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Re: history of conlanging

From:Ed Heil <edheil@...>
Date:Saturday, November 27, 1999, 7:41
Hmm... I'm on the mailing list for some company that sells "World
Builder" software.  They just came out with "City Builder" softare.
Its purpose is almost exactly as you describe.  However, I deleted the
message and don't know the company's URL.  If I get more mail from
them I'll pass it on.


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Sally Caves wrote:

> Matt Pearson wrote: > > > I never really got into D&D, or any of the subsequent role-playing games, > > for the reason you mention, and also because I never liked role-playing > > or rule-following (all that tedious throwing of dice), and because I
found
> > the D&D universe too cluttered with "magic & monsters" for my tastes > > (cf. my recent off-topic rant on fantasy literature). > > Here I agree with you completely. Never did D&D. > > > These feelings extend to world-building computer games like Sim City: > > I was never interested in actually *playing* the game, and having to > > worry about things like budgets and long-range planning and keeping the > > citizens happy. I wish there were a way to just build interesting cities > > without having to worry about all that... > > Again, I couldn't agree with you more. I would love a computer program > that would allow me to build a city, not blow it up, not catch > criminals. > I would like it to let me lay out the streets, name them, build houses > and government buildings, put in beaches and estuaries and hills and > forests, and allow me to create "scenes": from this street corner, > looking > down from that hill, walking east on this boulevard. Now passing that > person's house. > > Sigh. > > > Sally > ============================================================ > SALLY CAVES > scaves@frontiernet.net > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves (bragpage) > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/teonaht.html (T. homepage) > http://www.frontiernet.net/~scaves/contents.html (all else) > ===================================================================== > Niffodyr tweluenrem lis teuim an. > "The gods have retractible claws." > from _The Gospel of Bastet_ > ============================================================