Running Interactive Fiction Doors

  To: Divarin
  Re: Running Interactive Fiction Doors
  By: Divarin to All on Wed Nov 03 2021 08:38 am

 Di> Hey all, I have a question. If you want to run an IF game that was not
 Di> made to be a door, as a door, such as an infocom game, how do you keep the
 Di> users from saving their game in any arbitrary directory. For example how
 Di> do you keep them from saving their game as c:\autoexec.bat or something?
 Di> Is there a door program that is available to interpret these games? If so
 Di> can someone point me in the right direction?

 Heh, I was just thinking about doing this today.  I discovered that an a game, "And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One" actually uses my BBS and dialup number as an in-game plot point.  

Maybe I'll do some digging if I get some free time.

DaiTengu

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