Talk:Castle of the Winds
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'In 1998, the author, Rick Saada, decided to make it public domain and allowed the registered and shareware versions to be freely distributed, but he did not release the source code.'
He actually sent me the source code when I asked for it, but I never got around to asking if it was okay to share. I suspect it is, but I don't think I have it any longer. I do believe he's given it to a couple other people, who may be able to enlighten us. At any rate, I'm not sure this claim is perfectly accurate. -- General Wesc 17:12, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
As much as I love this game and appreciate its impact on the world, I do not think it necessary for pages to be created about "heal minor wounds," etc, so I have taken those wikilinks out. --Jacqui M Schedler 04:03, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
One more thing -- you're allowed to play this game as male or female, but many instances in this article are not gender-neutral. --Jacqui M Schedler 04:23, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
When I asked the author for the source code, I got this response: "Sorry, I appreciate the offer but I'm not giving out the source at this time (I do get lots of requests)." --Anonymous
I actualy have the source! although it is not complete (it is missing the graphic content, the story etc) --Spruit elf 17:20, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] New Wikibook!
In Wikipedia:Peer review/Castle of the Winds/archive1, LordViD suggested that much of this article’s content would be far better suited to a Wikibook. So I’ve started Wikibooks:Castle of the Winds and am transferring the article’s contents. But it won’t be a complete book right away. We can have monster, item and spell tables, and we can talk more about the interface. It would also be good to have a fancy cover.
[edit] public domain citation?
Could somebody put a citation for where the author said the game was released to the public domain. A url to his personal site would be ok (or archive of an old site). Even a quote from a documentation file would be an improvement. I notice on his web site he says "At this point, I give the game away for free. " [1] I don't consider that a release to the public domain, just as giving away a book for free is not a release of copyright to the book (text or images). I just wish to ensure we're not confusing "freeware" with "public domain". --Rob 07:17, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
- I removed the claim it was public domain. --Rob 20:28, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed game guide material
I've removed the detailed descriptions of game stats, which have all been moved to the Castle wikibook anyway. Alphonze 08:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Removed link
Because they will charge you for a download a freeware game.
[edit] Release date / platform support
The supplied release date for CoW is 1989, but that predates commercial sale of both Windows 3.0 (barely) and Windows 3.1x (definitely), the platform target (one or the other) stated in the article. It is also noted that the game was released in two parts. Something seems amiss here, as it would seem likely for there to be separate dates for each part, with possibly distinct minimal version of Windows supported. Anyone? D. Brodale (talk) 19:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
