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https://github.com/jwodder/advent350

Yet another port of the Colossal Cave Adventure
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Yet another port of the Colossal Cave Adventure

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This project began as an attempt to run some form of the original 350 point

Colossal Cave Adventure on my MacBook.  The best candidate I could find for

this purpose was [the BDS C port][1]; however, even after getting it to compile

(Whoever edited it last seemed to believe that QNX was the only system with

decent header files), there were still a number of problems with it.  The hints

system was gone; the score rankings (e.g., "Experienced Adventurer") were gone

in lieu of listing scores for each section of gameplay (treasures, survival,

and the like); the odds of successfully killing a dwarf were 33% instead of 2

out of 3; dwarves jumped around the rooms at random instead of moving between

adjacent rooms; dwarves got a chance to attack you every turn, even if you were

just picking up the axe in the middle of battle; "`WATER PLANT`" was considered

bad grammar; and so on.  Fixing these bugs became more & more difficult and/or

time-consuming, and I eventually gave up and decided simply to translate [the

original PDP-10 Fortran][2] directly into something modern that worked.  Some

time later, here we are.



I have tried to make this translation be as true to the original as possible

(in end behavior, not internal logic, at least).  The biggest changes are that

there is now a "`> `" prompt for input, there is no longer a space before each

output line, and, of course, the letters aren't all uppercase.  Games are saved

to ordinary files (`~/.adventure` by default, though you can supply a different

filename to the "`save`" command) and can be resumed later either with the

"`resume`" (or "`restore`" or "`restart`" or "`load`") command during play or

by specifying the name of the save file on the command line.  Additionally, as

the time-sharing mechanics (delays before restarting a saved game, only

allowing games during specific hours, and being able to bypass or reconfigure

this behavior through maintenance/wizard mode) are unnecessary and likely to

get in the way on modern computers, their presence is configurable, defaulting

to "off."  If you opt to use these features (or even if you don't), a program

named 'frawd' is included for passing one of the steps in wizard

authentication; for passing the other steps, see wizard.md.



Anyway, enjoy!



[1]: http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/advqnx.tar.gz

[2]: http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/source/advent-original.tar.gz