Acrophobia the game

Latest commit. Git stats 12 commits. Failed to load latest commit information. View code. The more a letter appears, the more likely it will be to get chosen. Note that all letters MUST be uppercase. About Toady module: A game to turn acronyms into funny phrases Resources Readme.

Releases 4 tags. Players can start any time simply by submitting an acronym expansion. Players will lose points for submitting an acronym but not voting. Players using multiple accounts or signons to cheat are not appreciated.

Acrophobia TM on these networks is slightly different than the other networks. The basis premise of the game remains the same but the interface is slightly changed in its input and output. The following list details changes made to the AcroBot for these networks:. A number of commands can be issued by players to AcroBot. The following list of commands should be sent via a private message to AcroBot. Channel operators are users entrusted to maintain order on the channel as well as correct errors and notify the administration in the event of errors or mishaps.

If you are not on the bot op list and think that you qualify, contact the appropriate game administrator. Usually, operator privileges are granted to people who have played the games for awhile so that their behaviour can be evaluated. We do not find it amusing if people are constantly asking us for operator privileges for the games.

Being an operator is not just a status thing, it is also a responsibility. If you just want to be an operator because you think it is cool, please do not even bother to ask.

In fact, in general, operator privileges are granted automatically to people deemed capable of assuming the responsibility for managing the channel. We cannot stress the importance of operators behaving appropriately. With so many games running, it is impossible for the game administrators to monitor all the channels all the time.

As such, we rely on the operators to enforce the rules, particularly the rules regarding language and conduct on the channel. The games are designed to be family-friendly. Shubert became frustrated playing IRC Jeopardy several years ago because someone had created cheater bots, which memorized and later repeated answers. He came up with a rudimentary version of Acrophobia in a game which would be impervious to this kind of cheating.

At first, the game featured Shubert himself as the "acrobot," but in - after he had "tweaked it and tweaked it" - he enlisted the Jeopardy game's designer to program his new creation. After a stint at Ziff-Davis' Intelligent Gamer magazine, where he gave the Jack series rave reviews, Shubert found himself shopping Acrophobia around.

At last year's E3 he apparently found mutual fans at Berkeley Systems, and the company picked up his little cult game. History Talk 0.

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