VIM Message Board on Update

Subject: Update

Original Message

Name: Michael Colicos
Date: August 16, 1901 at 13:52:31
Subject: Update

Comment:

Sorry about all the garbage that got posted, and thanks Lancer for the heads up. Things have been outwardly quiet for a very exciting reason; I'm working on what will be a retail version of the classic VIM (female character gardening by the ocean). This is going to be a fantastic step forward for the project, and I'll post a full update when all the details are worked out.

Response Number 1

Name: Michael Colicos
Date: August 16, 1901 at 13:54:28
Subject: Update

Reply:

ps - if this all works out, we'll even get a properly scripted fancy message board!

Response Number 2

Name: Lancer Solurus
Date: August 18, 1901 at 16:12:01
Homepage: Digital Brilliance of Memphis
Subject: Update

Reply:

No problem, people like that should lose their internet access. Just wondering, were you planning on selling in a store such as Best Buy or Walmart?

Response Number 3

Name: Matt
Date: August 19, 1901 at 12:37:37
Subject: Update

Reply:

Will the retail version be functionally different from the VIM we all know and love?

Response Number 4

Name: Michael Colicos
Date: August 19, 1901 at 18:20:34
Subject: Update

Reply:

Yes, the VIM will be sold at such stores Lancer, except they will be called, well actually I don't know what they will be called, but they will have German, Swiss and Austrian names. Don't want to say too much yet, because we're still working out the details, but a publisher in Europe, headed by a Ph.D. (in a neural network related area) is going to release the retail version of the VIM. I'm excited about it because he really understands the goals of the program, and is equally interested in seeing this new genre of software developed. To answer your question (good to hear from you again Matt), yes it will functionally be the original VIM, except with upgrades. The graphics and landscape is quite similar in layout to VIM40, except the ocean is back, and the lake is in the back in the mountains. The main improvements to the graphics comes in speed and complexity, there are 10 different types of plants now, with more detailed structure. The behavior again will be similar, but the VI will be better at going places and doing things. The big advantage of a retail version is there are no download size constraints, so the plan is to sort of roll things back to the "favorite" form of the program, then continue development (perhaps even with funding!) with a much richer environment and more complex behaviors.

Response Number 5

Name: Some Guy
Date: August 22, 1901 at 17:05:08
Subject: Update

Reply:

sounds great. any chance you'll have more than one VIM populating the world?
It'd be neat to have the sockpuppet simming in the lake. or scale back the sticky vim and have gekos that climb all over in search for food.
theres no limit to what you could include, but it would definatly be interesting to have a little intereaction with other "organic" VIMs

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