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Path: uunet!news.tek.com!saab!billr From: billr@saab.CNA.TEK.COM (Bill Randle) Newsgroups: comp.sources.games Subject: v18i026: ccr - colossal cave (adventure) implemented in TADS, Part11/11 Date: 12 Jul 1993 19:29:21 GMT Organization: Tektronix, Inc, Redmond, OR, USA Lines: 1252 Approved: billr@saab.CNA.TEK.COM Message-ID: <21se2h$1d4@ying.cna.tek.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: saab.cna.tek.com Xref: uunet comp.sources.games:1826 Submitted-by: David Baggett <dmb@xbar.ai.mit.edu> Posting-number: Volume 18, Issue 26 Archive-name: ccr/part11 Environment: TADS #! /bin/sh # This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then unpack # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file". To overwrite existing # files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g.. If this archive is complete, you # will see the following message at the end: # "End of archive 11 (of 11)." # Contents: catalog general.doc readme src/close.t src/help.t # Wrapped by billr@saab on Mon Jul 12 12:02:45 1993 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH if test -f 'catalog' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'catalog'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'catalog'\" $8111 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'catalog' <<'END_OF_FILE' X X ADVENTIONS X Catalog of Releases X X XRemember the good old days, when adventure games challenged you with Xgreat puzzles and evocative descriptions without resorting to any Xgraphics at all? We at ADVENTIONS really miss that emphasis on Xgameplay rather than glitz, and we're commited to writing new games Xthat are even better than the early text games we liked so much. X XWe believe the best pictures are the ones you create in your own Xmind. And we know you'll be creating some pretty amazing pictures Xwhen you play our games. X XAnd because our games' graphics and sound capabilities are determined Xby *your* hardware rather than your machine's hardware, our Xadventures will run on more machines than almost any other commercial Xgames. At the time of this writing, we support PC's and clones; XMacintoshes; the Atari ST, TT, and Falcon; Sun 3's and Sparcstations, XDEC MIPS-based workstations runnng Ultrix, NeXT computers, Silicon XGraphics workstations running Irix, 386+ PC's running Linux, and Xmore. Amiga versions are in the works, as are versions for other XUnix environments. X X XUnnkulian Unventure Series X-------------------------- X X The Unnkulian Unventures are known world-wide for their excellent Xprose, witty irreverence, and top-notch full sentence command interface. XAdventure game devotees raised on now-classic 80's interactive fiction Xpraise these games for bringing challenging puzzles, vivid characters, Xand evocative writing back to the gaming world. X XIn "Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure" you play the part of XKuulest's slave, and must recover the Orb of Studosity from the evil XUnnkulians. Kuulest, the old geezebag, has died and left you with Xnothing to go on but a cryptic message about saving the planet. XYou'll encounter amazing Acme products, the infamous Guardian, those Xwitty creatures known as Drolls, a giant beaver, and even the Dread XUnnkulian Warrior. <Gasp!> X XIn "Unnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme" your adventure Xcontinues as you try to create some good press for yourself -- Xwouldn't want to fade into anonymous obscurity, now would you? Along Xthe way, you'll find the answers to these compelling questions, and Xmore: X X o What happened to the Unnkulians? X o Why are Acme products so bad? X o What is this cheez stuff, really? X XPlus, you'll get to explore Dawg Rock, a Duhdist Retreat, Acme's Xclandestine prototypes laboratory, and even pay a visit to Acme HQ. X XIn "Unnkulia One-Half: The Salesman Triumphant," you'll play the role Xof a down-and-out Acme salesman, forced to work out of the Golden XDragon Inn, dangerously near Dread Unnkulia. Will you accumulate Xenough loot in this frightful backwater berg to turn your fortunes in Xyour favor? X XAnd in "Unnkulia Zero: The Search for Amanda," will you, the Valley XKing's most trusted warrior, rescue his Lady Amanda from the gruesome Xclutches of the evil Unnkulians? X XAlong the way to victory (or, <shudder>, defeat!), you will: X X o Find out about the ancient days of the Valley, X o Meet the King's faithful (but not so bright) Valley Patrol, X o Explore *beautiful* Lake Draounheer, X o Discover the ancient burial ground of your ancestors, X o Become frustrated with the pesky Stoll and his Stoll Bridge, X X and, of course, X X o Meet that wondrously wacky Wowsa Willy! X XFurther adventures in the ongoing Unnkulian saga are in the works, Xand with every new game you learn more about this mystifying (and Xhillarious) land and its inhabitants -- benign and malevolent. X X XUnnkulian Underworld: The Unknown Unventure (v3.0) Xby D. A. Leary X$10 (Shareware) X XUnnkulian Unventure II: The Secret of Acme (v3.0) Xby David Baggett X$10 (Shareware) X XUnnkulia 1/2: The Salesman Triumphant (v1.0) Xby D. A. Leary XFreeware X XUnnkulia Zero: The Search for Amanda (v1.0) Xby D. A. Leary XFree playable demo available X$25 (Direct from ADVENTIONS, or through High Energy Software) XAvailable NOW for MS-DOS and Macinstosh XAvailable soon for Atari ST and Unix systems X XUnnkulian Unventure III X(Work in progress) X XUnnkulian Unventure IV X(Work in progress) X X XUnnkulian Universe Unventure Series X----------------------------------- X X A new chapter in the history of Unnkulia and the Valley unfolds in Xthis exciting series. Find out what life is like on planet Tode X(home to Unnkulia and the Valley) and the rest of the Unnkulian XUniverse 500 years after "Unnkulian Underworld: