Thanks for the response. I know beggars cannot be chosers, but I'm looking for folks who will help, and be respectful of the fact that this is still beta. That is, I would appreciate it if this game stays only on your computer. The game will be free, but I don't want a game with my name on it getting out in a buggy state.
The game produces a "stone_trace.log" each time you play, overwritting the existing file, if any.
I want the first stone_trace as this gives me your expectations before you adjust to what the game actually handles. I wan to improve the parser to what you would expect as opposed to you having to "dumb down" to the parser.
Finally, I am about to make changes to the drawing code to get rid of the shadowed text. If the text is "blurry" to you, I will have this changed soon.
Here is the link to the beta test page:
Search for the Sacred Stone
Lastly, just to set expectation, this is a Windows port of an adventure I wrote in 1986 on a IBM Mainframe, so it is fairly old in terms of puzzles, etc.
Anyway, thanks again!
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