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Twisty is a text-adventure interpreter for the Android operating system, playing both Z-machine and Glulx games.
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offer online directory of games for download #6

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Somewhere within Twisty's UI, we should offer a way to browse a directory
of hand-picked z-games.  The directory would be maintained by the authors
of twisty as a set of "personal recommendations" -- perhaps listed with
short descriptions, and links to download them directly to the android device.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by suss...@gmail.com on 17 Nov 2007 at 8:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
FYI, I have something 'vaguely' like this list now -- see
http://www.red-bean.com/sussman/if/shortlist.html

Original comment by suss...@gmail.com on 22 May 2008 at 4:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
FYI, the official port of Frotz to iPhone (now available on the iPhone 
appstore!) has
a feature like this now:  it allows you to browse the IFDB site and download 
any .z
game directly from there.  Seems like we'd be well off imitating exactly that.

Original comment by suss...@gmail.com on 20 Aug 2008 at 3:31

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by suss...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2008 at 6:56

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Helpful example here!

"Some applications, such as games, need to download data files to the SD Card. 
This
sample shows how to download files from a web server to the SD Card. It provides
error checking and a downloader UI. (You provide the web server and the data. 
:-) )"

http://code.google.com/p/apps-for-android/source/browse/#svn/trunk/Samples/Downl
oader

Original comment by suss...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2008 at 2:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Nice starter list. One note: You can download Hitchhiker's Guide from Douglas 
Adams'
web page. http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/hhgg.z3

Original comment by mrau...@gmail.com on 11 Dec 2009 at 2:35

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Umm ... I wouldn't include that link in the app.  The game is hosted on that 
site to
be used with an online Java interpreter.  Just because they haven't secured the 
data
file very well, doesn't make it legal to download for offline play, I'm afraid.

Original comment by samwis...@gmail.com on 11 Dec 2009 at 1:59