Dial-a-Grue 2.0
Maker Faire Bay Area 2017
MAKER
Mitch Patenaude
Born and raised in the Bay Area, Mitch is a geek-of-all-trades. He has spent most of his life playing with computers, both hardware and software.
Dial-a-Grue is a way to play Zork (and other classic text adventures) in a whole new way. Pick up the receiver of a old-fashioned phone, listen to descriptions, and then just tell the phone what you would like to do. You control of the story!
What inspired you to make this project?:
I came across and old TDD about 6 years ago, and I wanted to do something cool with it. My friend Kevin Savetz suggested I get it to play some classic text adventure game. I bought several old phones to use as interfaces to the TDD, but the computing power I could squeeze into a phone 6 years ago wasn't up to the task. Now I can pack enough computing power into the phone to get rid of the TDD, and interact with people directly.
