junglejourney
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| author | David Boddie <david@boddie.org.uk> |
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| date | Sat Oct 08 23:58:05 2011 +0200 |
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1 Jungle Journey
3 The last flames of the campfire fade to glowing embers and I am alone.
4 My recent acquaintances, their packs and paraphernalia have gone, leaving
5 me stranded deep in the heart of this jungle realm. Clouds momentarily
6 sweep the cold face of the moon and I perceive the clicks, whistles and
7 cries of creatures in the hot air that cloaks this place. Desperately, I
8 try to stay my panic and remember those fragments of wilderness craft
9 learned and unlearned many years ago.
11 Choose your weapon carefully,
12 Get ready for a fight.
13 The jungle can be dangerous
14 If you go there at night.
15 There's time to pick up treasure,
16 But no time to stop and stare.
17 If you don't find the hidden cave
18 You won't get out of there.
20 Hopeless, I scramble to my feet, reaching for any weapon still left to me.
21 Struggling through the dense undergrowth, I search for signs of a track or
22 trail. At first glance, paths that seemed to lead to safety turn out to be
23 impassable, overgrown by tangled and twisted vines. I remember the words of
24 an old teacher:
26 "Do not be tempted to use fire to make your way.
27 Many a traveller has strayed from the path, using fire to blaze a trail,
28 only to reach a dead end. Trying to return, they find that the jungle
29 has grown back. Those who are desperate enough will even seek out
30 forgotten routes when the way home is in sight."
32 Sensing my presence, obscene creatures emerge from the darkness, hungry
33 for prey. Only through skill and luck am I able to dispatch them back
34 into the shadows. Even though I know I must journey deeper into this
35 uncharted land to find the way home, the thought of vengeance drives me on.
38 Installation
40 You need Python, the Python Imaging Library and the Ophis 6502 assembler to
41 build this game.
43 Run the build.py script at the command line, passing the name of the UEF file
44 to create. If the file was created, load it into an Electron emulator or create
45 a sound file with one of the UEF utilities available online.
48 Loading the Game
50 Insert the cassette or disk and type
52 *RUN JUNGLE
54 then press Return. If you are loading the game from cassette, press play on the
55 cassette recorder. The game should now load.
58 Playing the Game
60 The player must help the character reach the exit for each level. However, the
61 player must first find a key to unlock the exit. On the final level, the exit
62 does not require a key but it may be obstructed. Enemies will appear in each
63 location and attack the player's character. They can be destroyed by
64 projectiles fired by the current weapon.
66 Your character can be moved around the screen by using four control keys:
68 Z left
69 X right
70 : up
71 / down
73 To fire a weapon, press the Return key. There are four different types of
74 weapon available in the game.
76 Alternatively, you may may using an analogue. Select joystick controls by
77 pressing the Fire button on the title page to start the game. Press Space to
78 start the game with keyboard controls.
80 Other keys can be used to control the game:
82 S enable sound effects
83 Q disable sound effects
84 P pause the game
85 O resume the game
86 Escape quit the game, returning to the title screen
89 License
91 Copyright (C) 2011 David Boddie <david@boddie.org.uk>
92 An Infukor production for Retro Software (http://www.retrosoftware.co.uk/)
94 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
95 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
96 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
97 (at your option) any later version.
99 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
100 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
101 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
102 GNU General Public License for more details.
104 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
105 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.