The Unknown XUnventure." X X Written by a Ph.D. candidate at the MIT Artificial Intelligence XLaboratory, "The Legend Lives!" is a science fiction epic of Xunprecedented depth that explores what can happen when networks and Xsoftware get too powerful to control. As hacker Gavin Kelly, you'll Xbe at your wits' end tracking down and battling a terrifyingly Xpowerful virus unleashed on AkNet, the known galaxy's information and Xservice backbone. All the while, you'll have to thwart its creator's Xattempts to locate and terminate *you*. X X While sticking to the often humorous style of the Unnkulian XUnventures, "The Legend Lives!" nevertheless explores many serious Xthemes about technology and its effects on society. "Legend" is not Xjust a challenging and fun computer game; it is one computer science Xresearcher's view of a future nearly destroyed by an entirely Xsynthetic and subtanceless entity -- a software construct. X X XThe Legend Lives! Xby David Baggett X$25 (Direct from ADVENTIONS, or through High Energy Software) XAvailable Fall 1993 X X XOther Adventures X---------------- X X "The Horror of Rylvania" is true gothic horror in an interactive Xfiction setting. A radical departure from the light-hearted Unnkulian Xseries, "Horror" is not for the faint-at-heart. X X What you expected would be a fun outing in scenic Rylvania turns Xinto a gruesome nightmare, with *you* playing the starring role. Find Xout what it's like to be alternately the source and challenger of evil Xin the tiny Eastern European province. Test your very moral fiber as Xyou decide to damn yourself and save others -- or vice versa. "The XHorror of Rylvania" will grip you like no interactive fiction ever Xhas before. X X XThe Horror of Rylvania Xby D. A. Leary X(Now in beta-testing) X X X "Colossal Cave Revisted" is a remake of the first major adventure Xgame ever written: Colossal Cave, otherwise known as "Adventure." XThe original Adventure was written in FORTRAN by Willie Crowther and XDon Woods, and had only a simple two word command parser. Its Xdescriptions were so vivid, however, that it captivated a generation Xof computer enthusiasts and quickly became part of the "hacker lore." X X ADVENTIONS' implementation of this classic features the same Xexcellent full sentence parser our other games use, and comes with Xcomplete source code. For those new to interactive fiction, "Colossal XCave Revisited" is a must-have. X X XColossal Cave Revisited Xby Willie Crowther and Don Woods XTADS version written by David Baggett XFreeware X X XContacting ADVENTIONS X--------------------- X X X HOW TO CONTACT ADVENTIONS X X XPaper mail X X ADVENTIONS X PO Box 851 X Columbia, MD 21044 USA X XEmail X X Compuserve: 76440,2671 X GEnie: ADVENTIONS X Internet: dmb@ai.mit.edu X XBBS X X FANTAZIA (410) 521-5636 (8N1) X High Energy BBS (415) 493-2420 (8N1) X X XIf you send paper mail about a specific game, please write the name Xof the game on the envelope to help us process your query faster. X X XOrdering Info X------------- X X ADVENTIONS ORDER FORM X XUNNKULIA ZERO: THE SEARCH FOR AMANDA X XVersion/Price Quantity Total X------------- -------- ----- X X- MS-DOS 5 1/4" (High Density 1.2 Meg) - $25.00 ________ _____ X X- MS-DOS 3 1/2" (720K) - $25.00 ________ _____ X X- Macintosh 3 1/2" (800K) - $25.00 ________ _____ X X- Atari ST/TT/Falcon 3 1/2" (720K DS/DD) - $25.00 ________ _____ X (Available Summer '93) X XMaryland Residents add $1.25 sales tax per copy _____ X XOverseas Customers add $1.00 shipping per copy _____ X X XTotal >_____ X END_OF_FILE if test 8111 -ne `wc -c <'catalog'`; then echo shar: \"'catalog'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'catalog' fi if test -f 'general.doc' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'general.doc'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'general.doc'\" $17371 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'general.doc' <<'END_OF_FILE' X X X X General TADS Game Instructions X X Written by Michael J. Roberts X (Edited slightly by David Baggett for ADVENTIONS) X X X XPLAYING THE GAME X XIn an adventure game, you play by typing commands that describe what Xyou want to do. Unfortunately, the game isn't as smart as you are, Xso it can't understand nearly as many sentences as a person could. XIn this section, we'll describe most of the types of commands that Xyou will need to use while playing the game. X XEach time you see the prompt, ">", you type a command. Your command Xshould be a simple imperative sentence, or a series of imperatives Xseparated by periods. Press the RETURN (or ENTER) key when you are Xdone typing your command; the game doesn't start interpreting the Xcommand until you press RETURN. X XYou can use capital or small letters in any mixture. You can use Xwords such as THE and AN when they're appropriate, but you can omit Xthem if you prefer. You can abbreviate any word to six or more Xletters, but the game will pay attention to all of the letters you Xtype. For example, you could refer to a FLASHLIGHT with the words XFLASHL, FLASHLIG, and so forth, but not with FLASHSDF. X X XTRAVEL X XAt any time during the game, you are in a location. The game Xdesribes your location when you first enter, and again any time you Xtype LOOK. In a given location, you can reach anything described, so Xyou don't need to type commands to move about within a location. X XYou move from place to place in the game by typing the direction you Xwant to go. The game will always tell you the directions that you Xcan go from a location, although it usually doesn't tell you what you Xwill find when you go there. You will probably find it helpful to Xmake a map as you explore the game. The directions the game Xrecognizes are NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, UP, Xand DOWN. You can abbreviate these to