This started as an idea from Max [0] but I'm thinking to take it in a 
different direction, without the editor role so there isn't an overall 
plan. People submit contributions to develop the game and story in 
whatever direction they wish, although please try to coordinate with 
each other. It will be interesting to see the different directions 
that people take this in!

Please send your contributions by email to j@jxself.org to be included 
in this copy.

[0] https://intfiction.org/t/anyone-want-to-join-making-a-simple-game/59022

The recommended way to get a copy of this game is a recursive clone:

    git clone --recursive https://jxself.org/git/viable-idea.git

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:

    git submodule update --init --recursive

To compile this game you will also need my modified version of the 
Inform compiler from https://jxself.org/git/?p=inform.git

Once the compiler has been compiled and is ready for use return to 
this directory and run:

    inform +include_path=lib src/viable-idea

Or you can run the included build.sh script which does the same thing, 
assuming that the inform compiler is included in your PATH.

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.

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person that contributes to this game retains the copyright for their 
own contributions but agrees to license them as follows:

You may copy, redistribute and/or modify this game under the terms of 
the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free 
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This game is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
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