Sounds like a brilliant idea!

Though all my own fault, I think I've broken every single writing rule that was originally set and intended for the Bird isles, and I'm going to have to heavily edit and scrap at least 25% of my ideas. Over enthusiasm I'll put it down to, though I did enjoy coming up with them all.

Can't wait for this new page, once again it sounds brilliant and - I'm sure will be - immensely helpful!

Gameking
Tue Jan 19 16:15:58 2016
Golem Gauntlet
Skull - non-optimum ending reached

Excellent!

Jest Thu Jan 21 16:29:41 2016 Tales From The Bird Islands Development	Hi Is it possible to have a list of all the trade items from all the islands so far (hidden in a spoiler slot if appropriate) to make life easier please?
	OK. You can buy and sell : Pelt, Leather Jerkin, Chain Mail Hauberk, Plate Mail, Shield, Lantern, Candle, Rope, Pearl, Potion Of Healing, Insect Repellent, Salt, Sulphur, Myrrh You can sell : Panther Pelt, Pipe You can buy : Provisions, Garlic, Belladonna, Wolfsbane, Purity Plant, Sword, Club, Broadsword, Dagger

Jest Thu Jan 21 16:32:25 2016 Tales From The Bird Islands Development	I can't seem to open the bird isle collection of game books for some reason? Am I being stupid?
	I've just tried it and it works fine for me. It's just a ZIP file containing all the gamebooks. Are you having problems downloading it, or with unzipping it, or with any of the gamebooks in particular?

Jon S. Stock
Fri Jan 22 19:16:26 2016
Outsider!

That's me, yes. I have not thought about that site in over a decade. I know it's not there any more due to the demise of Geocities, and frankly, it's no great loss. I have re-read it from mirrors and find it, well, cringing. The writing quality anyhow. Ditto the two (unfinished) gamebooks I was hoping to host. Double cringe on those.

I did think of writing one again though. It would be some sort of dystopian one where you're thoroughly annoyed about being in a 1984-style future and set out to overthrow the régime, and there is no winning ending, just one where you can survive.

I think I'm going to have another listen to "Somewhere Far Beyond" now as it happens. That, and play some more Elite: Dangerous, which is disturbingly addictive.

Gavin
Sat Jan 23 00:09:06 2016
Outsider!

I don't think you should feel that bad about Amylase, as I have reason to be grateful to you. The positive review of Outsider helped me in some difficult times.

Jest Sat Jan 23 13:40:33 2016 Tales From The Bird Islands Development	Thanks for the list of items. I thought there was going to be a lot more than that. I must be doing something wrong with the zip folder/file thing. When I click on it it just gives me a list of programs that I could try to use to open it, and nothing works. Probably me, am not that computer savy (if you hadn't guessed) :)
	There are a lot more items in general, but the ones I've listed are the only ones that can currently be traded.

Phil Sadler
Sat Jan 23 19:22:37 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

Perhaps you must download Winzip? Or, reinstall it if you already have.

Yaztromo
Sat Jan 23 19:32:22 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

The download works with no problems for me too.

Yaztromo
Sat Jan 23 19:33:22 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

Try right-clicking and choosing "save target as..."

Jest Sun Jan 24 14:36:50 2016 Tales From The Bird Islands Development	I've downloaded it fine, but can't open it. Guess I haven't got winzip? Oh well it's fine, isn't that important to know all the ins and outs of all the books anyway. Was a little interested in them but that's all. It was more important (to me) to know the tradeable items really. Thanks for the replies anyway. :-)
	I don't understand why you are so concerned with tradeable items in particular anyway. You can have whatever items you like in your own gamebook. You can even introduce dependencies on items that are meant to be found elsewhere but don't exist yet.

Jest
Sun Jan 24 16:30:51 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands

Ok scrap the last post, it's all being re-written :-)

Also Silhouette island is killing me! Any hints? Am I missing something obvious with the levers or missed a clue?

Phil Sadler Sun Jan 24 16:37:02 2016 Tales From The Bird Islands Development	AFAIK Winzip is free (could be wrong).
	It looks as though only the trial version is free. An alternative that definitely is free, though, is 7-Zip.

Jest
Sun Jan 24 17:48:44 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands

Storm Petral is killing me now too! Grrrr!

Mikeee
Mon Jan 25 00:17:05 2016
The Diamond Key

Feeling pretty good about attaining nearly all the additional challenges, but cannot find any way to get the white goddess one. I feel I've tried everything, but obviously not!

SPOILER

END SPOILER

Also, is it even possible to defeat the first pair of 'Rocky Hills' soldiers at the start of the story?

Mikeee
Mon Jan 25 12:09:37 2016
The Diamond Key

Right, made some progress with the White Goddess challenge....

SPOILER

END SPOILER

Hmmm....

Brilliant adventure, by the way. Best I've played.

Mikeee
Mon Jan 25 13:54:03 2016
The Diamond Key
Comet - all challenges completed

Yay! Finished it.

Thanks for a great story, and the additional challanges really did challenge!

I appreciate the the time and effort that goes into a work like this, so thanks again, and good luck with future projects.

Jest
Tue Jan 26 15:15:31 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

Thanks all.

I got it working. I can't seem to open it if I download it but can view them if I don't. Computers baffle me?

Have been playing the online versions quite a bit to get myself up to speed with it all and get back into the general flow of it all and am commencing writing.

Another question if I may (sorry |I always have a lot). Is the map posted on dec 17th 2014 still the most up to date one? And would it be possible to buy a map in game (maybe incomplete with hidden islands that appear on it as you discover them) and you can view it when aboard your ship? Just an idea, I love the map.

Cheers. :-)

Thanks. The December 2014 map is indeed the latest. However, it's only meant to be a rough guide to the general arrangement of the islands, and is there to help authors rather than be part of the game itself. As you've seen, at the moment there isn't really any navigation or discovery, you just pick destinations from a list so an in-game map isn't much use anyway.

Ulysses
Wed Jan 27 09:11:40 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

Jest:

Maps could be a special (and very limited in number) object in the game that effectively expands your 'sail to' list if you possess the map. The maps would be special because they would have to carry across gamebooks and we can't have too many objects like that.

This is different from the feature of a graphic map that you were talking about, but it might give you some options for writing if you were thinking of your gamebook involving finding a map to open up new locations.

Jest
Fri Jan 29 11:10:02 2016
Tales From The Bird Islands Development

Thank you.

Yes, the idea of a map as an object in the game is a good one. :-)

The reason I liked the graphic map is because it gives a sense of location and scale to the archipelago (like the numerous fantasy books with a map at the front. I believe some of the Fighting fantasy books also had some?). It just seems a shame to not use it, though no one else seems that keen? :-(

Not trying to be difficult or controlling by the way, was just an idea that I thought was good, that's all. :-)

I like maps too, but the one that I've drawn just isn't good or detailed enough to constitute an improvement to the game if included.

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