Hey everyone. I've just finished (finally) a program involving tickling that I've been meaning to make, and working on, for a while. I'm just touching up the looks, bugs, and most annoyingly the help file as we speak. It probably won't be really ready to be released for a few days, but I just wanted to see what the interest for a program like this may be before I posted it on the forum.
The way this program will work is, each person who has the program will be able to make a tickling character of his or her own (or several, if they wish). The program allows three tools; right now I have fingers, a feather, and a toothbrush. If a lot of you don't like toothbrush (it was kind of a last minute idea) give me some ideas before the programs released and I'll change it. For each of these three tools, there exist 14 of the usual spots to tickle (underarms, ribs, feet, toes, etc.). Finally, you can create any number of multiple responses (depicting your characters reaction to being tickled in the spot) for each one of these spots. Then, your "character" can be saved to a file, sent to someone else, and they can open this file (using the same program). When a user opens the file, they have an option of each of the tools (although ones you did not make responses for in the first place will contain no information). When they click certain tool, they have the option of choosing one of the same 14 spots you created responses for. Clicking the button to certain spots will output the responses you typed in, starting with the first and ending with the last. In this way it can simulate tickling a person multiple times in a certain spot with a certain tool.
It is a bit difficult to explain, but let me give an example. Lets say you open the program, give a name and description to your character, and then decide that both fingers and feathers can be used to tickle this subject, but not the toothbrush. You click fingers, and get an option of the thirteen spots. You then pick that only the arches of her feet and ribs can be tickled (would be a bit short but, for an example it's fine). You then type in as the first response when tickling her feet: "hah, I'm not ticklish on my f-feet...". Then the second "hahaha ok maybe I am...stop". You can make as many responses for her feet being tickled by fingers as you want, so you can make her reactions continually more hysterical with every click. Then you can do something similar to her ribs, making different reactions though, as it is a different spot. Then you click on the "feather" option button. If you enter in some more responses for her feet, they will NOT be the same as the ones you entered under the fingers option. It is a different tool, so it will elicit a different response. For instance, if feathers happen to tickle your character a bit more than fingers, her reactions can be yet more hysterical. In this way you can create a realistic environment for tickling the character. As I said, you have up to 3 tools, up to 14 different spots to tickle for each tool, and as many responses as you want for each of those spots, so these characters can become quite large and have very specific responses. When you finally finish the character, you click save and save the file (I will most likely have it save as a .txt file; possibly .chr standing for "character" or something like that, though). You can then send this text file (usually they are pretty small) to another person who has the program. They can open up the program, but instead of taking the time to make one of their own and clicking "make a new character", they lazily click "open an already existing character". They open the text file you sent them, and all of a sudden are presented with a new screen, showing them the user name, and description (of the loaded character). Underneath this, they will see three tool option buttons (fingers, feathers, toothbrush), and 14 grayed out buttons, all with text on them explaining which spot is to be tickled by clicking that button. When they click a certain tool, fingers for example, only the spots for that SPECIFIC TOOL that the creator of the character typed are made available (or, if all the spots were given responses by the chars creator, they are ALL made available). They can then click the arches of the feet button (if you remember, we gave a few responses for this spot earlier when we made this example, so the button would be available in this situation). On the first click, they will receive the first response you typed in for that spot under the fingers tool. Then, clicking it again will give them her second response. I don't mean to over-explain this concept; I just thought it might sound very confusing to someone who didn't create the program. I actually found a java program (made by someone else) that might help get the basic idea across to you. The link to this example (and I hope the creator doesn't mind me posting it) is: http://81.86.197.23/ten_minute_intro.html.
A while back I actually tried to make a similar program, maybe a few of you remember it (I posted about it on the TMF I believe). It was a rather crappy version, not containing nearly as many features as this one does, and it was a bit bland with little to no user interface (programmed in C++). This program is made in VB6 and is much more colorful and vibrant, and MUCH more user-friendly. On release, I will include an in-depth help system with the program, so anyone should be able to figure out how to use it.
Well, I just wanted to get that out there, see what you guys thought about it. I hope a lot of you will use the program once it is made, I will most likely host some kind of website to present it and how it works (now that I think about it, the release date for this program might not be for as much as a week or so). Look forward to hearing what you guys think about it, and any suggestions or questions you may have about it. I’ll try and incorporate/answer as many posts as I can.