N, S, E, W, NE, SE, NW, SW, U, Xand D. In some locations you can also use IN and OUT. X XGenerally, backtracking will take you back to where you started. For Xexample, if you start off in the kitchen, go north into the living Xroom, then go south, you will be back in the kitchen. X XMost of the time, when the game describes a door or doorway, you Xdon't need to open the door to go through the passage; the game will Xdo this for you. Only when the game explicitly describes a closed Xdoor (or other impediment to travel) will you need to type a command Xto open the door. X X XOBJECTS X XIn the game, you will find many objects that you can carry or Xotherwise manipulate. When you want to do something with an object, Xtype a simple command that tells the game what you want to do; be Xexplicit. For example, you could type READ THE BOOK or OPEN THE XDRAWER. Most of the objects in the game have fairly obvious uses; Xyou shouldn't have to think of any obscure or unrelated words to Xmanipulate the objects. X XYou generally don't have to specify exactly where you want to put an Xobject that you wish to carry; you can just type TAKE (followed by Xthe object's name) to carry an object. We didn't think it was Xparticularly interesting to force you to specify which object you Xwish to put in your left pocket, which you wish to carry in your Xright hand, and so forth. However, there is a limit to how many Xobjects you can carry at once, and to how much weight you can handle. XYou can carry more objects (but not more weight, of course) by Xputting some items inside containers (for example, you may be able to Xput several objects into a box, and carry the box), since this Xreduces the number of objects you actually have to juggle at once. X XSome basic verbs that you will use frequently are TAKE (to pick up an Xobject), DROP (to drop an object), OPEN and CLOSE, and EXAMINE (which Xyou can abbreviate to X). You can PUT an object IN or ON another Xobject when appropriate. The game recognizes many other verbs as Xwell. We tried to make all of the verbs obvious; if you find a knob, Xyou will be able to TURN it, and if you find a button, you will be Xable to PUSH it. By the same token, you probably won't need to turn Xthe button or push the knob. X XSome examples of commands that the game recognizes are shown below. XThese aren't necessarily commands that you'll ever type while playing Xthe game, but they illustrate some of the verbs and sentence formats Xthat you may use. X X GO NORTH X NORTH X N X UP X TAKE THE BOX X PUT THE FLOPPY DISK INTO THE BOX X CLOSE BOX X LOOK AT DISK X TAKE DISK OUT OF BOX X LOOK IN BOX X WEAR THE CONICAL HAT X TAKE OFF HAT X CLOSE BOX X TURN ON THE LANTERN X LIGHT MATCH X LIGHT CANDLE WITH MATCH X RING BELL X POUR WATER INTO BUCKET X PUSH BUTTON X TURN KNOB X EAT COOKIE X DRINK MILK X THROW KNIFE AT THIEF X KILL TROLL WITH SWORD X READ NEWSPAPER X LOOK THROUGH WINDOW X UNLOCK DOOR WITH KEY X TIE THE ROPE TO THE HOOK X CLIMB UP THE LADDER X TURN THE KNOB X JUMP X TYPE "HELLO" ON THE KEYBOARD X TYPE 1234 ON THE KEYPAD X GET IN THE CAR X GET OUT OF THE CAR X GET ON THE HORSE X GIVE WAND TO WIZARD X ASK WIZARD ABOUT WAND X X XOTHER CHARACTERS X XYou may encounter other characters in the game. You can interact in Xcertain ways with these characters. For example, you can GIVE things Xto them, and you could try to attack them. In addition, you can ask Xcharacters about things: X X ASK WIZARD ABOUT WAND X XSome characters will tell you quite a bit in response to such Xqueries, while others will be more taciturn. X XTIME X XTime in the game passes only in response to commands you type. XNothing happens while the game is waiting for you to type something. XEach turn takes about the same amount of time. If you want to let Xsome game time pass, because you think something is about to happen, Xyou can type WAIT (or just Z). X X XSCORE X XThe game assigns you a score while you play, indicating how close you Xare to finishing it. At certain points in the game, you will be Xawarded points when you solve some puzzle or obtain some item. The Xscore is intended to provide you with a measure of your progress in Xthe game, and increases as you get further in the game; you never Xlose points once they are earned. X X XREFERRING TO MULTIPLE OBJECTS X XYou can usually use multiple objects in your sentences. You separate Xthe objects by the word AND or a comma. For example: X X TAKE THE BOX, THE FLOPPY DISK, AND THE ROPE X PUT DISK AND ROPE IN BOX X DROP BOX AND BALL X XYou can use the word ALL to refer to everything that is applicable to Xyour command, and you can use EXCEPT (right after the word ALL) to Xexclude certain objects. X X TAKE ALL X PUT ALL EXCEPT DISK AND ROPE INTO BOX X TAKE EVERYTHING OUT OF THE BOX X TAKE ALL OFF SHELF X XThe word ALL refers to everything that makes sense for your command, Xexcluding things inside containers that are used in the command. For Xexample, if you are carrying a box and a rope, and the box contains a Xfloppy disk, typing DROP ALL will drop only the box and the rope; the Xfloppy disk will remain in the box. X X X"IT" AND "THEM" X XYou an use IT and THEM to refer to the last object or objects that Xyou used in a command. Some examples: X X TAKE THE BOX X OPEN IT X TAKE THE DISK AND THE ROPE X PUT THEM IN THE BOX X X XMULTIPLE COMMANDS ON A LINE X XYou can put multiple commands on a single input line by separating Xthe commands with periods or the word THEN, or with a comma or the Xword AND. Each command still counts as a separate turn. For example: X X TAKE THE DISK AND PUT IT IN THE BOX X TAKE BOX. OPEN IT. X UNLOCK THE DOOR WITH THE KEY. OPEN IT, AND THEN GO NORTH X XIf the game doesn't understand one of the commands on the input line, Xit will tell you what it couldn't understand, and it will ignore the Xrest of the commands on the