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- Short: Waystation by Stephen Granade (TADS)
- Author: Stephen Granade
- Uploader: Bill Hoggett (mas.supplies@easynet.co.uk)
- Version: 1.1
- Type: game/text
- Requires: The TADS Run-Time module v2.2+
-
- Waystation
- --======--
-
- Waystation is a piece of interactive fiction (aka a text adventure) written
- using TADS. Waystation is a TADS .gam file. Bad news: this means you need
- a copy of the TADS runtime code, which can be found via anonymous ftp at
- ftp.gmd.de in the directory if-archive/programming/tads. Good news: this
- also means that you can play Waystation on any platform for which TADS
- has been ported. You'll need TADS v2.2 or later.
-
- If you have played text adventures before, you shouldn't have any problems
- with Waystation. It will understand commands like:
-
- look
- go west (can be abbreviated as "w")
- open drawer
- unlock door with key
- open it (would refer to the door above)
- pour liquid on umbrella
- type "foo" on keyboard
-
- One note, to save you some angst and frustration. There are several keypads
- in the Waystation universe. To type a number on them, you HAVE to surround
- the number in quotation marks. If you don't, you won't get the results you're
- after. For example:
-
- type "3" on keypad
-
-
- Some shorthand commands that might be useful are:
-
- x - examine
- l - look
- i - inventory (list everything you are carrying)
- g - again (redo last command)
- z - wait (do nothing for one minute)
- n, w, s, e, nw, sw, se, ne, u, d - move in different directions
-
- You can use multiple objects if you separate them with commas:
-
- examine dragon, robot and black box
-
- You can use the words "all" and "both" to refer to multiple objects. You can
- also use the word "it" to refer to the last noun you referenced:
-
- get box and open it
-
-
- If you need more instructions on how to play adventure games, please
- read the file 'way.doc'.
-
-
- About Waystation
- ---==========---
-
- Waystation is freeware. Copy it, distribute it, whatever you like, as long as
- you don't modify it or remove 1) my name or 2) the TADS acknowledgement line.
- However, for $10 US, I'll send you a disk with the latest version of Waystation
- on it (including built-in hints) and the source code. (Please note that
- neither of these latter two things is freeware/shareware.) The money is to
- cover postage, plus a little to help me defray the cost of TADS and the time
- I spent writing Waystation.
-
- I'm an interactive-fiction buff, and I'd love to hear from others who feel
- the same way about IF. Please drop me a line telling me how you liked the
- game, or what you thought needed improvement. If you need a hint, try asking
- around on the Usenet group rec.games.int-fiction. The gang there is usually
- willing to give help.
-
- The easiest way to reach me is on the Internet. My address is
-
- sgranade@phy.duke.edu
-
- I'd also appreciate snail mail. My address is
-
- Stephen Granade
- 1615 #1 Forest Rd.
- Durham, NC 27705
- USA
-
- Hope you enjoy the game!
-
- Stephen
- 20 Dec 1995
-
-
- Betatesters
- --=======--
-
- Here's where I thank all the people who helped me iron out many of the bugs
- which plagued early beta versions of Waystation:
-
- Paul Gilbert, Anders Haavie, Ville Lavonius, Stephen Tjasink, Drew Vogel.
-
- And very special thanks go to Michael Kinyon, first to complete Waystation
- and finder of many MANY bugs, and Michael Self, who put up with me bouncing
- ideas off him at a rapid rate. To all these guys and many more besides, I
- owe a great debt of gratitude.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
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- 3431 1723 49.7% 21-Jan-97 22:06:40 +readme.txt
- 1665 707 57.5% 21-Jan-97 22:06:40 +register.txt
- 18420 6831 62.9% 21-Jan-97 22:06:40 +way.doc
- 290376 162899 43.9% 19-Dec-95 21:28:04 +way.gam
- 3657 1835 49.8% 21-Jan-97 22:10:38 Waystation.readme
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- 317549 173995 45.2% 23-Jan-97 01:05:22 5 files
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