EAST OF EASTWOOD represents my first stab at programming with the Hugo
system. I was particularly interested in making use of Hugo's character
scripting routines, and so I devised this little scenario as a means toward
the end of learning how to use them. Unfortunately, the type of scenario
I devised is not particularly well-suited to the routines as they currently
stand and I ended up making what can only be called a huge mess of things.
This is why the scrolling in EASTWOOD is slow and jerky. Oh well, live
and learn...

I am currently working on a full-length version of EASTWOOD which will be
perfect in every way. The scenario you have here is not from the full
game. The basic concept of the game, however, is the same and you should
be able to tell from this demo whether you will have any interest in the
full-length game or not.

For those interested in such things, this version of EAST OF EASTWOOD is the
first revision and bug fix of what was formerly called EASTWOOD: THE DEMO.
The name was changed because I'm a wimp and didn't want to feel pressured
into releasing the full-length game in a hurry; calling this THE DEMO seemed
to imply that the full game would be along any minute, which is not the case.
Anyway, for this version of EAST OF EASTWOOD I fixed a few verb problems,
added a help menu, and slightly altered some screen formatting. I also added
a couple of variations to the director's dialogue repertoire, as his one-note
song was entirely too annoying. The bandit's a little better-behaved, too,
but still not perfect.

                                                Cardinal Teulbachs
                                                Archbishop of Frith
                                                9 Oct 95


IMPORTANT NOTE:

EAST OF EASTWOOD is not a stand-alone game. The Hugo runtime engine is
required in order to play. You can obtain the engine from ftp.gmd.de, where
it is located in the \if-archive\programming\hugo\executables directory (or
something close to that). Once you have the engine in your hot little hands,
put it and the game files in a common directory and type "he squest" to start
the game. Be forwarned, however, that the game engine is only currently
available for the DOS platform, so a PC or an emulator is required in order
to run it.