line. X X XAMBIGUOUS COMMANDS X XIf you type a command that leaves out some important information, the Xgame will try to figure out what you mean anyway. When the game can Xbe reasonably sure about what you mean, because only one object would Xmake sense with the command, the game will make an assumption about Xthe missing information and act as though you had supplied it. For Xexample, X X >TIE THE ROPE X (to the hook) X The rope is now tied to the hook. The end of the X rope nearly reaches the floor of the pit below. X XIf your command is ambiguous enough that the game doesn't feel safe Xmaking assumptions about what you meant, the game will ask you for Xmore information. You can answer these questions by typing the Xmissing information. If you decide you didn't want to bother with Xthe command after all, you can just type a new command; the game will Xignore the question it asked. For example: X X >UNLOCK THE DOOR X What do you want to unlock the door with? X X >THE KEY X Which key do you mean, the gold key, or the silver key? X X >GOLD X The door is now unlocked. X X XUNKNOWN WORDS X XThe game will sometimes use words in its descriptions that it doesn't Xunderstand in your commands. For example, you may see a description Xsuch as, "The planet's rings are visible as a thin arc high overhead, Xglimmering in the sunlight." If the game doesn't know words such as X"rings," you can assume that they're not needed to play the game; Xthey're in the descriptions simply to make the story more Xinteresting. For those objects that are important, the game Xrecognizes many synonyms; if the game doesn't understand a word you Xuse, or any of its common synonyms, you are probably trying something Xthat is not necessary to continue. X X XSAVING AND RESTORING X XYou can store a snapshot of the game's state in a disk file at any Xtime. Later, if your character is killed or you find that it has Xbecome impossible to finish the game (due to a lost or broken object, Xfor example), you can restore the state of the game exactly as it was Xwhen you saved it to the disk file. You can save your position as Xmany times as you like, using different disk files for each position. XSaving the game also allows you to play the game over the course of Xmany days, without having to start over from scratch each time you Xcome back to the game. X XTo save the game, type SAVE at any prompt. The game will ask you for Xthe name of a disk file to use to store the game state. (You will Xhave to specify a filename suitable for your computer system, and the Xdisk must have enough space to store the game state. The game will Xtell you if the game was not saved properly for some reason.) You Xshould give the file a name that does not exist on your disk. If you Xsave the game into a file that already exists, the data previously in Xthat file will be destroyed. X XWhen you wish to restore a game, type RESTORE at the command prompt. XThe game will ask you for the name of a disk file that you specified Xwith a previous SAVE command. After reading the disk file, the game Xstate will be restored to exactly the position when you saved it. X X XSPECIAL COMMANDS X XThe game understands several special commands that you can use to Xcontrol it. You can use these commands at any prompt. X XAGAIN or G: Repeats your last command. If your last input line was Xcomposed of several commands, only the last command on the line is Xrepeated. X XINDENT: Controls paragraph indentation. By default the game will Xindent paragraphs. The INDENT command toggles this feature on and Xoff. X XINVENTORY or I: Shows the list of items you are carrying. X XLOOK or L: Shows the full description of your location. X XOOPS: Allows you to correct the spelling of a word in the last Xcommand. You can use OOPS when the game displays this complaint: "I Xdon't know the word <word>." Immediately after this message, you can Xtype OOPS followed by the corrected spelling of the misspelled word. XYou can only type one word after OOPS, so this command doesn't allow Xyou to correct certain types of errors, such as when you run two Xwords together without a spce. X XQUIT: Stops the game, and returns you to your operating system. X XRESTART: Starts the game over from the beginning. X XRESTORE: Restores a position previously saved with the SAVE command. X XSAVE: Stores the current state of the game in a disk file, so that Xyou can come back to the same place later (with the RESTORE command). X XSCORE: Shows you your current score, the maximum possible score, and Xthe number of turns you have taken so far. X XSCRIPT: Starts writing everything you see on the screen (your Xcommands and the game's responses) to a disk file. The game will ask Xyou for a filename to be used for the transcript; you should select a Xfilename that does not yet exist on your disk, because if you use an Xexisting filename, data in the file will be destroyed. Use the XUNSCRIPT command to stop making the transcript. X XSPACE: Controls spacing between paragraphs of text. By default the Xgame will put a blank line after each paragraph. The SPACE command Xtoggles this feature on and off. X XTERSE: Tells the game that you wish to see only short descriptions of Xlocations you have already seen when you enter them. This is the Xdefault mode. See also the VERBOSE command. X XUNDO: Tells the game you want to take back your last command. The Xgame state will be restored to the way it was before the undone Xcommand, as though the command were never issued at all. You can do Xthis more than once in a row. X XUNSCRIPT: Turns off the transcript being made with the SCRIPT command. X XVERBOSE: Tells the game to show you the full description of every Xlocation you enter, whether or not you have seen the description Xbefore. By default, the game will show you the full description of a Xlocation only