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diff --git a/games/glulxe/README b/games/glulxe/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..57e382161b --- /dev/null +++ b/games/glulxe/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +glulxe (interactive fiction VM) + +Glulx is a portable VM, like the Z-machine. Unlike the Z-machine, it +uses 32-bit data and addresses, so it can handle game files up to four +gigabytes long. Also unlike the Z-machine, it has native support for +Glk I/O, so game files can use any capability Glk provides. However, +like the Z-machine -- again -- you can write games in the Inform +language and compile them to Glulx game files. + +Optional dependency: cheapglk. Although glulxe-cheapglk is not as +featureful as glulxe-glktermw, it does support the VM debugger, +which glulxe-glktermw does not. If you want this, install cheapglk +before building glulxe. The executable will be installed as +/usr/games/glulxe-cheapglk. If you have cheapglk installed, you can +build without it by setting CHEAPGLK=no in the environment. + +Optional dependency: if you want a glulxe that speaks JSON, install +remglk before building this. The JSON executable will be installed +as /usr/games/glulxe-remglk. If you have remglk installed and want to +build without it, export REMGLK=no in the environment. Note that, by +itself, glulxe-remglk can't be used to play games in a human-friendly +way; it's intended for use with a frontend (possibly a web-based one). |