************************************************************************* * TTTTT OOOO Y Y L A N N DD 0.5 * * T O O Y Y L A A NN N D D for * * T O O Y L AAAAA N NN D D OS/2 * * T OOOO Y LLLL A A N N DD * ************************************************************************* Copyright (C) 1995 Rainald Menge ================================ Toyland 0.6 for OS/2 Public Version [Beta] Contents: 1. Copyright, Distribution 2. About This Version 4. Installation, Uninstallation 5. Where to Find More Information 6. The Future of Toyland 7. The Toyland Mailing List 8. How to Contact the Author 1. COPYRIGHT, DISTRIBUTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toyland is Shareware, Copyright (C) 1995 Rainald Menge This software is provided "AS IS". No warranty of any kind can be given for damage caused through Toyland directly or indirectly or any other way. If the program should prove defective, the purchaser assumes the risk of paying the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction and any incidental or consequential damages. In no event will Rainald Menge be liable for any damages whatsoever (including without limitation damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information and the like) arising out of the use or the inability to use this product even if Rainald Menge has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Permission to copy and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without charging more than a nominal fee for copying is hereby granted, provided that this text and the copyright notice appear in all copies and both appear in supporting documentation as well as the notice that this is a beta version of Toyland. 2. About this version ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This version (0.6) is a public demo version. It is BETA and there is no registered version yet. If you have any trouble please let me know. Two different versions are available: Toyland.zip is the hi-color version Toyland-256.zip is the 256 color version If your computer is able to run hi-color I highly recommend the hi-color version. The game has been tested since August by 33 beta testers. This is the second public version and the first one which has registration enabled. This game has most features of the final Shareware version. However there might still be some problems with certain hardware combinations and some add-ons are being made (see (6) The Future of Toyland) 3. What Do You Need to Run Toyland ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.) OS/2: The game has been tested on Warp only but it should also work with 2.x 2.) A graphic adapter with at least 256 colors / better with hi-color 3.) The emx-runtime OR full emx package. If you don't have either of these you can download them from nearly any OS/2 site and they are on most OS/2 CDs. If you don't know how to get them please contact me. 4. Installation, Uninstallation ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To install the game simply unzip Toyland.zip (or Toyland-256.zip) to a directory of your choice. Either create a program icon for Toyland.exe or type Toyland at the command prompt. The game must be started from its directory - so if you create a program icon make sure you set the Working directory to the respective path. You need the emx-runtime package OR the full version of emx. If you don't have either of these you can download them from nearly any OS/2 site and they are on most OS/2 CDs. If you don't know how to get them please contact me. The game creates files (players, options) ONLY in the start directory. It doesn't change the system's ini-files or your config.sys so you just have to delete the directory to get rid of Toyland. However if you installed the emx-runtime package for Toyland and want to remove it as well make sure you delete the respective files. 5. Where to Find More Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Use the online help from within Toyland. You can also check out my web page: http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0085/Toyland.html You can join the Toyland Mailing List (see 7) You can contact me directly (see 8) 6. The Future of Toyland ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The release version of Toyland will be available in December. Development will continue even after that release. The development will mostly depend on the number of registrations. Release Version (Shareware): ---------------------------- The release version will have (almost) all of the bugs you report fixed. It will also have MUSIC and JOYSTICK SUPPORT. Some graphics and animations will also be added to the game. The sound will be improved. I will add your ideas. Registered Version: ------------------- - Levels can be exported / imported. They can be exchanged via email since they are 7-bit encoded. If you join the Toyland mailing list you can send your levels and receive others - so there is no limit to the number of levels. - All levels will be available to the registered users. Each additional level set can be used by (and only by) registered users without additional fee. However I cannot say how many levels will be available in December. - All worlds (states) will be available to the registered users. I will continue development. The CPU state is currently under construction. Others are planned (a train state for example). - Full support by the author: I am interested in everything you report. If you have ideas, bug reports or problems: I am all ears - and those ears hear better on the registered side ;-) - Easy upgrade: Whenever a new version of Toyland is released you can simply use your reg-file to have it registered. - IF there will ever be a Power-PC version (that is if there will ever be a good OS/2 for PowerPC - and I can afford to buy a PowerPC + OS/2) your registration will be valid for the PowerPC version as well. 7. The Toyland Mailing List ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everybody can join the mailing list. All Toyland beta testers are on the list as well so that you can: - get the latest development information - see release dates - give your own ideas to be included in the game - discuss your impression / ideas - (as soon as the registered version will be available) exchange levels - receive the latest uuencoded level files (for registered users) - so you won't have to download them - and, and, and To subscribe to the list send a message to maiser@its.flint.umich.edu (any subject). First line of the body of the message should be: subscribe toyland To send to the list, address the message to toyland@its.flint.umich.edu. However only members of the list may post - so you have to subscribe first. 8. How to Contact the Author ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You can reach me via email at: menge@rrz.uni-koeln.de If you don't have email you can *snail-mail* me at: Rainald Menge Wahlscheider Str. 14 D-51109 Koeln Germany