X-Git-Url: https://jxself.org/git/?p=the-mall.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=dc509aeca17fc78c3d760bd310f8173ae83ae70a;hp=2ddea60b07a667e0c51372bf95189e0b94349872;hb=HEAD;hpb=92ab9f42a5adb81b1d4f4fa2b9e4eebe65f4cb85 diff --git a/README b/README index 2ddea60..59fa6b9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,19 +1,21 @@ -To compile this game first pull in my modified version of the Inform -standard library: +The recommended way to get a copy of this game is a recursive clone: - git submodule init - git submodule update + git clone --recursive https://jxself.org/git/the-mall.git -First build the compiler: +This will clone all submodules recursively. If you did not perform a +recursive clone, once you have a copy of this git repository you will +also need the source code for the standard library: - cd inform - gcc *.c -o inform - cd ../ + git submodule update --init --recursive + +You also need to have my modified version of the Inform compiler. See +https://jxself.org/git/?p=inform.git to download and install the +compiler on your system. Once the compiler has been compiled and is ready for use return to this directory and run: - ./inform/inform +include_path=lib the-mall + inform +include_path=lib the-mall Or you can run the included build.sh script which does the same thing. @@ -21,8 +23,10 @@ You will then get the story file for this game that can be run using any appropriate Z-Machine interpreter, such as Frotz. Your GNU/Linux distro probably has that packaged already for easy installation. +A great big thanks to David Griffith for keeping Inform 6 alive. + -- -Copyright (C) 2019 Jason Self +Copyright (C) 2019, 2022 Jason Self This file is free software: you may copy, redistribute and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as