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  • Kris Davidson
    #1

    Python IRC Zork

    Hi,

    If this has been done before in another language could someone please
    tell me, if not I was wondering is its possible and what the easier
    way is to create an IRC bot that allows you to play Zork:

    I was thinking of just creating a simple Python IRC bot or finding an
    existing one then have it run Zork and read/write from stdout/stdin.

    Is that possible? Is there a better or easier way to do it? Are there
    any existing programs that do something similar?

    Or just really anything else people have to say on the subject.

    Thanks

    Kris
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    • Erik Max Francis
      #2
      Re: Python IRC Zork

      Kris Davidson wrote:
      If this has been done before in another language could someone please
      tell me, if not I was wondering is its possible and what the easier
      way is to create an IRC bot that allows you to play Zork:
      >
      I was thinking of just creating a simple Python IRC bot or finding an
      existing one then have it run Zork and read/write from stdout/stdin.
      >
      Is that possible? Is there a better or easier way to do it? Are there
      any existing programs that do something similar?
      >
      Or just really anything else people have to say on the subject.
      The easiest way would be to start with a standalone Z-code interpreter
      that does just basic stdin/stdout transactions, get a licensed copy of
      the Zork data set, and hook it up via a subprocess -- in other words,
      just what you suggest. I haven't done recent surveys, but there are
      _many_ portable Z machine interpreters such that I'm sure one or two
      would suffice. (You'd also have to play buffering/fcntl games to make
      sure that it doesn't block, but those are in the details.)

      The bigger picture would be writing a full Z machine in Python, which is
      something I embarked on for my own amusement a while back but never got
      far enough to do anything useful at all, given the size of the task.

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        • Kris Davidson
          #3
          Re: Python IRC Zork

          The bigger picture would be writing a full Z machine in Python, which is
          something I embarked on for my own amusement a while back but never got
          far enough to do anything useful at all, given the size of the task.
          Might be worth trying that or setting up a project somewhere, do any
          exist? Have you posted what code you had somewhere?

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