Difference between revisions of "Tinsel"

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Tinsel
Engine developer	dreammaster, DrMcCoy, eriktorbjorn, joostp, md5, somaen
Companies that used it	Psygnosis
Games that use it	Discworld, Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?, Discworld Noir
Date added to ScummVM	2008-07-22
First release containing it	1.0.0rc1

About

The Tinsel engine is a scripting engine developed by Perfect 10 Productions/Teeny Weeny Games for their point and click adventure games, based on the Discworld novels authored by Terry Pratchett.

TODO: Expand/correct explanation about Tinsel / Glitter

Status

Discworld is completable
Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? is completable
Discworld Noir is unsupported

Resources

Tinsel Bugs: List of bugs that occured in the original versions
Tinsel TODO
List of Objects
List of Scenes

Music Enhancement

The ScummVM Music Enhancement Project has worked on the music for Discworld, i.e. the first game.
Permission has been given to release this soundtrack.
As of 27 Dec 2007, the full soundtrack is available for download here.

Possible Future Discworld Freeware Release

In short, we have all the approval needed to move forward with supporting the game and making Discworld freeware.
However, Discworld is _NOT_ freeware at the moment. It may be in the future, assuming all goes according to plan.
When this happens, the project will make a announcement in the usual manner i.e. website news item.

Whether the game datafiles release will have a DFSG/OSI compatible license remains to be determined.

External links

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-{{EngineDescription|
+{{EngineDescription
-        name=Tinsel|
+|name=Tinsel
-        developer=|
+|developer=[[User:Dreammaster|dreammaster]], [[User:DrMcCoy|DrMcCoy]],<br />[[User:Eriktorbjorn|eriktorbjorn]], [[User:Joostp|joostp]], [[User:Md5|md5]], [[User:Somaen|somaen]]
-        companies=[[Psygnosis]]|
+|companies=[[Psygnosis]]
-        usedBy=[[Discworld 1]], [[Discworld 2: Missing Presumed...!?|Discworld 2]]|
+|usedBy=[[Discworld]],<br />[[Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!?]],<br />[[Discworld Noir]]
-        dateAdded=Not Added|
+|dateAdded=July 22, 2008
-        release=None|
+|release=1.0.0rc1
 }}
-We are currently investigating reimplementing the 'Tinsel' engine, as used by Discworld 1 and 2.
+== About ==
-[[user:Ender|Ender]] is organizing this.
+The Tinsel engine is a scripting engine developed by [[Perfect Entertainment|Perfect 10 Productions/Teeny Weeny Games]] for their point and click adventure games, based on the Discworld novels authored by Terry Pratchett.
-=== Status ===
+TODO: Expand/correct explanation about Tinsel / Glitter
-The rights situation is not yet fully cleared up. All rights were returned to original authors due to disbandment of IP holder for the games (Psygnosis). Terry Pratchett and his agent Colin Smythe have approved the source release and future freeware re-issuing of the game, so did 3 of 4 core developers. Though, there is still one developer, Mark Roll, left whom we were not able to locate in order to obtain permissions.
-Sources for both DW1 and DW2, and even DW Noir were located, but not yet obtained due to situation described above.
+== Status ==
+* Discworld is completable
+* Discworld II: Missing Presumed...!? is completable
+* Discworld Noir is unsupported
-=== Update ===
+== Resources ==
-Around October 2005 we learned that the source code has been successfully located and started waiting for it to be sorted and sent to us.
+* [[Tinsel/Bugs|Tinsel Bugs]]: List of bugs that occured in the original versions
+* [[Tinsel/TODO|Tinsel TODO]]
+* [[Tinsel/List_of_Objects|List of Objects]]
+* [[Tinsel/List_of_Scenes|List of Scenes]]
-As of {{CURRENTDAY}}th {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, we are still awaiting delivery of the source code. Additional attempts to locate a second copy of the code have not been successful, and we are now waiting on final word on whether the code we have located will ever be released. If not, a more serious attempt at reverse engineering will be made, although the time this process takes cannot be estimated.
+== Music Enhancement ==
+The [https://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?page_id=54 ScummVM Music Enhancement Project] has worked on the music for Discworld, i.e. the first game.<br />
+[https://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?p=796 Permission] has been given to release this soundtrack.<br />
+As of 27 Dec 2007, the full soundtrack is [https://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?p=1139 available for download here].
-===Music Enhancement===
+== Possible Future Discworld Freeware Release ==
-The [http://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?page_id=54 ScummVM Music Enhancement Project] has worked on Discworld's music. [http://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?p=796 Permission] has been given to release this soundtrack. As of 27 Dec 2007 the full soundtrack is [http://www.jameswoodcock.co.uk/?p=1139 available for download].
+In short, we have all the approval needed to move forward with supporting the game and making Discworld freeware.<br />
+However, Discworld is _NOT_ freeware at the moment. It may be in the future, assuming all goes according to plan.<br />
+When this happens, the project will make a announcement in the usual manner i.e. website news item.
-=== Summary ===
+Whether the game datafiles release will have a DFSG/OSI compatible license remains to be determined.
-In short, we have all the approval needed to move forward with supporting the game and making Discworld freeware. However Discworld is NOT freeware at the moment. It may be in the future, assuming all goes according to plan.
-Whether the gamedata release will have a DFSG/OSI compatible license remains to be determined.
+== External links ==
+* [http://automagically.de/tinsel.html An outdated and obsolete early start at RE of the engine]
-== External Links ==
-* [http://automagically.de/?tinsel An early start at RE of the engine]
 * [http://rewiki.regengedanken.de/wiki/Tinsel_engine Some information on the files]
 [[Category:Engines]]