Re: [game-lang] a survey of previous work

[Marc Lanctot <lanctot@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 07/25/2010 08:52 AM, Simon McGregor wrote:

> Does that make any more sense now?

I think you've convinced me of the importance for our cause, yes. I'm 
still not 100% sure how incorporating these elements will affect the 
resulting language, but we can tap into these topics again when we get 
there.

Specifically, from just the game description, I'd like it if an 
interpreter of the language could, at a minimum:

  a) have an AI that can takes random actions, and
  b) simulate the the game in text-mode.

without any game-specific code. For b) I don't necessarily mean have a 
text-based GUI.. I just mean the ability to have a text-based protocol 
that could be used by a debugger and/or network client. This protocol 
would not be part of the language, but part of one implementation of an 
interpreter.

As long as incorporating these elements doesn't force every 
implementation to strictly adhere to any "presentational requirements" 
then I don't see any problems.

Marc



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