
The Land of Eden - version 1.0
Designed and Programmed by Shane Guay
Copyright 1995, KattleSoft Productions


[ OVERVIEW ] 

Welcome to the Land of Eden!  The game that pits you against other warring
gods in an attempt to rule Eden.  Eden is designed as a strategy game, which
may not be apparent at first.
Players are required to conquer and protect as much land as possible
while trying defend against the deadly elements brought on by other players.
The game does not run on a turn basis, attracting users to log on frequently.

The door is designed to run on all major BBS packages including :
Remote Access, QuickBBS, PC-Board, Maximus, Opus, Wildcat!, WWIV, Spitfire,
SuperBBS, Telegard, RBBS-PC, TriTel, GAP, ect...

The game makes extensive use of color ANSI and therefore your users must
have ANSI turned on.



[ DOOR SETUP ]

Before you run The Land of Eden you must FIRST run the SETUP file... This will
create the neccessary data files.  Any time that you need to reset the
complete game (To start over or if a player has won the game) just run the
setup file.

In order to run Eden you must place the following lines in your batch file

  EDEN <location of your drop-file.. eg. dorinfo1.def, door.sys>
  DEL INUSE.XXX

The first line is used to run the door and tell it where your drop-file
is located...   ex. EDEN C:\PCBOARD.

The second line is to delete the INUSE.XXX file that the door creates.
The door is NOT multi-node aware as of this version and it creates this
file whenever a user enters the door.  If a user tries to enter this
door while another user is already in it and the INUSE.XXX file exists
s/he will not be allowed to enter.  When the user leaves the game this
line will delete the flag file and allow the next user in.

An example batch file for Eden running on Remote Access BBS would be :

		cd\eden        <- Change into the eden directory where the door is.
		eden c:\ra     <- Starts the door stating that the dropfile is in c:\ra
		del inuse.xxx  <- Deletes the inuse flag when the user exits.
		cd\ra          <- Changes into the Remote Access directory.
		ra-            <- Starts Remote Access.

The Land of Eden does not require any maintenance files to run nightly but
instead uses the systems clock to determine 'new days'.  Make sure that
your systems clock is set correctly!



[ FILES ]

The unregistered version contains only 3 files :

  EDEN.EXE <-- The actual door game.

  SETUP.EXE <-- Used to Start a new game.

  QUICKDOC.EDN <-- This is the Land of Eden's documentation and rules
				 (It may be placed in a file directory and renamed for
				  users to download and read offline).

The SETUP must be run first in order to start a new game. 
It will created a new file called WORLD.EDN which will contain all the land
information within Eden.

Three other files will be created when a new game is first started :

  PLAYER.EDN <-- Database of all player information.
  SCORE.EDN <-- Database of 'conquest' information.
  HISTORY.EDN <-- Database of all major events taken place in Eden

  *NOTE* if your HISTORY.EDN file becomes to big, you may delete the file
			without any harm to the current game.  The door will just create
			a fresh new one.



[ DISCLAIMER ] 

	I make no warranty of any kind regarding the reliability or fitness
	of this software for any purpose whatsover.  I make no absolute 
	guarantee that it will work reliably and correctly.  
	Use of 'The Land of Eden' constitutes your acceptance of these terms.



[ UNREGISTERED VERSION ]

This copy is the unregistered version of many hours of work.  It is
a completely viable working copy with no restriction attached.  However, it
is a product of Shareware and therfore requires your support in order to
continue to thrive.

The registered version is called The Land of Eden : Tournament Edition...
There are many new features included within this edition :

		- VIRUS action (a land square becomes diseased and each day
		  it spreads to adjacent land pieces.)
		- EARTHQUAKE action (lowers land into the sea in a random
		  zig-zag motion creating havoc.)
		- LUMBER MILL strutures (used to increase wood production.)
		- TEMPLE structures (used to increase prayer/karma points.)
		- Players can leave one line messages in the log file for
		  others to see when they log on.

The registered version can be purchase directly from me for only $10.
You will recieve the registered version as well as any new updates/fixs
that are created.  As well as any new version that come out (currently
working on multi-node aware and possibly InterBBS capabilities).

Mail in the form included, EDEN.FRM, with your ziped file and either a
money order or a check made out to :

				Shane Guay
				109 - 12 Corkstown Road
				Nepean, Ontario, Canada
				K2H 5B3

*NOTE*
	- If you send a check, I will send you the registered version AFTER your
	  check has been accepted by the bank, in order to protect myself from
	  bouncing checks! (note.. it may take 10 working days to clear!).

	- If you are the impatient type you can specify me to upload the
	  registered version to your bbs directly. However if you live outside
	  of the 613 area code, I ask that you send an extra $5 to cover the
	  long distance cost of logging on and uploading (see EDEN.FRM).


