About porting games from the TI-83+
When porting “Yendoresque” games from the TI-83+ graphing calculator to a web-based version, I generally try to preserve the original gameplay, while allowing for small improvements here or there. Specifically, here’s what I’ve changed:
- In some cases the text is a bit more verbose, especially for the choices. (On the calculator I had to fit the choice text in 14 characters, so it was a bit vague or confusing sometimes.)
- The way chunks of texts are broken up has been changed somewhat in an effort to preserve the humor. (For various reasons, jokes that were designed for the calculator do not always translate over very well.)
- In Amulet of Yendor 3, a terribly mysterious bug was fixed.
- In Lake Sohcahtoa: Campground of Horrors, the highscore feature was removed as it didn’t really serve any purpose in the web-based version.
The web-based versions of my calculator games use a slightly modified PHP version of Quest Markup Language.
If you notice a bug while playing a game on this site, please post a comment about it. Try to be specific about what happened.