You Were Doomed From The Start!

Table Of Contest:

1-1  Legal Stuff...
1-2  Intro
1-3  Why this game was made...
2-1  Thanks to.....
2-2  Last Minute Notes

1-1 Legal Stuff...

All work in this Read Me and YWDFTS (You Were Doomed From The Start) application is for personal use only!   You may not, place any of the my work (FAQ, YWDFTS game, etc.), in a public place, including, but not limited to; a web page, presentation, e-mail, or an FTP*.  Please do not edit any of my work as since it would be against my copyright.  If you receive an unwanted damage due to this file, or YWDFTS applications, I am not responsible.  No distribution of my program, FAQ or any other data related to YWDFTS will be permitted, unless otherwise stated (So no give people my game, YWDFTS!).  Please do enjoy this wonderful things, and don't abuse them. If you have any questions, please feel free to E-mail me at noobsa44[at]aol[dot]com.   If you see someone breaking this agreement, please E-mail me (yes, I may give a small reward).  No Spam please. 

*This of course does not include the IF Archive and anyone related to them.....

1-2 Intro:

Hi, my name is Noob, an I will be your guide in the wonderful adventure that you are about to take....  Now don't be shy, I'll help you through the whole trip.... or at least I will try to help you out.  Anyhow, I guess I should start with some basic rules...... and really the only rules you need.......

1. When the question asks for a number, give it the number in number form (i.e. Don't type three; type 3).

2. Don't use discs to play the game since it has problems saving and loading [saved] games when using a disc.

3. Note that this is actually more of a "Example work" to teach programmers how to program a Text-based game more that a full game.  It is in fact SO short, that I can beat it under 2 minutes.  However, if you read everything, it may take you (you would have to be a slow reader) 30 minutes.  Again, it is meant to be short and to the point.

4. This game has a VERY limited vocab., as in less than 15 words.  For a list of all the words to this game, simply type in "help".

5.  This game's concept is SOOOO easy a 2-year-old could beat it.  Simply pickup keys and then use them in a lock in room 8.  Go south to room 9, pickup your last key and use it.  BOOM!  The end!  

6.  While there is a SLIGHT correlation between this game and my other game, they are not in the same place(s) and the DoubleJ may not be the same in size/shape.

7.  Doomed.cpp, Pause1.h and Pause.h are NOT game files.  In fact, you can open them up with any regular text editor (including notepad) and view the code in the game.  Ideally, it would be wise to have some prior programming knowledge before you start going through the code....  Oh, and just to note, you can get TONS more programming insight (err....if you want to call it insight), you can visit my page listed below (see 1-3).

1-3  Why this game was made...

Ok, Ok, yeah I know it is short and even a bit silly (even if the storyline has a HUGE twist in it! [No, I won't say what it is... =)], but it serves as more than a game.  It is also a sample for programmers to use to understand how to program a "good" text-based game in C/C++.  While not EVERY single good programming practice was observed, a majority of them were.  I also have a website which has further devotions to this game, as well as more sample code than you can shake a stick at. (I would like to know HOW you can shake a stick "at" code, since code is "virtual"!).  You can find my site at: http://www.geocities.com/thelastjustcause/

2-1  Thanks to.....

* Cousin Dave
* Double J (yes, he is a really person.... or so he has me believe...)
* Mike H
* Noob (yeah, I'm thanking myself..)
* Stephen Granade
* Ben Magazin-0
* My Dog, Blue
* Brian the Brain
* Dark Frye(97)
* Mr. Dyke
* Christopher Rydberg
* Sega Saturn Shiro
* My Mom
* UGTZ.com
* and anyone else I forgot to mention (E-mail me at Noobsa44[at]aol.com if I forgot you...)

2-2  Last Minute Notes

Actually the FAQ should be included with this game.... But it maybe dated, so I would recommend that you can visit my site at: http://www.geocities.com/thelastjustcause/ and go to the random stuff section.

If my E-mail address does not work, try going to my website and see if maybe it has changed (which may happen soon since I am going to be moving soon).

Well I guess that is it........  TTFN

Noob