This is the README for advent, version 6.6, yet another packaging of
the classic adventure game. The executable is called advent in an
attempt not to conflict with other versions of the program. So, Just
run /usr/games/advent and answer yes to the first question for
instructions on how to play. This is really just a rebundling of the
AI attic's  version (see
ftp.cc.utexas.edu/pub/AI_ATTIC/Programs/Classic/Adventure/Adventure#2),
except that the Makefile is fleshed out, a few spelling/grammar
mistakes are fixed, and all the filenames have the correct case.

Why another package?

While the contrib directory on ftp.redhat.com contains an rpm of
adventure, that program does not understand such commands as `take
all' and `take lamp and sack'. That program also has a lower possible
score and is missing a couple of things I found at least mildly
enjoyable.  With this version, you get *no* points just for
playing. While none of these points are critical, I'd rather play this
one than the afore mentioned rpm.

This version does have some problems: 

it's written in fortran, and spaghetti at that;
the input prompt is not on the same line as the input;
and there's a bug with brief, unbrief, terse, unterse that I haven't
sorted out yet.

On Compiling.

See the file advent.doc for the origins of the fortran source code and
some notes on using f2c to compile the program. If you have a working
fortran compiler, which GNU make calls $(FC) and by default assumes is
`f77', you can just run the Makefile to build advent.
I used g77 0.5.21 to compile this without any trouble--at least no
trouble I have noticed.

Enjoy,
--Will

wlestes@hamlet.uncg.edu
http://www.uncg.edu/~wlestes
