Neko
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Aussie retro streamer on twitch.tv/james_neko . Other links on neko.stream . He/him/they/them.
Aussie retro streamer on twitch.tv/james_neko . Other links on neko.stream . He/him/they/them.
!["Boss Key" text of the game. It is rendered in a 80x43 text mode, white on black. Am I going to have to reproduce the entire text here? It's the description of the game, half-finished as it is, and how to play, written by my 14-year-old self.
ok, here's some of the source code to produce the text:-
PRINT "Hello."
PRINT "The arrow keys move you one square in that direction.It scrolls!"
PRINT "The Spacebar at the moment opens and shuts doors, pushes, and talks / reads"
PRINT "like in Zelda!. You must be faceing towards whatever is relavant,"
PRINT "and you can turn on the spot by pressing Home and then the desired direction."
PRINT "Notice that even if you can't move into an adjoining spot,"
PRINT "because of a wall maybe,you will still turn in that direction."
PRINT "At the moment you cannot see which way you are 'pointing'."
PRINT
PRINT "To attack a creature,use the Enter key instead of Space."
PRINT "Or you can fire a fireball by pressing Backspace 3 times,then Enter."
PRINT "They can attack you,but I haven't put anything in for -you- dying,so"
PRINT "you can get rid of them,but they can't get rid of you,no matter how much"
PRINT "damage you take.To see your stats,press F1"
PRINT
PRINT "The yellow things are monster generators.They can spew out a monster if the area"
PRINT "gets low on monsters.Or,for some fun(ahem),get near one and type 'otgencrazy'."
PRINT "You can collect diamonds and MediKits."
PRINT "There are also PushPads(tm) which force things the way they are pointing."
PRINT "For a map,press F3."
PRINT
PRINT "If the game is too fast (a likleyhood) then you can do one of the following:-"
PRINT "* Use the [ and ] keys to speed up or slow down the game.[ slows, ] speeds."
PRINT
PRINT "* Type 'restrain' during play and it will ask you for a number.I've been playing"
PRINT " this on about 3 laps per second,so type 3 and press enter.The game will"
PRINT " try and slow itself to the desired speed (like the thiroid gland)"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bwxtcuo7maoudbvbrpe5lou7/bafkreihhtl7gpnwhql3dph72w7vlwokkfoobyeheiigqymydssqushzj54)