when you first enter it, and will show you the short Xdescription each time you enter the location thereafter. Of course, Xyou can get a full description at any time by typing LOOK. See also Xthe TERSE command. X XVERSION: Shows you the current version of the game. X XWAIT or Z: Causes game time to pass. When the game is waiting for Xyou to type command, no game time passes; you can use this command to Xwait for something to happen. X X XCOMMAND EDITING AND RECALL X XOn most computer systems, the game has a special feature that allows Xyou to use your keyboard's editing keys to modify an input line as Xyou are typing it, and to recall commands that you have previously Xtyped for editing and re-entry. The specific keys you use vary Xdepending on your system, and some systems don't support this feature Xat all; see the system-specific documentation for more information. X XWhile you are typing a command, the game allows you to go back and Xchange part of the line without "backspacing" over the rest of the Xline to get there. Simply use your left and right cursor-arrow keys Xto move the cursor to any point in the command line. The BACKSPACE Xkey deletes a character to the left of the cursor, and the DELETE key Xdeletes the character at which the cursor is located. X XYou can insert new text at the cursor simply by typing the text. You Xcan press the RETURN (or ENTER) key with the cursor at any point in Xthe line (the cursor need not be at the end of the command line). X XYou can recall the previous command that you entered by pressing the Xup cursor-arrow key; pressing the up-arrow key again recalls the Xcommand before that, and so forth. Using the down cursor-arrow key Xreverses this process, until you get back to the original command Xthat you were typing before you started pressing the up-arrow key. X XOnce you have recalled a prior command, you can re-enter it by Xpressing the RETURN key. In addition, you can edit the command, as Xdescribed above, before entering the command. X XThe exact number of commands the game retains depends on the lengths Xof the commands, but more than a hundred of the most recent commands Xare generally retained at any given time. X X XREVIEW MODE X XAnother special feature that the game supports on many computer Xsystems is called "review mode." The game remembers text as it X"scrolls" off the screen; by invoking recall mode, you can go back Xand look at text that is no longer visible on the screen. On most Xsystems, review mode is activated by pressing the function key F1. X XOnce in review mode, the status line that is normally at the top of Xthe screen will be replaced by the review mode help line. This line Xshows the keystrokes you use to view previous screenfuls of text, and Xalso shows you the key that exits review mode and resumes normal game Xplay (this is generally the game key that you used to activate review Xmode). X XWhile in review mode, your screen becomes a window onto the text that Xthe game has stored away. When you first activate review mode, you Xare looking at the very bottom of this text, which is the screenful Xof text that was just displayed. Use the up and down cursor-arrow Xkeys to move the window up and down. Pressing the up cursor-arrow Xkey moves the window up one line, showing you one line of text that Xhas scrolled off the screen. Most systems also provide keys to move Xup and down by a full screenful (also called a "page.") X XTo resume game play, press the same key that you used to activate Xreview mode. X XThe number of screenfuls of text that the game stores away for review Xdepends on how much text is actually on each screen, since the game Xhas a limit on the number of characters it can store, not on the Xnumber of lines. Normally, more than twenty of the most recent Xscreens of text are saved and available for review at any given time. END_OF_FILE if test 17371 -ne `wc -c <'general.doc'`; then echo shar: \"'general.doc'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'general.doc' fi if test -f 'readme' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'readme'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'readme'\" $8026 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'readme' <<'END_OF_FILE' X X X Colossal Cave Revisited X A TADS game with complete source code X X Copyright (C) 1993 David M. Baggett X X See the file readme.1st for terms of distribution X and use of this software X X XWhat Have We Here? X X This game is a remake of the first major adventure game ever written: XColossal Cave, otherwise known as "Adventure." The original Adventure Xwas written in FORTRAN by Willie Crowther and Don Woods, and had only Xa simple two word command parser. Its descriptions were so vivid, Xhowever, that it captivated a generation of computer enthusiasts and Xquickly became part of the "hacker lore." References to Adventure Xcrop up even today in games and other software. X X Adventure was such a significant event in computerdom that it Xspawned a whole genre of games, made even more popular by Infocom Xin the 1980's. The MIT hackers who formed Infocom took the Adventure Xconcept and added some powerful new technology to it: sentence parsing. XTheir first game, Zork, was clearly very much inspired by Crowther and XWoods' original, but seemed more intelligent and was easier to play Xbecause it could accept simple sentences instead of just two-word Xdirectives. X X Eventually affordable computers got to be powerful enough to support Xgeneral text adventure authoring packagaes, and by 1992 there were already Xnearly a dozen systems for would-be adventure authors to choose from. XThis remake of Crowther and Woods' original was written with TADS, Xone such adventure writing system, and is intended to be a tutorial Xexample for TADS authors to learn from. For this reason, great care