The way this program will work is, each person who has the program will be able to make a tickling character of his or her own (or several, if they wish). The program allows three tools; right now I have fingers, a feather, and a toothbrush. If a lot of you don't like toothbrush (it was kind of a last minute idea) give me some ideas before the programs released and I'll change it. For each of these three tools, there exist 14 of the usual spots to tickle (underarms, ribs, feet, toes, etc.). Finally, you can create any number of multiple responses (depicting your characters reaction to being tickled in the spot) for each one of these spots. Then, your "character" can be saved to a file, sent to someone else, and they can open this file (using the same program). When a user opens the file, they have an option of each of the tools (although ones you did not make responses for in the first place will contain no information). When they click certain tool, they have the option of choosing one of the same 14 spots you created responses for. Clicking the button to certain spots will output the responses you typed in, starting with the first and ending with the last. In this way it can simulate tickling a person multiple times in a certain spot with a certain tool.
It is a bit difficult to explain, but let me give an example. Lets say you open the program, give a name and description to your character, and then decide that both fingers and feathers can be used to tickle this subject, but not the toothbrush. You click fingers, and get an option of the thirteen spots. You then pick that only the arches of her feet and ribs can be tickled (would be a bit short but, for an example it's fine). You then type in as the first response when tickling her feet: "hah, I'm not ticklish on my f-feet...". Then the second "hahaha ok maybe I am...stop". You can make as many responses for her feet being tickled by fingers as you want, so you can make her reactions continually more hysterical with every click. Then you can do something similar to her ribs, making different reactions though, as it is a different spot. Then you click on the "feather" option button. If you enter in some more responses for her feet, they will NOT be the same as the ones you entered under the fingers option. It is a different tool, so it will elicit a different response. For instance, if feathers happen to tickle your character a bit more than fingers, her reactions can be yet more hysterical. In this way you can create a realistic environment for tickling the character. As I said, you have up to 3 tools, up to 14 different spots to tickle for each tool, and as many responses as you want for each of those spots, so these characters can become quite large and have very specific responses. When you finally finish the character, you click save and save the file (I will most likely have it save as a .txt file; possibly .chr standing for "character" or something like that, though). You can then send this text file (usually they are pretty small) to another person who has the program. They can open up the program, but instead of taking the time to make one of their own and clicking "make a new character", they lazily click "open an already existing character". They open the text file you sent them, and all of a sudden are presented with a new screen, showing them the user name, and description (of the loaded character). Underneath this, they will see three tool option buttons (fingers, feathers, toothbrush), and 14 grayed out buttons, all with text on them explaining which spot is to be tickled by clicking that button. When they click a certain tool, fingers for example, only the spots for that SPECIFIC TOOL that the creator of the character typed are made available (or, if all the spots were given responses by the chars creator, they are ALL made available). They can then click the arches of the feet button (if you remember, we gave a few responses for this spot earlier when we made this example, so the button would be available in this situation). On the first click, they will receive the first response you typed in for that spot under the fingers tool. Then, clicking it again will give them her second response. I don't mean to over-explain this concept; I just thought it might sound very confusing to someone who didn't create the program. I actually found a java program (made by someone else) that might help get the basic idea across to you. The link to this example (and I hope the creator doesn't mind me posting it) is: http://81.86.197.23/ten_minute_intro.html.
A while back I actually tried to make a similar program, maybe a few of you remember it (I posted about it on the TMF I believe). It was a rather crappy version, not containing nearly as many features as this one does, and it was a bit bland with little to no user interface (programmed in C++). This program is made in VB6 and is much more colorful and vibrant, and MUCH more user-friendly. On release, I will include an in-depth help system with the program, so anyone should be able to figure out how to use it.
Well, I just wanted to get that out there, see what you guys thought about it. I hope a lot of you will use the program once it is made, I will most likely host some kind of website to present it and how it works (now that I think about it, the release date for this program might not be for as much as a week or so). Look forward to hearing what you guys think about it, and any suggestions or questions you may have about it. I’ll try and incorporate/answer as many posts as I can.
