PAWS is the Python Adventure Writing System. It consists of the game engine, world library, and play module. It also has two MS Word 2000 (Word 97 readable) documents that explain how to use it, the first a technical manual for hard-core code-heads :) and the second a tutorial for new game authors to create games with. RTF versions of the manuals are included in the primary ZIP file.
The manuals are also available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
You'll need Python as well, just follow the Python link below and choose the version of Python for your operating system (over 20 supported!) When asked if you want to install Tcl/Tkinter support, answer yes.
Two sample games are included. The first is Roger Firth's Cloak Of Darkness, text adventure's version of the Rosetta stone. Thanks to Neil Cerutti for the implementation and Roger Firth for the original game. I've taken the liberty of updating COD to handle the Terminal and P (parser) objects in version 1.3.
COD allows you to compare the PAWS version against versions in other languages, to see if PAWS fits your writing style. A dozen versions of COD in different languages are available Roger Firth's site. Check it out! :)
The second sample game Thief's Quest is much larger, but alas currently incomplete. As time permits I intend to finish this game and release it, so if you like TQ don't despair! It will be finished!
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PAWS Files
PAWS 1.4 (651K) (Includes Documentation in both Word format and RTF)
Python Web Site (To get Python version 1.5.2, 1.6, or 2.0)
PAWS Documentation In PDF (Acrobat) Format (737K)
ScopeEdit Editor Highlight Definition File for PAWS (10K) Enhanced for PAWS version 1.1. (Obsolete)
Interspector Editor Highlight Definition File for PAWS (10K) Enhanced for PAWS version 1.4
Curses For Windows Python 1.5.2 (Obsolete Terminal)
Curses (35K) (Copy into Python's DLL folder)
WConio Terminal Files For Windows 95 or later (Obsolete Terminal)
If you have Windows 95 or later and would like PAWS to run in full color you'll need to download an additional package and install it after you install Python. The download is quite small (~50k) and makes running PAWS on Windows 95 or later much nicer. Thanks to Chris Gonnerman for developing WConio for Python. Choose which version of WConio you need for your version of Python. Note that WConio is not available for Python 1.6. Also note, that thanks to Nathan Barnes TkinterIO Terminal, WConio is now obsolete
WConio For Python 1.5.2 (Copy into Python's DLL folder)
WConio For Python 2.0 (installer included)
WConio For Python 2.1 (installer included)
WConio For Python 2.2 (installer included)
Interspector Site
Click here to go to the Interspector Web Site
Roger Firth's Site
This site contains links to both the Cloak Of Darkness comparison game and his Parsifal page, a massive set of useful links to all kinds of IF resources!
Roger Firth's Home Page
Text Adventure Archive
Here's a link to the Interactive Fiction archive containing a huge array of text adventure games and other adventure development tools.
Interfactive Fiction Archive
Email Wolf about PAWS
Credit:http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.wolf/PAWS.htm