Xhas been taken to keep the code easy to read and understand. X X Colossal Cave Revisited (CCR) is also meant to give a new Xgeneration of computer gamers an opportunity to play the game that Xstarted it all, in a format they will feel more comfortable with. XToday's text adventurers have been "spoiled" by the nice sentence Xparsing that most games have these days, and it is the author's hope Xthat this reimplementation will make the original Adventure -- a Xclassic that still shines today -- accessable to a wider audience. X X XImplementation Details and Philosophy X X I have tried to be as faithful to the original game as possible Xthroughout the project. To start off on the right foot, I went back Xto Donald Ekman's excellent PC port of what seemed to be the original XDEC-10 FORTRAN source code. Don tells me he typed a significant Xportion of that source in from a paper listing -- now that's Xdevotion! In any case, few changes had to be made to get the game Xrunning under DOS, so the source I used to make CCR is largely X"untainted." X X Retrofitting such an old game onto a more sophisicated game engine Xcreated a few philosophical problems. Games these days are expected Xto have "decorations;" little bits of scenery mentioned in the room Xdescriptions that you can't actually do anything with, but make Xthe setting feel more real. The original Adventure didn't have many Xdecorations, and the two-word parser prevented players from trying Xthings like "look under y2 rock," "put the rod in the stream," etc. X X The approach I took was to add decorations every reasonable place Xwithout writing much new prose. Where prose exists in the original Xgame, I used it, even to the extent of making bits of room Xdescriptions serve double duty. In a number of places I wrote Xentirely new text. In these cases, I either wrote something Xinnocuous or tried my best to mimic the style of the original. X X The new sentence parser created similar problems for game play. XWhereas in the original you had to say "throw axe" to attack Xsomething, you can now do things like "attack bear with lamp." There Xis no analogue to this in the original source; "throw lamp" would be Xinterpreted as a request to drop the object. Here again, I used Xresponse text whenever available and strived to stay consistent with Xthe overall tone of the original when crafting new prose. From the Xbeginning I wanted walkthroughs for the original to still work in XCCR; this is largely true now, though there are surely a few Xexceptions. X X XHints to Programmers Who Want to Modify Colossal Cave Revisited X X Colossal Cave Revisited isn't meant to be an unchanging mass of Xarchival source code. On the contrary, I hope that people will add Xnew features, objects and locations. If you do add things, please Xlet me know so I can incorporate the changes into the official Xdistribution. X X Modifying any large program is daunting at first. CCR is about X13,000 lines of source, and that's a lot of code to read through. XFortunately, you shouldn't have to pay much attention to the grungy Xdetails of most of it, since I've tried my best to make it easy to Xmodify. X X With this is mind, here are a few tips to make building and Xchanging CCR simpler: X X * Have a suitable compiler. You need a compiler for TADS 2.0.13 X or higher. Earlier versions of the compiler won't understand X some of the constructs used in the CCR source code. Similarly, X you will need a version 2.0.13 or later run-time system to run it. X X * Use (or at least follow) the makefile. Some of the options X in the makefile are crucial, and if you don't specify them when X compiling ccr.t, you will get mystifying error messages. In X particular, be sure to compile with the -mp option set large X enough, and make sure you make the cache small enough (with the X -m option) if you're running under MS-DOS. X X * Make extensions optional. The easiest way to do this is to X add flags to the "global" object in ccr-std.t that enable or X disable your new code. X X * Use the existing classes whenever possible. Classes are already X defined to make your life easy. In addition to the basic TADS X classes, make sure you understand the definitions and use of the X following: X X ccr-item.t: X X class CCR_treasure_item X X ccr-npc.t: X X class NPC X X ccr-room.t: X X class CCR_room X class CCR_alike_maze_room X class NoNPC X class CCR_dead_end_room X class lightroom X class Outside X class NotFarIn X class CCR_decoration X X class floatingdecoration X class rfd (room feature decoration) X X * Set global.debug to true to get extra information about room X connections and NPC movement at run-time. The game will check X its connections to make sure everything's OK at run-time. X X Add new debugging code enabled by this flag for your own X extensions. X X * When defining new classes or puzzles, copy an existing similar X implementation and then modify it to suit your needs. Starting X from scratch is always harder than updating already-working code. X X XSome Ideas X X Here are a few things that I considered doing myself, but decided Xto leave as exercises. (Yeah, that's the ticket.) They range from Xfairly trivial to incredibly time-consuming: X X * Add hints. The original gave you hints at various times, but X would deduct points if the player took them. Get Don Ekman's X PC port of the FORTRAN source and use the original hint text. X X * Make the NPC code more faithful to the original. In particular, X dwarves don't block your way in CCR, while they did in the original. X X * Make the NPC movement code faster. X X * Make the descriptions of treasures sound more "excited." The game X currently treats treasure like all other items when it tells you X about them: X X You see a rock here. X You see a platinum pyramid here, 12 inches on a side. X X Change ccr-adv.t