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[ A proposed feature list from 1/30/95 - jbum ]

Proposed Features for Palace 1.0

  • Macintosh and Windows Version available. Macs and PCs can communicate on same network.
  • About 20 Rooms (see separate sheet). Product can fit on 3 to 4 floppies. Installs on hard disk.
  • About 100 Props, including drinks, smokes, hats, wigs, period costumes, toys and other role playing objects.
  • 5-6 sets of faces (Generic smiley faces, generic male & female, feline, etc.)
  • Basic Plug-ins
    • Cards (Solitaire, Poker, Hearts)
    • Chess
    • Spot, the wonder dog
  • Working authoring system
    • Users can create new rooms
    • Users can create/edit props & faces
    • Users can script using "IptScray"
    • Server operator can prohibit authoring, lock rooms
  • 3rd party developer kit (could be provided via on-line services as well). Allows programmers to write additional "Palace Aware" add-ons.
    • "Black Box" library for connecting palace
    • Instructions
    • Source code for sample add-on (Tic-Tac-Toe)
  • Local Area Network Support
    • Novell
    • TCP/IP (Internet)
    • AppleTalk
  • Modem Support
    • Person to person
    • Compuserve CB
    • Internet IRC Server
  • Internet Support
    • Modem to service provider (i.e. netcom shell account)
    • TCP/IP (direct connect)
  • Package includes both Palace (server) and Sparky (client). User gets a serial number which is good for 2 additional people. Server authenticates serial numbers and rejects users past a certain limit for each serial number.
  • Additional serial numbers are sold via an 800 number with volume discounts, for example:
    • $15 for a single user
    • $30 for 3 people
    • $45 for 5 people
    • etc.
  • Comic Book style manual with breezy docs, more detailed docs available on disc.

Proposed Features for Palace 2.0

  • Realtime video/audio support for highspeed networks
  • Additional Room Art (~100 rooms)
  • Additional Prop Art (~500 props)
  • Better (English-like) scripting language
  • More Plug-ins
    • Dow Jones
    • Space Fighter Game
    • Dungeon Game
    • Ping Pong
    • Eight Ball
    • Bowling
  • Book style manual with extended docs to accompany comic book
  • Various new features in response to user feed back