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|| -------- -- ----- A E R I E O B L I V I A N A . singular book of text wandertainment by Frank Edward Nora ------------------- ----------- OSOAWEEK--ISSUE 157--7/28/97 <------- || OsoaWeek || Issues || Book 13 || -------> (Cup OWis157, Created v1 (4/27/99), Copyright 1999) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = OsoaWeek Book Thirteen 1 "OsoaWeek157" by Frank Edward Nora, Lord of Obliviana, Tarb 6583 (7/28/97), copyright 1997 OBLIVIANA REGISTRY NEW REVOLVERS SUPERIOR HALFEVIL GRAPHICS NEW CUPLINES SUPERIOR HALFEVIL GRAPHICS NEW CUPS HALFEVIL GRAPHICS Intro Page SUPERIOR Superior 1-728 SEVERE REPAIR Goodbye Popcorn 21-52 Office Complex 21-43 Peculiar Lather 11-26 OPMARQUEE The Art of Opmarquee (new Intro Page) *OW* LORD OF OBLIVIANA Tue 7/22/97 * 12:18 AM Thunderstorm brewing outside... Oblivianastorm brewing inside me... It's the dawn of Book Thirteen of OsoaWeek, and the third anniversary of OsoaWeek as well! Three years... and I thought I had it all figured out way back in OsoaWeek001... But I didn't quite have it figured out back then. In fact, I STILL don't quite have it all figured out, but I'm a whole lot closer to to a fully-realized Obliviana than I was back then! By the time I upload this issue of OsoaWeek, I should have 209 Cups of Severe Repair online. That's approximately 400 pages of awesome science fiction, all ready for you to explore! Wed 7/23/97 * 11:35 PM Vertical. FOW/LWOR goes vertical! In other words, the Foundation of Obliviana, the Forge of Wander, and the Little World of Racetracks which is built on it, are now taller than they are wide. Vertical. Right now, this stuff makes sense only to me, and then, not even totally. Obliviana is a very complex thing, and I've been like a busy little bee, bumbling here and there, attending to different aspects of it. But it's not haphazard--I'm always making progress. I did ten Cups of "Office Complex" earlier this evening, 21 thru 30. I should be able to meet my goal of 209 Cups of Severe Repair by Obliviana Day (July 28). Now, I established the layout of LWOR about a month ago, and while I was very happy with it, I had a few doubts about it. Now that it's vertical, though, I am very satisfied with it; I think it's the right layout. One issue I've been dealing with is how to implement the Little World. That is, what will be in the world, how will it be displayed, how will it be interacted with, etc. Right now, I favor the idea of the entire layout being a single world, with a scale. That is, like "one square equals one mile", and the whole thing is 11 squares by 19 squares. I'm not sure about the scale yet, though. Also, I see the world consisting of the Roads of the Racetracks, and the "land" near the Roads, which will leave a large amount of "inaccessible" space, which might be available for future expansion. Thu 7/24/97 * 12:55 AM I now propose that each square in LWOR be one half-mile square. This results in a board that is 9.5 by 5.5 miles, about 52 square miles. Sun 7/27/97 * 8:47 PM I've been working on Obliviana all weekend. I finally have 209 Cups of Severe Repair done--the goal I set for myself, to have done by Obliviana Day (tomorrow). Well, gotta get moving. Things are looking pretty good. Maybe I'll even get some readers soon! Get all Obliviana. *OW* -------> ------------------- ----------- -------- -- ----- |