so that it lists treasures separately, and X puts an exclamation point at the end. X X * Implement one of the "extended" versions of the games; e.g., the X 550 point version with the sword in the stone. Make sure you X update scoring so that your extensions fit in seamlessly. X X * Add your own NPC's, puzzles, or locations. X X * Port TADS to new machines so that CCR has a wider audience. (Contact X Mike Roberts at High Energy Software for more info.) X XWhatever you do, please send me your changes! X END_OF_FILE if test 8026 -ne `wc -c <'readme'`; then echo shar: \"'readme'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'readme' fi if test -f 'src/close.t' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'src/close.t'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'src/close.t'\" $5171 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'src/close.t' <<'END_OF_FILE' X/* X * Colossal Cave Revisited X * X * A remake of Willie Crowther and Don Woods' classic Adventure. X * Converted from Donald Ekman's PC port of the original FORTRAN source. X * TADS version by David M. Baggett for ADVENTIONS. X * X * Please document all changes in the history so we know who did what. X * X * This source code is copylefted under the terms of the GNU Public X * License. Essentially, this means that you are free to do whatever X * you wish with this source code, provided you do not charge any X * money for it or for any derivative works. X * X * ADVENTIONS distributes this game, but you are free to do what you will X * with it, provided you adhere to the terms in the GNU Public License. X * Send correspondence regarding this game or original works distributed X * by ADVENTIONS to X * X * ADVENTIONS X * PO Box 851 X * Columbia, MD 21044 X * X * If you would like a catalog of releases, please enclose a SASE. Thanks! X * X * Contributors X * X * dmb In real life: David M. Baggett X * Internet: <dmb@ai.mit.edu> X * Compu$erve: 76440,2671 (ADVENTIONS account) X * GEnie: ADVENTIONS X * X * Modification History X * X * 1-Jan-93 dmb rec.arts.int-fiction BETA release (source only) X * For beta testing only -- not for general X * distribution. X * X */ X X/* X * This file defines a few game-specific functions for the cave closing. X * Don't read any of this unless you want to spoil the ending! X */ X X/* X * This function is called every turn to see if it's time to start X * closing the cave. X */ Xcheck_for_closing: function(parm) X{ X // X // If there are no more treasures left to be found, count X // down the cave closing counter whenever the player is X // well inside but not at Y2. X // X if (global.closingtime > 0 and global.treasures = 0) { X if (not Me.location.notfarin and not Me.isIn(At_Y2)) { X global.closingtime := global.closingtime - 1; X if (global.closingtime < 1) X start_closing(); X } X } X} X X/* X * This function is called every turn to see if it's time to start X * the final puzzle. X */ Xcheck_for_endgame: function(parm) X{ X if (global.closed and global.bonustime > 0) { X global.bonustime := global.bonustime - 1; X if (global.bonustime < 1) { X // Start the final puzzle X start_endgame(); X } X } X} X Xstart_closing: function X{ P(); X I(); "A sepulchral voice reverberating through the cave says, X \"Cave closing soon. All adventurers exit immediately X through main office.\""; X X incscore(global.closingpoints); X X global.closed := true; X X CrystalBridge.exists := nil; // destroy the bridge X Grate.islocked := true; // lock the grate ... X Grate.mykey := nil; // ...and throw away the key X Dwarves.loclist := []; // nuke dwarves... X Pirates.loclist := []; // ...and pirate(s) X Troll.moveInto(nil); // vaporize troll X Bear.exists := nil; // ditto for bear X X // This was listed in the original as being too much trouble X // to bother with, but why not: X Dragon.moveInto(nil); // nuke the dragon too X} X Xstart_endgame: function X{ X P(); X I(); "The sepulchral voice intones, \"The cave is now X closed.\" As the echoes fade, there is a blinding flash of X light (and a small puff of orange smoke).\ .\ .\ . As your X eyes refocus, you look around and find that you're...\b"; X X // X // Vaporize everyting the player's carrying. X // X while (length(Me.contents) > 0) X Me.contents[1].moveInto(nil); X X // X // Stock the northeast end X // X bottle.moveInto(At_Ne_End); X bottle.empty; // don't want to worry about watering the plants X giant_bivalve.moveInto(At_Ne_End); X brass_lantern.moveInto(At_Ne_End); X black_rod.moveInto(At_Ne_End); X X // X // Stock the southwest end X // X little_bird.moveInto(At_Sw_End); X wicker_cage.moveInto(At_Sw_End); X black_mark_rod.moveInto(At_Sw_End); X velvet_pillow.moveInto(At_Sw_End); X X // X // Move the player X // X Me.travelTo(At_Ne_End); X X incscore(global.endpoints); X} X X/* X * Determine how the player fares in the final puzzle. X */ Xendpuzzle: function X{ X if (black_mark_rod.isIn(At_Ne_End) and Me.isIn(At_Sw_End)) { X incscore(global.winpoints); X X I(); "There is a loud explosion, and a twenty-foot X hole appears in the far wall, burying the dwarves in X the rubble. You march through the hole and find X yourself in the main office, where a cheering band of X friendly elves carry the conquering adventurer off X into the sunset."; P(); X X win(); X } X else if (black_mark_rod.isIn(At_Sw_End) and Me.isIn(At_Ne_End)) { X incscore(global.almostpoints); X X I(); "There is a loud explosion, and a twenty-foot X hold appears in the far wall, burying the snakes in X the rubble. A river of molten lava pours in through X the hole, destroying everything in its path, X including you!"; P(); X X win(); X } X else if (black_mark_rod.isIn(Me.location)) { X incscore(global.wrongpoints); X X "There is a loud explosion, and you are suddenly X splashed across the walls of the room."; P(); X X win(); X } X} X X/* X * The