Re: [Crawl-ref-discuss] Writing Contribution

[Joel O. Holmes-M. <joe...@gm...>]

Alright, thank you. Maybe you're right about the entry messages.

On 9 January 2018 at 04:16, Nicholas Feinberg <ple...@gm...>
wrote:

> Yep! The entry messages are in dat/database/miscname.txt, under the
> "welcome_spam" header.
>
> On 8 January 2018 at 05:15, Johanna Ploog via Crawl-ref-discuss <
> cra...@li...> wrote:
>
>> Not a dev, but you can find a lot of narrative stuff in
>> source/dat/database including monster/god speech, noisy weapons and
>> artefact names. Good additions to any of these are pretty much always
>> welcome.
>>
>> You can find the documentation for the monster speech syntax
>> in docs/develop/monster_speech.txt
>>
>> A long paragraph before you start the game could be annoying. (That seems
>> like something more appropriate to FAQ.txt, specifically A:goal)
>>
>> But does Crawl still have the single-line message at the start, and if
>> so, have those messages been outsourced?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Johanna (jpeg)
>>
>>
>> On 24 December 2017 at 01:37, Joel Holmes-Marler <
>> jm...@au...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi there: I've just expanded the items and features' descriptions a bit
>>> on Github, and am now looking for other ways to write for the game.
>>>
>>> I was thinking of adding more monster speech, but can't find the
>>> directory for it. Could somebody point me in the right direction?
>>>
>>> I was also thinking of writing an introduction to the game after they've
>>> created their character but before the game has begun: something about the
>>> orb and why the character's after it. I could write a different one for
>>> each background if you wanted. Doing this would remove a bit of the mystery
>>> around the orb though, so I'd understand if you didn't want me to do that.
>>> If you do, I'm happy to write it up if someone can do the coding to add it
>>> into the game.
>>>
>>> If there's anything else you want me to write, just ask.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Joel Marler
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