1Welcome to NLarn! 2================= 3 4The goal of the game is to find the potion to cure your daughter from the 5illness "dianthroritis" and bring it back home. Time is finite - when you 6return to your home, the doctor will tell you how much time is left. In 7NLarn, time is measured in mobuls. A mobul consists of 100 turns. You can 8see the number of turns elapsed in the status bar on the right, prefixed 9with **T**. 10 11The game consists of a home town, and two dungeons: the caverns of Larn and 12the volcano. The potion is hidden inside the volcano, which is unfortunately 13populated by dragons and demons. To be able to fight the latter, you have to 14gain experience and wealth by fighting through the caverns. The equipment 15available in the DND store in town is expensive, but will help you to survive 16in the volcano long enough to find the potion. To earn money, you can collect 17gems in the caverns and sell them to the bank. 18 19The entrance of the caverns is depicted by the letter **O**; the shaft leading 20down to the volcano by the letter **I**. 21 22You can get help in the game by pressing **?** or **F1**. 23 24 25## News and announcements 26 27News about NLarn are posted on the [NLarn website](https://nlarn.github.io/). 28 29 30## Game configuration 31 32You can predefine some settings in the file `nlarn.ini`. The game writes 33a default `nlarn.ini` to the directory `~/.nlarn` on Linux, BSD and macOS, 34or to the folder `%LOCALAPPDATA%\nlarn` on Windows, when this file doesn't 35exist. Comments above the individual setting explain the possible settings. 36 37 38## Heritage 39 40NLarn is modeled after Larn, which was written by Noah Morgan in 1986. 41For an in-depth review of Larn, have a look at the 42[@Play review of Larn](http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2008/04/play_larn_or_i_hocked_the_car.php). 43 44Later in the eigthies, Phil Cordier created ULarn, an extended version of 45Larn. It comes with more levels, items and adds character classes to the 46game. 47 48NLarn tries to maintain the atmosphere and story of the last version of 49Larn (12.3) while improving game-play and user experience. Only a few of 50the additions of Ularn have been included. 51 52 53## Compiling NLarn 54 55Instructions how to build NLarn on Linux, MacOS X and Windows can be found on 56a [wiki page](https://github.com/nlarn/nlarn/wiki/Building). 57 58 59## Reporting bugs 60 61Bug reports are very welcome. You can either send me an eMail to 62<jdegroot@web.de> or create an issue on the 63[NLarn bug tracker](https://github.com/nlarn/nlarn/issues), where 64known bugs and planned tasks are tracked. 65 66If you have ideas for changes or additions to the game, please let me know. 67A list of ideas is maintained on a [wiki page](https://github.com/nlarn/nlarn/wiki/Ideas). 68