player resolves the endgame by disturbing the dwarves. X */ Xend_dwarves: function X{ X P(); X I(); "The resulting ruckus has awakened the dwarves. There X are now several threatening little dwarves in the room with X you! Most of them throw knives at you! All of them get X you!"; P(); X X win(); X} END_OF_FILE if test 5171 -ne `wc -c <'src/close.t'`; then echo shar: \"'src/close.t'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'src/close.t' fi if test -f 'src/help.t' -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not clobber existing file \"'src/help.t'\" else echo shar: Extracting \"'src/help.t'\" $4545 characters$ sed "s/^X//" >'src/help.t' <<'END_OF_FILE' X/* X * Colossal Cave Revisited X * X * A remake of Willie Crowther and Don Woods' classic Adventure. X * Converted from Donald Ekman's PC port of the original FORTRAN source. X * TADS version by David M. Baggett for ADVENTIONS. X * X * Please document all changes in the history so we know who did what. X * X * This source code is copylefted under the terms of the GNU Public X * License. Essentially, this means that you are free to do whatever X * you wish with this source code, provided you do not charge any X * money for it or for any derivative works. X * X * ADVENTIONS distributes this game, but you are free to do what you will X * with it, provided you adhere to the terms in the GNU Public License. X * Send correspondence regarding this game or original works distributed X * by ADVENTIONS to X * X * ADVENTIONS X * PO Box 851 X * Columbia, MD 21044 X * X * If you would like a catalog of releases, please enclose a SASE. Thanks! X * X * Contributors X * X * dmb In real life: David M. Baggett X * Internet: <dmb@ai.mit.edu> X * Compu$erve: 76440,2671 (ADVENTIONS account) X * GEnie: ADVENTIONS X * X * Modification History X * X * 1-Jan-93 dmb rec.arts.int-fiction BETA release (source only) X * For beta testing only -- not for general X * distribution. X * X */ X X/* X * Print some helpful information. (Called by helpVerb, in ccr-verb.t) X */ Xhelp: function X{ X I(); "I know of places, actions, and things. You can guide X me using commands that are complete sentences. To move, try X commands like \"forest,\" \"building,\" \"downstream,\" X \"enter,\" \"east,\" \"west,\" \"north,\" \"south,\" \"up,\" X \"down,\" \"enter building,\" \"climb pole,\" etc."; P(); X X I(); "I know about a few special objects, like a black rod X hidden in the cave. These objects can be manipulated using X some of the action words that I know. Usually you will need X to give a verb followed by an object (along with descriptive X adjectives when desired), but sometimes I can infer the X object from the verb alone. Some objects also imply verbs; X in particular, \"inventory\" implies \"take inventory\", X which causes me to give you a list of what you're carrying. X The objects have side effects; for instance, the rod scares X the bird."; P(); X X I(); "Many commands have abbreviations. For example, you can X type \"i\" in place of \"inventory,\" \"x object\" instead of X \"examine object,\" etc."; P(); X X I(); "Usually people having trouble moving just need to try a X few more words. Usually people trying unsuccessfully to X manipulate an object are attempting something beyond their X (or my!) capabilities and should try a completely different X tack."; P(); X X I(); "To speed the game you can sometimes move long distances X with a single word. For example, \"building\" usually gets X you to the building from anywhere above ground except when X lost in the forest. Also, note that cave passages turn a lot, X and that leaving a room to the north does not guarantee X entering the next from the south."; P(); X X I(); "If you want to end your adventure early, type \"quit\". X To suspend your adventure such that you can continue later, X type \"save,\" and to resume a saved game, type \"restore.\" X To see how well you're doing, type \"score\". To get full X credit for a treasure, you must have left it safely in the X building, though you get partial credit just for locating it. X You lose points for getting killed, or for quitting, though X the former costs you more. There are also points based on how X much (if any) of the cave you've managed to explore; in X particular, there is a large bonus just for getting in (to X distinguish the beginners from the rest of the pack), and X there are other ways to determine whether you've been through X some of the more harrowing sections."; P(); X X I(); "If you think you've found all the treasures, just keep X exploring for a while. If nothing interesting happens, you X haven't found them all yet. If something interesting *does* X happen, it means you're getting a bonus and have an X opportunity to garner many more points in the master's X section."; P(); X X I(); "You can control the way I format my messages with the X \"space\" and \"indent\" commands. These turn on and off X blank spaces between paragraphs and indentation at the X beginnings of paragraphs. Finally, you may specify \"brief\", X which tells me never to repeat the full description of a X place unless you explicitly ask me to. (The \"verbose\" X command turns this off.)"; P(); X X I(); "Good luck!"; X} END_OF_FILE if test 4545 -ne `wc -c <'src/help.t'`; then echo shar: \"'src/help.t'\" unpacked with wrong size! fi # end of 'src/help.t' fi echo shar: End of archive 11 $of 11$. cp /dev/null ark11isdone MISSING="" for I in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ; do if test ! -f ark${I}isdone ; then MISSING="${MISSING} ${I}" fi done if test "${MISSING}" = "" ; then echo You have unpacked all 11 archives. echo "Now run buildit.sh to make gam file" rm -f ark[1-9]isdone ark[1-9][0-9]isdone else echo You still need to unpack the following archives: echo " " ${MISSING} fi ## End of shell archive. exit 0