Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Joe Joyce wrote on Thu, Mar 27, 2008 04:23 PM UTC:Hi, all. A garage is a place where you can dump a lot of stuff, and I plan to do that here, covering several topics. First, my apologies for my rather erratic move and comment timing lately; there's illness in the family and it's disrupting things here. Everything should be resolved in a few months, and then I expect to actually have some time [dreamer that I am, I *never* have half the time I want!] On to the pile of stuff in the garage. I was waiting for someone to jump in and defend my 2 games against George's ratings, but as no one has, let me leap into the fray. George, you panned Great Shatranj and Chesimal Fusion I; why you pick on my good games is beyond me. I have games posted that are terrible; SpaceWar in particular is unplayable as is. Finally got a chance to playtest it with a brother, and the game just doesn't work. This led me directly to the idea of a 'Games Garage' for broken games. I floated the idea to a couple designers, and one said he'd act as guest mechanic on occasion. The other will drop in and comment, anyhow [and if we're real nice, maybe he'll pick up a wrench]. So, the garage will be built in the wiki, and SpaceWar will be moved off the CVPages and into the garage. Apprentice mechanics welcome. The wiki is an excellent place to work cooperatively on games. Juan has made a proposal [pairing designers and novices] which may be too ambitious, but we can test out his idea at the garage. Any design put into the garage is fair game for *any* one to poke around in. Questions and discussions are also welcome. [Everyone knows mechanics are lazy and would rather talk than work... ;-) ] And remember, the final part of fixing a car is to test it. SO there will be a test bed. The garage will accept broken games, old games that need a tune up, games that hesitate or want a new engine installed. Heck, we might even do paint jobs. The garage will also accept the curious, hangers-on, checkers players, and anyone who wants to get their hands dirty. Rules will be minimal, and posted. Comments? Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Joe's Garage does not match any item.