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Welcome to Bradford Mansion!
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Version 1.2
(initial IFCOMP 2019 version was 1.0.2, change history at the end)

Bradford Mansion is an parser based text adventure game. This is a console
executable for Windows 10 and Windows 11 (64 bit) versions. 

The initial game run on MacOS and Linux, but because of problems with the 
console mode on these operating systems I decided not to distribute this
version any longer. 

You can also run Bradford Mansion in the browser at:

https://bradfordmansion.7hrsmn.net/


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INSTALLATION
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You need to run 'BradfordMansion.exe' to start the game.

The first time you do this on a machine, Windows might complain about
this not being a safe operation. The window that appears says:
"Windows protected your PC" and then "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented
an unrecognized app from starting".

Please click on More info and then press the "Run anyway" button to start the
game.



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PLAYING
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If you are new to text adventures, you should read through the help
system by typing the "help" command. When you start the game and the
prompt appears (>), type in "help" and press ENTER. It will explain
all the available commands.


Saving
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Do not forget to save your progress with the save command before
your close the game.



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CONTACT
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You can get hold of me, the author by emailing to:

Lenard Gunda <bradfordmansion@7hrsmn.net>

Feel free to submit feedback, comments or questions. I think I can answer
with hints as well, should you get stuck :-)



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VERSION HISTORY
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Here are the changes made to the game. I have removed certain information
from this history in order to prevent spoilers.


v1.2
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- Upgraded the engine to the newest 1.3 version with lots of interactive
  fiction improvements for better gameplay.


v1.1
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- Post-IFCOMP2019 version with some minor fixes


v1.0.3
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- Fixed: Repeating a certain action caused the game to give out score
         again. This is now fixed to prevent getting the same score
         multiple times.
- Fixed: Corrected a couple of typos in an item description


v1.0.2
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Initial version submitted to IFCOMP 2019