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Command shell switcheroo - 12/11/11
I've put the old command shell back in place temporarily while I work out some
kinks with the new one. Once I sort out some performance and screen-update
problems I'll put the newer one back in place. Better to keep using the old
one than annoy everybody with bugs in the meantime. :|
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
New command shell - 11/03/11
Telnet/SSH/dial-up users will notice that the menus have undergone a big change
overnight. I'm trying out a new user interface that I've written for the
console side of the BBS (a command shell, in Synchronet parlance.) Barring any
unforeseen issues or vocal complaints from my handful of regular users, this
will likely become the new UI for the board. (I'll also soon be introducing a
much simplified UI for dial-up and packet radio users, better for latent and
low-speed connections.)
Bear with me while I work out a couple of known bugs in this shell and make
some enhancements to it over the coming days and weeks. If you hate it, let me
know and I'll consider switching back to the old one.
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
Chicken Delivery - 10/20/11
I've written an online game for Synchronet BBS called Chicken Delivery,
and it's available now on the Doors menu. Other sysops can add it to their BBS
via the Synchronet CVS.
Chicken Delivery is a simple platformer in which players must guide an ANSI
chicken to the exit of each level, avoiding enemies and pits along the way. It
features an inter-BBS scoreboard and colourful graphics.
It's a work in progress - features may come and go as I try things out, and I'm
still designing levels for the game. It's full of realtime running, jumping
and flying that require portions of the screen to be redrawn quickly and often,
so performance may be poor depending on your connection to me and how saturated
my own connection is. Dial-up users definitely shouldn't play.
Chicken Delivery leans very heavily on MCMLXXIX's frame library (frame.js) and
makes use of his new(ish) JSON DB client & service for the network scoreboard,
so many thanks and much credit go to him. You can find his games on the
Synchronet CVS and on The Broken Bubble BBS at bbs.thebrokenbubble.com.
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
Bulletins
Command shell switcheroo - 12/11/11
I've put the old command shell back in place temporarily while I work out some
kinks with the new one. Once I sort out some performance and screen-update
problems I'll put the newer one back in place. Better to keep using the old
one than annoy everybody with bugs in the meantime. :|
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
New command shell - 11/03/11
Telnet/SSH/dial-up users will notice that the menus have undergone a big change
overnight. I'm trying out a new user interface that I've written for the
console side of the BBS (a command shell, in Synchronet parlance.) Barring any
unforeseen issues or vocal complaints from my handful of regular users, this
will likely become the new UI for the board. (I'll also soon be introducing a
much simplified UI for dial-up and packet radio users, better for latent and
low-speed connections.)
Bear with me while I work out a couple of known bugs in this shell and make
some enhancements to it over the coming days and weeks. If you hate it, let me
know and I'll consider switching back to the old one.
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230
Chicken Delivery - 10/20/11
I've written an online game for Synchronet BBS called Chicken Delivery,
and it's available now on the Doors menu. Other sysops can add it to their BBS
via the Synchronet CVS.
Chicken Delivery is a simple platformer in which players must guide an ANSI
chicken to the exit of each level, avoiding enemies and pits along the way. It
features an inter-BBS scoreboard and colourful graphics.
It's a work in progress - features may come and go as I try things out, and I'm
still designing levels for the game. It's full of realtime running, jumping
and flying that require portions of the screen to be redrawn quickly and often,
so performance may be poor depending on your connection to me and how saturated
my own connection is. Dial-up users definitely shouldn't play.
Chicken Delivery leans very heavily on MCMLXXIX's frame library (frame.js) and
makes use of his new(ish) JSON DB client & service for the network scoreboard,
so many thanks and much credit go to him. You can find his games on the
Synchronet CVS and on The Broken Bubble BBS at bbs.thebrokenbubble.com.
echicken
electronic chicken bbs - bbs.electronicchicken.com - 416-273-7230