Re: [pbem software] pbemtools - PBEM RPG/Storytelling management tools

From: "Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>

Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0000

I've seen the ad for these tools now and then, and I'm wondering:

Who uses them, and how do you like them?

I'm under the impression that these will only run on Unix/Linux. Is that
true?

(Not trying to insult anyone, just curious)

Alan Schwartz <alansz@pennmush.org> wrote in message
news:pbem2_962367960@pennmush.tinymush.org...
> pbemtools is a package of scripts that I've found useful in running
> play-by-email (pbem) role-playing games. It includes:
>
>  * Custom turn generator (mailturn, fixturn, webturn, doturn):
>    From a single Turn source file that you write using very simple
>    tags, the turn generator creates a customized turn for each player,
>    that shows only what their character should see, hear, think, or
>    whatever. Supports character groups by name or by languages known to
>    the characters, so you can be sure that only the French-speaking
>    characters understand each other when speaking French.
>
>  * Custom move generator (movefilter):
>    Players can send tagged moves to a 'moves' alias, and have them
>    distributed just like the Turns, customized for each character.
>    Simplifies handling whispers, languages, etc. Special marking
>    applied to OOC notes and "conditionals".
>
>  * Move compiler (catmoves):
>    Simplifies turn-writing by putting together all of the moves sent
>    since the last turn into a single file, making attempts to properly
>    handle moves which quote other players' moves and respond to them.
>
>  * Move archiver (movepipe):
>    Moves can be automatically archived in html under a web site directory
>    for access over the web.
>
>  * Move reminder (moveremind):
>    Remind players who haven't sent a move for the the current Turn.
>
>  * CGI Turn generator (spewturn.cgi):
>    A CGI script can generate customized Turns from different character
>    viewpoints for use on the web.
>
>  * CGI story compiler (allturns.cgi):
>    A CGI script can concatenate all of your Turns into a single
>    long "story" suitable for printing.
>
>  * CGI outline expander (expand.cgi):
>    A CGI script that provide the illusion of dynamically expanding
>    outlines on a web page, to aid organization of pages.
>
> pbemtools is written in Perl and requires Perl version 5 and the
> graph-modules modules, available from http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules.
> It is distributed under the GNU public license.
>
> The latest version of pbemtools (1.2) is available at:
> http://www.pennmush.org/~alansz/pbemtools
>
> Send comments, bug reports, and words of praise to:
> alansz@pennmush.org
>

References

[pbem software] pbemtools - PBEM RPG/Storytelling management tools
alansz@pennmush.org (Alan Schwartz)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:00:00 +0000