Lone Wolf app for Nokia N900

[sakya]

Hi,

I'm developing a version of Lone Wolf for the Nokia N900.
At the moment the books 1,2 and 3 are almost totally playable (I just need
to do a lot of testing).

The project is developed in C++ (Qt), free and will be released under the
GPL license.

As soon as I can release it (I'm waiting for the staff account to let my app download the books from the project aon website) I'll need someone to help me test it and script the other books.

I'm now working on book 4.
The work to do is to write scripts where needed, set random choice, do some fixes to the text and test section by section the whole book.

Example of section with a script:
 <section number="104">
 <enterscript>
 if (Player.HasItem('Blue Stone Disc')){
   Section.GetChoice(0).SetEnabled(true);
   Section.GetChoice(1).SetEnabled(false);
 }else{
   Section.GetChoice(0).SetEnabled(false);
   Section.GetChoice(1).SetEnabled(true);
 }
 </enterscript>
 <text><p>You eventually arrive at a large stone door. Unlike the others, this has no lever to activate it, but you do notice that a small slot has been cut in the nearby wall.</p>
</text>
 <choice target="135">
   <text>If you possess a Blue Stone Disc, turn to 135.</text>
 </choice>
 <choice target="330">
   <text>If you do not have this Item, you will have to return along the corridor and head south by turning to 330.</text>
 </choice>
 </section>

Scripts can do a lot of things, I'll need to write some sort of documentation (if someone wants to help me).

The program runs fine also on Windows and Linux (there's no need to have a N900 to test and script a book), here you can find some screenshots of an early development version:
www.sakya.it/wordpress/?p=163

Many thanks.

[alderaine]

Hi Sakya

Looking good!

To future proof, you will need to read the text itself from the AON text - otherwise, you will find you have to update your old books whenever we fix errata (or fall slowly out of date)

[sakya]

May 23, 2012 12:50:32 GMT alderaine said:

To future proof, you will need to read the text itself from the AON text

This way the device should be connected to the internet all the time, I need to download the entire book and then let the user "play" without internet connection.
Btw books have "version" and "revision" attributes and the gui can check for updates and download them.
I'll make a tool to update the sections text starting from the aon website to easily update the sections' text.

[alderaine]

Not at all times - just when the user starts the app, it should check if there is a new version, which it looks like it does
Just a case of changing where the text is read from.
The tool should do the job nicely