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Eric Fredricksen
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Thanks to recent advances in browser technology, it has been possible
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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to port Progress Quest to run right in your browser. It wasn't easy;
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<html>
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we started with hardware emulation of a 80386-equipped PC clone
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<head>
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running a novel Windows XP compatable operating system called ProgrOS,
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<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://progressquest.com/favicon.ico">
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implemented in a clean room in the Seychelles by a team of people who
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<title>Play Progress Quest</title>
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had never programmed before (to ensure no copyrights would be
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<style>
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violated).
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Unfortuantely that wan't fast enough (too much lag death), so we
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body {
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instead emulated the much faster Cray-2 supercomputer and ran the
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text-align: center;
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80386 emulator in that. But the 80386 kept getting hot, so we switched
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}
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to a 6502 overclocked at 120GHz with emulated liquid helium coolant,
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p {
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and ported ProgrOS to that.
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margin-left: 10%;
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margin-right: 10%;
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text-align: left;
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}
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.sig {
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text-align: center;
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font-size: small;
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color: #808080;
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}
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.sig a, .sig a:visited {
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color: #808080;
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text-decoration: none;
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}
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.banter {
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font-size: 11pt;
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}
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#go {
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font-size: 30pt;
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}
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</style>
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</head>
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<body>
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<img src="pq.gif" alt="Progress Quest">
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<h1>Progress Quest in Your Browser</h1>
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<p>
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Thanks to recent advances in technology, it has been possible to port
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Progress Quest to run in your browser. You no longer need to download
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or install anything to play Progress Quest.
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<p>
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Does that sound easy to you? Well it wasn't; we started with hardware
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emulation of a 80386-equipped PC clone running a novel Windows XP
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compatable operating system called ProgrOS, implemented in a clean
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room in the Seychelles by a team of people who had never programmed
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before (to keep the lawyers at bay).
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<p>
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Unfortuantely that wan't fast enough (there was too much lag death),
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so we instead emulated the much faster Cray-2 supercomputer and ran
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the 80386 emulator in that. But the 80386 kept getting hot, so we
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switched to a 6502 overclocked at 120GHz with emulated liquid helium
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coolant, and ported ProgrOS to that.
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<p>
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That seems to work pretty well with many of the modern browsers
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That seems to work pretty well with many of the modern browsers
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(Chrome, Firefox, Safari). At the moment Opera seems to work just
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(Chrome, Firefox, Safari). At the moment Opera seems to work just
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okay, and Internet Explorer has some real problems. (But if you're
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okay, and Internet Explorer has some real problems. (But if you're
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running IE, you're on Windows, and so just download the game!) Things
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running IE, you're on Windows, and so
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aren't as good as they could be on touchscreen devices such as the
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just <a href="http://progressquest.com/download.php">download</a> the
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iPad yet either.
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game!) Things aren't as good as they could be on touchscreen devices
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such as the iPad either, as yet.
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<p>
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This edition of the game is only single player - there is no Hall of
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Fame yet. If anyone cares, that will come later.
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</p>
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<button id="go" onclick="window.location.href='roster.html'">Play!</button>
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<br>
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<br>
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<div align="center" id="nabar">
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<a href="/">Home</a> ·
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<a href="/info.php">Info</a> ·
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<a href="/faq.php">FAQ</a> ·
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<a href="/dl.php">Download</a> ·
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<a href="/realms.php">Realms</a> ·
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<a href="/acct.php">Accounts</a> ·
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<a href="/news.php">News</a> ·
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<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/pqm">Store</a> ·
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<a href="http://forum.progressquest.com/">Forum</a> ·
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<a href="/links.php">Links</a>
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</div>
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<br>
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<div class="sig">©2001-2010 <a class=dim
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href="mailto:grumdrig@progressquest.com">grumdrig@progressquest.com</a>
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</div>
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</body>
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</html>
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This edition of the game is only single player - the saves exist only
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on your local machine, and there is no Hall of Fame yet. If anyone
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cares, that will come later.
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import subprocess
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import subprocess
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manifest = "*.html *.js *.gif back.jpg dicebar.jpg close*.png *.css".split()
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manifest = [
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"*.html",
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"config.js",
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"jquery.js",
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"main.js",
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"newguy.js",
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"roster.js",
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"*.gif",
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"back.jpg",
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"dicebar.jpg",
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"close*.png",
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"*.css"]
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includes = sum(map(list, zip(["--include"] * len(manifest), manifest)), [])
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includes = sum(map(list, zip(["--include"] * len(manifest), manifest)), [])
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server = "play.progressquest.com"
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server = "play.progressquest.com"
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destination = "grumdrig.com:www/" + server + "/"
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destination = "grumdrig.com:www/" + server + "/"
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<html>
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<html>
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<head>
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<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://progressquest.com/favicon.ico">
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<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://progressquest.com/favicon.ico">
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<title>Progress Quest X/web - Roster</title>
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<title>Progress Quest - Roster</title>
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<script src="jquery.js"></script>
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<script src="jquery.js"></script>
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<script src="config.js"></script>
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<script src="config.js"></script>
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<script src="roster.js"></script>
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<script src="roster.js"></script>
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<img src="pq.gif" alt="Progress Quest">
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<img src="pq.gif" alt="Progress Quest">
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<h1>ProgrOS</h1>
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<h1>Character Roster</h1>
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<p class="banter">
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In the olden times you'd <a href="download.php">download</a> Progress
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Quest to your computer; now you may instead play Progress Quest
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(single-player only, as yet) directly in your browser. Most modern
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browsers will save your game(s) on this page.
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</p>
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<h2>Character Roster</h2>
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<p id="roster" class="banter">
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<p id="roster" class="banter">
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</p>
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var newone = window.location.href.split('#')[1];
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var newone = window.location.href.split('#')[1];
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var count = 0;
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games = loadRoster();
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games = loadRoster();
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$.each(games, function (key, c) {
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$.each(games, function (key, c) {
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var name = c.Traits.Name;
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var name = c.Traits.Name;
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p.appendTo(roster);
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p.appendTo(roster);
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p.text(JSON.stringify(c));
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p.text(JSON.stringify(c));
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*/
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*/
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++count;
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});
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});
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if (!count)
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roster.html("<i>Games you start can be loaded from this page, but no saved games were found. Roll up a new character to get started.</i>");
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}
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}
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