Dungeon Definition Language
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Dungeon Definition Language (DDL) was created in the summer of 1981 by Bruce Adler, Chris Kostanick, Michael Stein, Michael Urban, and Warren Usui, members of the University of California, Los Angeles
Computer Club (UCLA CC).
DDL is object-oriented (untyped objects) and uses a Lisp-like syntax
DDL is the forerunner of the Adventure Definition Language
(ADL
).
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
Computer Club (UCLA CC).
DDL is object-oriented (untyped objects) and uses a Lisp-like syntax
DDL is the forerunner of the Adventure Definition Language
Adventure Definition Language
Adventure Definition Language is a system for writing text adventures. It was created by Ross Cunniff and Tim Brengle in 1987. It is available with source code in C. ADL is semi-object-oriented with Lisp-like syntax and is a superset of DDL....
(ADL
Adventure Definition Language
Adventure Definition Language is a system for writing text adventures. It was created by Ross Cunniff and Tim Brengle in 1987. It is available with source code in C. ADL is semi-object-oriented with Lisp-like syntax and is a superset of DDL....
).
See also
- aardvark(6) man page in 4.2BSD
- NAME
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- aardvark - yet another exploration game
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- SYNOPSIS
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- /usr/games/aardvark
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Aardvark is yet another computer fantasy simulation game of the adventureAdventureAn adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually risky undertaking, with an uncertain outcome. The term is often used to refer to activities with some potential for physical danger, such as skydiving, mountain climbing and or participating in extreme sports...
/zorkZorkZork was one of the first interactive fiction computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 on a DEC PDP-10 computer by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling, and implemented in the MDL programming language...
genre. This one is written in DDL (Dungeon Definition Language) and is intended primarily as an example of how to write a dungeon in DDL.
- Aardvark is yet another computer fantasy simulation game of the adventure
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