LS@WOPR (QB Division by only NATHAN) presents...
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       RPG for QBasic really short
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# INTRODUCCIN #

   Que quzesto? Bueno, pues como ya habrs podido leer, un estupendo
   Duh...What's that? Well, as you have read, this is a superb mini Rpg
   for QBasic, nothing from another world. This is only an introduction
   to a story very complicated that I've keeping in mind. I decided to
   program this in Qbasic to be like a chance. And to demonstrate that
   it's easy to make pretty things with old QB.

   The program itself is a marvellous illustration of programming the
   Screen Mode EGA 320x200x16 colours (SCREEN 7). Here you can see how
   to use the video pages to avoid flickering, how to use sprites, how
   to modify the palette, how to draw boxes, fonts, buttons, mouse master-
   ing, tiled maps, etc, etc, etc...

   This game should be a part of a packet that I've got in mind from a
   long while ago. It would consist in a tutorial about how to program
   RPGs, utilities to paint GFX, converting BMP to bitplanes which load
   really fast in QB, design the fonts, a map editor... (all these progs
   have been used to make this game), i.e., a toolkit to design RPGs in
   QBasic. But the truth is that I haven't time enough so I decided to
   dedicate it to the game itself, which is funnier. Besides, I want to
   put this is ABC packets, so I'm traslating it to english (Duh, i did
   it at last!!)

   I think this is gonna be one of my last serious projects in QB, 'cause
   i'm gonna pass (in BASIC) to P.B. 3.5. (although it has a IDE that is
   a mess and it lacks PCOPY!!!). I'm sad for changing, but I so angry
   'cause I can't compile Oytkator. If only I could, you could use the
   .EXE version to play and the .BAS version to examine. The .EXE version
   (even the pseudo compiled version that QB 4.5 runs from within the IDE)
   goes really *FAST*. But for any reason, when I compile it to an .EXE it
   hangs the computer... :-(. If anyone could fix that, please write me!!

# THE STORY #

   Well, Really there is no story to tell. Everything's in the game. Only
   to say that this miniRPG is a prelude to the real OYTKATOR'S PLANS that
   I have in mind (and this is really serious: SVGA, DJGPP, ALLEGRO, XM mu-
   sic and all of that stuff... I must first tell that to my friends in
   OWN to encourage them to help me!)

# HOW TO PLAY #

   It's pretty easy. You move yourself across the map using the arrow keys
   (yes, these ones with an arrow painted on them). To chat with the people,
   or to examine something (shelf, chest...) situate yourself just in front
   of it ('in front of' means 'down, next to' on the screen. Just a little
   imagination, !!) and press the space bar key (the big one).

   To advance the text press the left button in the mouse or the space bar.

   When someone asks you a Yes or No question, answer by clicking the buttons
   (Yes or NO) with the mouse.

   When you're gonna fight someone you can choose among four actions: Hit
   (to have an assault), Run (to scape if you can), Magic (cure) or Item
   (nothing).

   You've got two values you've to take care for: Your strenght (HP) (health)
   and your magic strenght (MP). To Spell cures costs MP, and when you have
   little MP you won't be able to do any. If your HP reaches zero you'll be
   dead.

# NEXT PROJECTS #

   * Con WOPR:
   * With OWN (a.k.a. WOPR):
      - Phantomas! I think that when summer falls, we'll start working, and
        at last we'll finish it. But it is a mess... Imagine to draw 240 tiles
        and 240 sprites for each one of the 8 different levels... We're only
        three people in OWN!!! Ay... And then, we have to desing the maps,
        and the maps editor (which has as many features as KIT, the wonder
        car (i don't know how this car is named in English, but It's the one
        of Knight Rider...) and patiently build the levels...

      - S.I.M.O.N., our scret project. It is so secret that even we don't
        know anything about it.

      - O.W.N., more acronims. oh, WIndows No!, our superb demo!

      - El RPG.

   * Con LS@WOPR (BASIC, se entiende).

      - A BASIC SPECTRUM to QB converter!

# CONTACT US #

   It's in Spanish, but it has very pretty drawings:

   webs.demasiado.com/wopr          > WOPR Headquarters!
   webs.demasiado.com/phobeous      > PHOBEOUS' page
   webs.demasiado.com/ethan-wopr    > ETHAN's page
   webs.demasiado.com/nathanwopr    > LS Headquarters, my homepage.

   EMAIL:

   WOPR general:     wopr@hotmail.com
   PHOBEOUS:         phobeous@hotmail.com
   ETHAN:            ethan1@teleline.es
   NATHAN o LS:      na_th_an@hotmail.com

   Y si eso escrbele al Migue en pepino@ole.es, que le hace ilusin ar
   schav.


