{"author_name":"Doches","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"September 13, 2009 4:14 pm","epoch":1252876440,"text":"It’s all cool… \":)\"","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1252869720,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"72424","p_author":"Doches","p_authorkey":"562","p_urlkey":"108246","p_title":"Linkrunner = Wikipedian Tag. Mostly.","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD15","p_time":"1252869720","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"562","us_name":"Doches","us_username":"doches","event_start":"1251417600","event_key":"1","event_name":"LD15"},"text":"

I knew I’d seen a game like this somewhere; HybridMind surreptitiously reminded me that it belongs to Jeremy Bushnell<\/a>, whom I dearly hope doesn’t mind my stealing it shamelessly. Perhaps I should ask.<\/p>\n

I should ask. <\/p>\n

Anyway, soldiering on in the face of an almost certain copyright violation:
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\"Progress!

Progress! Even though things look the same.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

I’ve got both AI players working — they’re not the smartest in the world, but they’ll do. And the Chaser will give you a run for your money if he picks up the trail. Pretty pleased about that. Still have a few bugs relating to turn length and whatnot floating around, but I welcome criticism! And suggestions!<\/p>\n

You can download a windows build<\/a> here, if you want to give it a spin. Or click mindlessly for half an hour in something other than Firefox. Same thing, really.<\/p>\n

After re-discovering HybridMind’s friend’s ruleset, I realized I’m doing a pretty mediocre job of enforcing those rules. I may go back and make this an explicit version of Wikipedian Tag, just to go with the tried-and-playtested rules they’ve hammered out. Not without getting very definite permission, though — that would feel overwhelmingly<\/em> like theft, even moreso than now.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: intellectual property<\/a>, wikipedia<\/a><\/p>","time":"September 13th, 2009 2:22 pm","title":"Linkrunner = Wikipedian Tag. Mostly."}