AGI Quest I: The Computer Game
Readme File

This is a small AGI game. An AGI interpreter such as Sarien, NAGI or the original Sierra AGI is required to run it. For more information, please visit http://www.iki.fi/jterho/agi/quest/.

Note: You may not put this game on your website or publicly redistribute it in any other way. See the above site for the author’s contact information.

© 1997–2004 Juha Terho
http://www.iki.fi/jterho/

Known issues as of the final version

• Saving and restoring games doesn’t work properly, as the save/restore code doesn’t reside in LOGIC 0 as it should. However, this is a conscious decision: in a short game such as this, sacrificing proper save/restore functionality for source code readability is a trade-off I’m willing to make.
• The ending screen may run too fast on some platforms and too slow on others. There is no reasonable way to fix this the way I want to.

Release notes (contains spoilers)

Version 0.01 – December 13, 1997
First version

• started development
• created VIEW 0

Versions 0.02 to 0.99.146-β-final-RC146 – 1997 to 2003
Unreleased work-in-progress versions

• project announced February 15, 1998

Version 1.46 – June 14, 2003
Initial release

• first public version

Version 1.46-B – January 28, 2004
Update for Brian Provinciano / release of GBAGI

• one-pixel corrections to the opening screen logo (VIEW 10, cels 5, 7 and 8 of loop 0)
• changed scoring:
  • 4 points for opening bottle changed to 1 point
  • no points for igniting fuse changed to 3 points
  • total score remains 14
• removed unused priority trick from the priority screen of PICTURE 4
• About box updated with extra info

Version 1.46-G – February 1, 2004
Second update for GBAGI release

• fixed logic bug: in room 4, fuse could be lighted without the glass being in the inventory
• fixed logic bug: if sound was turned off, dynamite would explode prematurely in room 4 (ego_turned_towards_log was not being checked, only fuse_music_completed)
• fixed graphics bug: the priority screen was not updated with PICTURE 6 when room 4 was re-entered after the log had been moved
• added code in room 4 for “climb rope”
• added code in room 5 for “look at floating bottle” and similar inputs
• one-pixel corrections to the ending screen logo (VIEW 60, cel 6 of loop 0)
• altered VIEW 43, cels 2, 3 and 4 of loop 0 slightly to improve appearance
• updated PICTURE 6 to accommodate the removal of the unused priority trick in PICTURE 4 (see previous update)
• debug mode updated:
  • added instructions for debug help when debug mode is activated
  • added debug indicator to lower-right corner of screen
  • removed unused duplicate code (menu_gimme was not used, only “gimme gimme”)
  • changed “trace on” in help screen to “trace”
  • corrected a spelling error in help screen
  • changed color and formatting of coordinate display slightly
  • altered certain debug prompts to clarify difference between screen objects and inventory objects
  • capitalized first letters of debug prompts
• defines.txt updated:
  • created defines for sounds, death_type values and different cycle_delay speeds
  • removed unused defines
  • moved death_type to a group of its own to avoid confusion with coords_shown
  • arranged all defines to line up in columns
• cleaned up source code, including the following changes:
  • removed unused commands
  • added local defines to enhance source readability
  • made whitespace use more consistent

Version 1.46-TJ0 – October 18, 2004
Final release for GBAGI 2.0, featuring three-voice sound

• sounds redone:
  • recoded all music resources from scratch with a text editor and scr2agi
  • inserted a new “scoring” theme as SOUND 2
  • old scoring theme is now played only after the log has been moved
  • added a sound effect for the explosion (SOUND 7)
  • shuffled SOUND resource numbers around, defines.txt updated accordingly
  • changed global define in defines.txt: score_sound renamed score_music
  • changed local defines in LOGIC 4 and LOGIC 248: score_sound_completed renamed score_music_completed
• updated opening screen to prevent consecutive glints from appearing at the same coordinates
• added separate response to “climb down hole” for inputs that don’t mention “rope”
• added “look down” as a variant of “look beach” in room 2
• added several new variations of “light fuse with magnifying glass” in room 4 and LOGIC 248
• added several new variations of “look at floating bottle” and similar inputs in room 5
• added response for “bad words” in LOGIC 248
• added “get in” as a synonym to “enter” to facilitate parsing of inputs such as “get in hole”
• fixed incorrect shadow in VIEW 11 (one-pixel error in opening subtitle)
• fixed inconsistent dithering in VIEW 60, cels 0 and 6 of loop 0
• changed global define in defines.txt: stream_priority_update renamed waterfall_pri_update
• debug mode updated:
  • prevented teleporting to room 0
  • added “get inventory object” to debug mode as an alternative to “get object” to avoid conflicts with non-debug-related “get object” commands
• removed three occurrences of extraneous whitespace from said() statements of LOGIC 4 and LOGIC 248
• About box updated

This concludes the AGI Quest I Readme File.