[MUD-Dev] Completed Article Series at Skotos

[Shannon Appelcline]

Two long series of articles have just concluded over at the Skotos
Articles area, one on parser engineering, the other on genre game
design.

NOTES FROM THE DAWN OF TIME
===========================
by Richard Bartle

PARSING. Richard's second series of articles is a lengthy engineer's
look at parsing for text games. It's quite in-depth.

  Notes from the Dawn of Time
  http://www.skotos.net/articles/DAWNOF.shtml

  * Notes # 9: "Introduction to Parsing" - 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof09.shtml

  * Notes #10: "The Stages of Parsing" - 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof10.shtml

  * Notes #11: "Lexical Analysis" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof11.shtml

  * Notes #12: "Grammar" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof12.shtml

  * Notes #13: "Parsing" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof13.shtml

  * Notes #14: "Algorithms for Parsing" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof14.shtml

  * Notes #15: "Backtracking" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof15.shtml

  * Notes #16: "Backtracking that Works" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof16.shtml

  * Notes #17: "Token Stream Management" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof17.shtml

  * Notes #18: "The Parse Tree" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof18.shtml
  
  * Notes #19: "The Binder" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof19.shtml

  * Notes #20: "Binding Noun Phrases" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof20.shtml

  * Notes #21: "Lightening the Load" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof21.shtml

  * Notes #22: "A Complete Example" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/dawnof22.shtml

Starting a week from Wednesday, Richard's *next* series will begin,
on Mobile AI.

BUILDING STORIES, TELLING GAMES
===============================
by Travis S. Casey

EXPLORING GENRES. Travis' recently completed series is all about
genres and how they can be used in on-line games. I personally found
this one as interesting for its discussion of genre as for the game
design perspective.

  Building Stories, Telling Games 
  http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG.shtml

   * BSTG #23: "Exploring Genres" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_23.shtml

   * BSTG #24: "Fantasy"
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_24.shtml

   * BSTG #25: "Fantasy, Part Two" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_25.shtml

   * BSTG #26: "Fantasy, Part Three" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_26.shtml

   * BSTG #28: "Science Fiction" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_28.shtml

   * BSTG #29: "Science Fiction vs. Science Fantasy" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_29.shtml

   * BSTG #30: "Horror" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_30.shtml

   * BSTG #31: "Horror, Part Two: Fear Itself" 
     http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_31.shtml

  * BSTG #32: "Metagenres & Stances" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_32.shtml

  * BSTG #33:  "Serious Talk about Comedy" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_33.shtml

  * BSTG #34: "There's Something Funny Going On Here" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_34.shtml

  * BSTG #35: "Romance" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_35.shtml

  * BSTG #36: "Mystery & Suspense" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_36.shtml

  * BSTG #37: "Suspense, Conspiracy & Closing Thoughts" 
    http://www.skotos.net/articles/BSTG_37.shtml

Travis' series continues on two weeks from today, though I don't
know what the next topic is.

Shannon

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