW, since they allow ...
    Arjun Arjun November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Why wasn't there a Madness game?Am I the only person who thinks there should have been a Spectrum game based around the band Madness? It just seems so perfect, really 1980s, really…

    well get on quill and make your own madness text adventure, im sure we'd all love to check it out :)
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2004 Games
  • Why wasn't there a Madness game?Am I the only person who thinks there should have been a Spectrum game based around the band Madness? It just seems so perfect, really 1980s, really…

    Actually, is there any way of doing an Adrian Mole type multiple choice adventure? That wasn't Quill was it?
    udgoverload udgoverload December 2004 Games
  • Speccy Soft Time Travel - a theoryYou know, sometimes I have a few weird thoughts (not uncommon on this forum, it seems)... I?ve been thinking about this a couple of times - as we al…

    ... should be grateful that The Quill came out when it did ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2005 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... you can out-do The Quill or PAW with BASIC?
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
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