[ A proposed feature list from 1/30/95 - jbum ]

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Proposed Features for Palace 1.0

• Macintosh and Windows Version available. Macs and PCs can communicate on same network.
• About 20 Rooms (see separate sheet). Product can fit on 3 to 4 floppies. Installs on hard disk.
• About 100 Props, including drinks, smokes, hats, wigs, period costumes, toys and other role playing objects.
• 5-6 sets of faces (Generic smiley faces, generic male & female, feline, etc.)
• Basic Plug-ins
  • Cards (Solitaire, Poker, Hearts)
  • Chess
  • Spot, the wonder dog
• Working authoring system
  • Users can create new rooms
  • Users can create/edit props & faces
  • Users can script using "IptScray"
  • Server operator can prohibit authoring, lock rooms
• 3rd party developer kit (could be provided via on-line services as well). Allows programmers to write additional "Palace Aware" add-ons.
  • "Black Box" library for connecting palace
  • Instructions
  • Source code for sample add-on (Tic-Tac-Toe)
• Local Area Network Support
  • Novell
  • TCP/IP (Internet)
  • AppleTalk
• Modem Support
  • Person to person
  • Compuserve CB
  • Internet IRC Server
• Internet Support
  • Modem to service provider (i.e. netcom shell account)
  • TCP/IP (direct connect)
• Package includes both Palace (server) and Sparky (client). User gets a serial number which is good for 2 additional people. Server authenticates serial numbers and rejects users past a certain limit for each serial number.
• Additional serial numbers are sold via an 800 number with volume discounts, for example:
  • $15 for a single user
  • $30 for 3 people
  • $45 for 5 people
  • etc.
• Comic Book style manual with breezy docs, more detailed docs available on disc.

Proposed Features for Palace 2.0

• Realtime video/audio support for highspeed networks
• Additional Room Art (~100 rooms)
• Additional Prop Art (~500 props)
• Better (English-like) scripting language
• More Plug-ins
  • Dow Jones
  • Space Fighter Game
  • Dungeon Game
  • Ping Pong
  • Eight Ball
  • Bowling
• Book style manual with extended docs to accompany comic book
• Various new features in response to user feed back