DSFrotz: Difference between revisions

	DSFrotz
	File:Dsfrotz.jpg
General
Author(s)	papafuji
Type	Other Emulator
Version	2.0 beta-1 20080815
Licence	Mixed
Links
	[Media:Dsfrotz20beta.zip Download]
	Website
	Source

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 | title       = DSFrotz
 | image       = [[File:Dsfrotz.jpg]]
-| type        = Emulator
+| type        = Other Emulator
 | version     = 2.0 beta-1 20080815
 | licence     = Mixed
 | author      = papafuji
-| website     = http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/
+| website     = http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/DSFrotz.html
 | download    = Media:Dsfrotz20beta.zip
-| source      = http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/
+| source      = http://gugusse.central.free.fr/papafuji/DSFrotz.html
 }}
-DS-Frotz is papafuji's NDS port of Jonas Minnberg's GBA-Frotz.
+DS-Frotz is the port of Stefan Jokisch and David Griffith's Frotz, based on the GBA version from Jonas Minnberg.
+The homebrew comes with a number of interactive fiction games/stories and the source code is included in the package.
+==Features==
+* A multi-game main menu.
+* A multi-interface inputs: grafiti or keyboard (no voice recogition).
+* Text-completion functionnality.
+* Includes a lot of games.
+* Add and play your own games.
 ==Installation==
-#Download and extract file
+Download and extract file.
-#[http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI/ DLDI patch] .nds file and copy all files to the root directory of the card
+[[DLDI|DLDI]] patch .nds file and copy all files to the root directory of the card.
+It can play the majority of Inform files in z3, z5 or z8 format (up to V6 Inform format, with some bugs included).
 ==User guide==
-All these games have the same interface (shown on the screenshot above), and can be played exactly the same way.
+All games have the same interface (stories are displayed on the top screen and text inputs on the bottom sreen), and can be played exactly the same way.
-There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS :
+===Input text===
+There are two ways to type words with the stylus of your Nintendo DS (press X to change input type).
+* By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet.
+* Second way is to use the mini keyboard or the numerical keyboard.
-:By default, you can directly draw the letters on the screen, according to the PA-Grafiti alphabet (cf. fig. 1)
+===Icons===
-:Second way : you can use the mini keyboard (cf. fig. 2) or the numerical keyboard
+* To avoid typing always the same things, the most used orders can be called via the icons.
+* Each icon has two or three states, for example, the hand means GET, DROP and GIVE and the N button means GO NORTH and GO UP.
+* Just pick an icon twice or more to select the good order.
-Press the 'X' button to change the input type.
+===Vocabulary===
+* A sentence in these games is defined by a verb + a noun, for example, OPEN DOOR, GO NORTH, etc.
+* Some sentences can have only one word, for example INVENTORY (to see what you're carrying), or SCORE (to see your score).
+* Each game has his own vocabulary, but a lot a verbs are common to all the games.
+* In many cases, you don't have to write the entire word to be understand, only the first letters are necessary. For example, G HELM is esquivalent to GET HELMET, or CLIM DRAWB is equivalent to CLIMB DRAWBRIDGE.
+'''List of the most common words:'''
+ GO - ENTER - CLIMB - SWIM - HELP
+ LOOK - EXAMINE - GET - DROP
+ THROW - CAST - WEAR - REMOVE
+ OPEN - CLOSE - LOCK - UNLOCK
+ BREAK - CUT - CHOP - SAY - KILL
+===Word completion===
+The v1.2 (and upper) versions, a text completion funtionnality has been added.
+* Draw a slash "/" in the middle of the word, and the game engine will try to complete it with the latest words that have been printed on the screen.
+* You can draw this slash until you find the good word. For example:
+ You are in the kitchen, you see a can wooden bench,
+ a bootle of wine, and a cute babe...
+ >CLIMB ON B      - draw a slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BABE   - draw another slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BOTTLE - draw another slash here completes to:
+ >CLIMB ON BENCH  - that's fine.
+'''Shortcuts:'''
+As many words come often in the same game, some shortcuts have been defined.
+ N S E W - Equivalent to GO NORTH, GO SOUTH, GO EAST and GO WEST.
+ NE NW SE SW - In Level9 and Frotz games, this letters are equivalent to NORTH-EAST, NORTH-WEST, etc.
+ H - HELP.
+ I - INVENTORY.
+ G - GET (or AGAIN for Inform/Frotz games).
+ L - LOOK.
+ SV - SAVE.
+ LD - LOAD.
+ R - RESTORE.
 ==Controls==
-X - swap between mini-keyboard and letter-drawing modes
+X - Swap between mini-keyboard and letter-drawing modes
-A - valid, OK (v1.2 games only)
+A - Valid, OK (v1.2 games only)
-B - abort, clear input text (v1.2 games only)
+B - Abort, Clear input text (v1.2 games only)
-L/R - changes the image size (Level9 games only)
+L/R - Change the image size (Level9 games only)
-Start - pause, exit the game
+Start - Pause, Exit the game
-Select - save a game to the SRAM
+Select - Save a game to the SRAM
-==Known Issues==
+==Known issues==
 User fonts not yet implemented.
 Inline keywords userlist not yet implemented.
+On DS-Frotz games, you can only complete the last noun (but in Scott Adams or Brian Howarth adventures, you can complete the first verb too).
 ==Changelog==
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 New features:
-*New double-screen display mode
+* New double-screen display mode.
-*User backgrounds and icons available
+* User backgrounds and icons available.
-*Debugged azerty/qwerty keyboards
+* Debugged azerty/qwerty keyboards.
-*Border_zone, trinity and freefall working fine
+* Border_zone, trinity and freefall working fine.
-*User-modifiable keywords and abbreviations
+* User-modifiable keywords and abbreviations.
-*A lot of bugs exterminated
+* A lot of bugs exterminated.
 '''DSFrotz2.0_alpha_20080724'''
 New features:
-*Game files on cart, with user folder organisation
+* Game files on cart, with user folder organisation.
-*Per folder & per game ini files
+* Per folder & per game ini files.
-*Multi fonts and accentuated fonts
+* Multi fonts and accentuated fonts.
-*Predefined user-modifiable keywords and abbreviations
+* Predefined user-modifiable keywords and abbreviations.
-*New azerty/qwerty keyboards
+* New azerty/qwerty keyboards.
-*A lot of bugs exterminated
+* A lot of bugs exterminated.
 ==Credits==
-Mollusk                      : for PAlib - http://www.palib.info/
+* Mollusk for [http://www.palib.info/ PAlib].
+* Chishm/Drunkencoders for DLDI tools.
-Chishm / Drunkencoders       : for DLDI tools
+* Flap, Derek, Julian & Mauro for their support.
+* [http://www.nightmode.org/frotz GBA-Frotz] version by Jonas Minnberg.
-Flap, Derek, Julian & Mauro  : for their support
+* Actual Frotz implementation by David Griffith (2002).
+* Original Frotz interpreter by Stefan Jokisch (1995).
-GBA-Frotz version            : Jonas Minnberg - http://www.nightmode.org/frotz
+* [ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/ IF archive.]
+* [http://www.wurb.com/if/ BAF's guide] to IF archive.
-actual Frotz implementation  : David Griffith - 2002
-original Frotz interpreter   : Stefan Jokisch - 1995
-IF archive                   : ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/
-BAF's guide to IF archive    : http://www.wurb.com/if/
-[[Category:Homebrew applications]]
+<br>
+[[Category:DS homebrew emulators]]
+[[Category:Other homebrew emulators on DS]]

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