Legend of the Tomb of Fate v0.1
by Adam Parrish <aparrish@nyu.edu>
http://www.decontextualize.com/

One Million RPGs in 90k of Python

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How to run this game
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WINDOWS USERS: Run the included executable file (legendofthetomboffate.exe).
I'm sorry about the lack of color -- I'm not a Windows user, and I realized
only too late that they'd removed ANSI support from the default shell.

MAC USERS: Launch Terminal.app (in /Applications/Utilities) and type the
following:

  cd <location of game folder - use "Get Info" in Finder to find out>
  python LegendoftheTombofFate.py

Note: If you have OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier on your machine, you'll need to
upgrade your Python installation to at least version 2.4.  Go here for
easy-to-install packages:

  http://python.org/download/

LINUX USERS (and everyone else): If you can run Python 2.4 or later, you can
run Legend of the Tomb of Fate.  You'll need a terminal that supports ANSI
for color, however.

Send me an e-mail if you're having trouble running the game.

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How to play this game
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Legend of the Tomb of Fate is an old-school BBS door-style dungeon crawler.
Almost all of the game's content (enemies, weapons, armor, items, names) is
procedurally generated - randomly determined as the game progresses.

After choosing your party, the first thing you'll need to do is visit the
General Store.  The shopkeeper there will, for a price, "commission" (or
randomly generate) a new item.  Commissioning items at a higher level will
(usually) generate better items, but they're much more expensive.  Don't
spend your money too fast!

Make sure to equip your items after you purchase them (through the "Party
Status" option).

You can save your game in the Temple (option 'c' from the Town Menu).

NOTE: You need to defeat each level's boss before you can descend to the
next level.  Just keep pressing 's' for search once you've descended - you'll
find the boss eventually.

To start a new game, delete the "lottof.dat" file.

