======================================================================== Being There By Jordan Magnuson GameTrekking.com NecessaryGames.com ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ An extremely experimental little work of interactive fiction with pictures, about existence and Korea. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PLAYING THE GAME ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Being There requires that you download and install a free Glulx interpreter. For Windows: download WinGlulxe For Mac OS X: download Zoom For Linux: download Glulxe for Linux Once you’ve installed a Glulx interpreter, run it, and use it to open the "Being There.gblorb" file. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPECIAL THANKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special thanks to the following people for testing the game and providing their transcripts, and valuable feedback: Victor Gijsbers Matt Weiner Mike Tulloch Erik Temple Marisa Magnuson Karith Magnuson John Evans adam_smasher (TIGForums) Kjell (Notgames Forums) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOURCE (Inform 7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The source code for this game is free and open. You can find it for download at www.necessarygames.com or on GitHub: http://github.com/JordanMagnuson/Being-There/ Add to it, alter it, make it better, have fun! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ HELP ME IMPROVE BEING THERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you do play this, it would be extremely helpful to me if you could save the transcript of your play, and send it to me. That way I can address bugs you encountered while playing. (You can generally find your transcript by going to File->Scrollback, or some similar location within the Glulx interpreter. You'll need to do that before you actually quit the thing.) Send a copy of the transcript to jordan@necessarygames.com You'll be included in the credits :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BUGS? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Send an email to jordan@necessarygames.com. Thank you for taking the time to play this game! -Jordan Magnuson NecessaryGames.com