ADVENTIONS presents The Legend Lives! Source Code Release Copyright (C) 1995 by David M. Baggett All rights reserved PRELIMINARIES ------------- This is the source code distribution of "The Legend Lives!", a work of interactive fiction. If you simply want to play the game, rather than look at the source code, you'll be better off getting the binary distribution for your system. On the internet, you can find the binary distributions on ftp.gmd.de, in the if-archive/games/adventions directory. If you have not played the game yet, you probably shouldn't read the source code, because it will completely ruin the puzzles for you. Please read the file COPYRIGHT; it explains what rights to the work the author retains. ABOUT THE SOURCE ---------------- "The Legend Lives!" is written in a portable adventure game language called TADS, and with a library called WorldClass. (For more info on TADS, see below.) You'll need a TADS compiler to build the game; you should be able to get one from the same place you got this distribtion. The WorldClass library (file world.t) is a replacement for the standard TADS library files adv.t and std.t. You can find the latest version of the WorldClass library on ftp.gmd.de. The source code is not intended to be a tutorial. Most of it is reasonably clear, but there are portions (such as the hint system in the file hint.t) that are positively opaque. Feel free to send me mail if you have questions. TADS ---- "The Legend Lives!" was designed using TADS, the Text Adventure Development System. We highly recommend it for anyone interested in writing adventures - anyone with a minimum of programming experience can pick up TADS quickly and easily. TADS is available as shareware, so you may be able to obtain TADS from the same place you found this package. For more information about TADS, please contact Michael J. Roberts at: High Energy Software P.O. Box 50422 Palo Alto, CA 94303 or call the High Energy BBS. (We think it's a happening place!) Set your modem to 14,400bps (or any lower speed), N-8-1, and dial 415-493-2420. The BBS is open to the public -- you don't need to be a registered user of any High Energy products to access the system. High Energy can also be reached by electronic mail through selected on-line services: CompuServe: User ID 73737,417 GEnie: Mail Name M.ROBERTS10 Internet users can send electronic mail through CompuServe, and High Energy can reply to Internet addresses. Send mail to 73737.417@compuserve.com (note that the comma in the CompuServe address becomes a period for Internet users).