Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

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Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

Post by wintermute_turing_ai »

Interesting blogitem from Jason Ely (of several Origin-developed games) here, on how the "Gump" interface system came to be:

http://www.stygianworlds.com/Blog.asp
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Re: Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

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Thanks for the link. I don't know where they came up with the word "gump", but it was a character (the flying couch) in "The Land of Oz".
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Re: Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

Post by Neutronium Dragon »

I vaguely recall Mike McShaffrey (if I'm even spelling his name right anymore) mentioning that it was used as an acronym. (Presumably graphical something something something.) I think he was credited as the "gumpmeister" on at least one of the U7s.

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Re: Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

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alright, let's do a contest! ETA: Expand the acronym!

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Re: Jason Ely on 'gumps' in U7

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lol nice.... heres what I think it is
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sort of like the one that Artaxerxes said lol... oh well some one will do better than I did..
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