[Fluxx] Shockwave Flash, XML, and the newest incarnation of Fluxx!

[Pat]

Eeeenteresting. I'll be looking forward to this!

_pat

On 5/12/06, S Mattison <s.mattison at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, indeedy, you heard right. I'm designing Fluxx in Flash. SWFluxx?
> Sure thing! However I prefer calling it "Fluxx: FPR", or in other
> words; "Fluxx: First Play Random". What this means for you, the
> viewer, is that you don't have to download anything to play online;
> You can do it right in your browser! And secondly, you won't be FORCED
> to play online either! You can download the SWF file and play with
> your friends, or even against the computer! ;)
>
> The rules, tables, card text, and rules for each card will be
> specified with a custom designed XML-type language, called FluxXml.
> The cards will all be designed and assembled based on these texts,
> entirely in Flash. The game will use a clever and ingenuitive
> game-balancing system in order to ensure the proper goals for the
> proper keepers, as well as an even number of rules and actions in
> order to keep it fun. And because the decks are designed in an
> XML-oriented language, I don't have to go plowing through Flash code
> when I want to implement new keepers, goals, or even similar rules and
> actions. You can custom design your own offline-decks with a language
> that looks like HTML, and even submit them to me for consideration in
> adding to the online games!
>
> If I do find a rule or action I like, or design a new idea for the AI,
> I would have to hand-code it in. That's the only downfall. So, if
> anybody wants to help out, either in research, ideas, or in any other
> faculty, feel free to email me about it.
>
> I have uploaded a few preliminary card designs here...
> http://www.freewebs.com/zombieflesheater/fluxx.html
>
> Tell me what you all think!
> -Steve
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