Short: Escape from Prison Island (AGT) Author: Christian Andersen Uploader: Bill Hoggett (mas supplies easynet co uk) Type: game/text Requires: an AGT interpreter (e.g. AGiliTy) Architecture: generic Note: This archive replaces the previously incomplete one uploaded to the Aminet. The files in this archive have been re-packed with tar and gzip as the archive contains a file which lha cannot handle (a .D$$ extension). The unpacking program and a script to execute it have been included also. Thanks to Ben Straub for his feedback and apologies to anyone who has previously dowloaded this game and found they could not run it. The Escape From Prison Island A Literary Adventure By Christian Andersen I N S T R U C T I O N S FOR PLAYING The Escape From Prison Island ============================= Welcome to the world of adventure games! This game is a purely text- based adventure. There are no pictures involved, except the ones you create inside your own head while playing the game, which also are the best ones in my opinion. The term text-based means that you must use the keyboard to enter your instructions to the computer. These instructions can be many different commands. They MUST, however, be entered in English and although the parser can understand very complex sentences, it can also understand very simple sentences. Below are some (hypothetical) examples of what the parser is able to understand: DIG GIVE THE OLD BOOK TO THE MAD WOMAN GET THE FISH AND KILL THE CAT WITH THEM WEAR THE STUPID HAT AND TALK IN THE MICROPHONE OPEN THE GOLDEN CHEST WITH THE BROKEN KEY, EXAMINE THE CHEST, GET THE NEWSPAPER AND CLOSE THE CHEST KILL THE UGLY TROLL WITH THE ROTTEN MEAT LOOK (or just L) OPEN KNAPSACK AND GET THE TORCH CLIMB THE ROPE and so on.... If you hit the '?'-key you will get a 'hotline' overwiev of the numeric pad and the function keys, which have been predefined to some of the most common used commands, e.g LOOK, EXAMINE, GET. Sometimes, but only sometimes, HELP is available by either hitting the 'F10'-key or simply writing HELP (or just H). If you want to quit type QUIT (or just Q). Any of the directions (NORTH, SOUTH, NORTHEAST, UP, etc.) can be abbreviated (N, S, NE, U, etc.). If you type LIST EXITS you will get information of which (obvious) exits are avaiable. During the game you'll have to SAY some words. To say HELLO e.g. do NOT type SAY HELLO, but merely HELLO. Some pieces of advice: In this game it is VERY, V E R Y important that you make a map, because you during the game will be sent to various locations on the island, and if you do not have a map it will be impossible or at least extremely difficult for you to find your way around the island. Even for me it is impossible. SAVE the game frequently! You are bound to die and if you are close to the end it may be frustrating to have to start from the beginning every time you die. If you SAVE you can RESTORE the game again. This can of course also be used if you wish to take a break during the game. Do not dispear! There is a way out! But it may be very difficult to find if you are not familiar with various classics in English literature. I shall not tell you in what way; that is up to you to find out. CREDITS: Thanks to David R. Malmberg and Mark J. Welch for creating the Adventure Game Toolkit, without which this game could not have been made. Also thanks to the guys behind QEdit (whom I do not know by name), which I used to write the source files. Also a big hand for Nigel Kennedy, this great British violin master, who kept me awake during the many evenings it took to write this game with his beautiful treatment of Vivaldi, Bruch, Schubert and Mendelssohn. REMEMBER THAT AGT AS WELL AS QEDIT ARE SHAREWARE AND NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN. If you enjoy this game please let me know and if you are interested in the other games I have written and feel like trying them too, please send me one diskette (5 1/4", DD) for each game and a self-stamped envelope and I shall send you a copy of the game(s) you want. My games so far are: 1) The McLosky House 2) Quest for Fire 3) The Rescue of the Fair Princess Priscella From the Hands of the Evil Baron Krauss My address is: Christian Andersen Callisensvej 33, 1 DK-2900 Hellerup Denmark