Hi All,

For anyone interested, there have been some updates to a couple BBS projects here.

Slot Machine: This game has had a few updates, including some great ANSI screens created by HSM.

IdleBallz: While this was written as a proof of concept for me, I have done a few upgrades to it. You now can have up to 8 ballz, and I've also edited the prices so the game is a little more interesting when you get further into it.

I do have a couple other projects that have stalled a bit. If there is
someone that would like to help out with door game programming utilizing C
and OpenDoors, please contact me via netmail.

Also, is there a way that anyone has figured out to get internet email access to a Mystic board? I know there have been a couple people able to do this
using FidoGate, but I've been having a beast of a time trying to get it to compile on Manjaro or Debian. I really don't want to re-write the entire thing...

I also don't really want to set up a mail server as Synchronet does it. I
would prefer something that can do a call out to a POP3/SMTP server to grab/send any mail waiting, such as Thunderbird or Outlook does. But, I do
want to be able to integrate it into Mystic...

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.


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Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

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Slot Machine: This game has had a few updates, including some great ANSI screens created by HSM.

I dig this, and am about to call over to you and see the updates... I had fun playing for a high score, even if it was a bit 'open' or 'easy' at the time. I'll check it out again today!

IdleBallz: While this was written as a proof of concept for me, I have done a few upgrades to it. You now can have up to 8 ballz, and I've also edited the prices so the game is a little more interesting when you get further into it.

Maybe I jumped into the game at a time where it wasn't fully cooked, but I couldn't figure this one out! No controls seemed to work at all - I let it
play for a long time, by itself just collecting [or not] points by bounding
off the walls - but ultimately had to drop carrier on your bbs. Sorry, it
must have been at a time where it wasn't done.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

I'm just now learning basic Python; I hope I can begin to learn Mystic
specific functions and get my hands dirty there too..

I'll keep following anything you find about the e-mail part. I so want to be
a contributor... but working on the prerequisite work as of now. There isn't
a BBS-python class, so...

I love how you have all these projects open for people on your bbs. Thank you
- when you release the code I love going through it, too... appreciative of your hard work, BP.



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On 20 Sep 2020, paulie420 said the following...

Slot Machine: This game has had a few updates, including some great A screens created by HSM.

I dig this, and am about to call over to you and see the updates... I
had fun playing for a high score, even if it was a bit 'open' or 'easy'
at the time. I'll check it out again today!

It still is 'easy' in my opinion... There have been some changes in the background, but haven't changed any of the algorithms for it.

IdleBallz: While this was written as a proof of concept for me, I hav

Maybe I jumped into the game at a time where it wasn't fully cooked, but
I couldn't figure this one out! No controls seemed to work at all - I
let it play for a long time, by itself just collecting [or not] points
by bounding off the walls - but ultimately had to drop carrier on your bbs. Sorry, it must have been at a time where it wasn't done.

It wasn't done yet... :) It now has a small menu on the right side of the screen that lets you know what keys do what. I have also made some
improvements to it today.

It is now a challenge to see how fast you can get to 1 million points. Once
you hit that number, the game ends, and gives you a list of the top
(shortest) times it has taken people. Also, the list will only register your best score.

I'll keep following anything you find about the e-mail part. I so want
to be a contributor... but working on the prerequisite work as of now. There isn't a BBS-python class, so...

I'm still working on the email connections. Don't worry about being a contributor. Just having people still interested in the hobby is a great
asset. Besides, some of us need testers. ;)

I love how you have all these projects open for people on your bbs.
Thank you - when you release the code I love going through it, too... appreciative of your hard work, BP.

The code for this, and many other projects, is available on GitHub. Feel free to check them out. https://github.com/DRPanther


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Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/25 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

It wasn't done yet... :) It now has a small menu on the right side of the screen that lets you know what keys do what. I have also made some improvements to it today.

It is now a challenge to see how fast you can get to 1 million points. Once you hit that number, the game ends, and gives you a list of the top (shortest) times it has taken people. Also, the list will only register your best score.

LOL - I sent you an email on your board suggesting doing scoring just like that. I get it - yer playing with these things in between me running them. Check, sir.

Now I understand.. but yeah, I thought the same thing about scoring... shoot for the lowest time. :P Alright, now I'll have to call back and try to get
the quickest time. Cheers, and thanks for what you do for BBSing, BP.



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On 21 Sep 2020, paulie420 said the following...

LOL - I sent you an email on your board suggesting doing scoring just
like that. I get it - yer playing with these things in between me
running them. Check, sir.

Yup, I got an email from this awesome BBS user, who gave some great
suggestions for the game... ;)

Now I understand.. but yeah, I thought the same thing about scoring... shoot for the lowest time. :P Alright, now I'll have to call back and
try to get the quickest time. Cheers, and thanks for what you do for BBSing, BP.

Thank you so much for the suggestions. I really appreciate them. I'll see
what I can do with the slot machine game now. :)


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Black Panther(RCS)
aka Dan Richter
Castle Rock BBS
telnet://bbs.castlerockbbs.com
http://www.castlerockbbs.com
http://github.com/DRPanther
The sparrows are flying again...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/25 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Castle Rock BBS - bbs.castlerockbbs.com (21:1/186)

Yup, I got an email from this awesome BBS user, who gave some great suggestions for the game... ;)

w00t w00t; well whether you were on it before I spoke, or if my suggestions made sense - I'll checkout what you've implemented. If you ever want to run them on another BBS; that gets no traffic and no one would play much, lemme know. :P

Thank you so much for the suggestions. I really appreciate them. I'll see what I can do with the slot machine game now. :)

No worries @ all, and be careful - I'll be calling once a week to play and
tell you what I think.



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