
Escape from the Holy State
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
YOU HAVE BEEN CAPTURED BY THE CITIZENS OF THE HOLY STATE. THEY THINK THAT YOU ARE A SPY OF ANTI-GOVERMENT TERRORISTS. YOU CAN FLEE TO ONE OF THE THREE COUNTRIES CLOSE TO THE HOLY STATE:

[4] OR MAYBE YOU WANT TO JOIN THE ANTI-GOVERMENT FORCES.
THE GAME IS AVAILABLE FOR WINDOWS AND LINUX.
THE GAME REQUIRES A COMMAND PROMPT/TERMINAL THAT HAS AT LEAST 40 COLUMNS AND AT LEAST 24 LINES.
THE ORIGINAL APPLE II CAN DISPLAY TEXT THAT IS 40 COLUMNS WIDE AND 24 LINES TALL. I AM WORKING ON A PORT FOR THE ORIGINAL APPLE II. IF YOU WANT TO PORT THIS GAME TO THE ORIGINAL APPLE II, BE AWARE THAT THE ORIGINAL APPLE II DOES NOT SUPPORT THE "|" CHARACTER AND THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO REPLACE EVERY INSTANCE OF "|" INSIDE THE SOURCE CODE WITH "I".
THE GAME CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE FILES.
THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE GAME IS AVAILABLE FOR FREE AS A DEMO.
IN ORDER TO PLAY THE MINIGAMES INSIDE EHS-WIN.EXE, EHS-LIN, EHS-HS-HS-WIN.EXE AND EHS-HS-HS-LIN YOU WILL NEED TO INSTALL THE NCURSES LIBRARY ON YOUR COMPUTER.
ON WINDOWS YOU CAN DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL MINGW. IT INCLUDES THE NCURSES LIBRARY.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/
ON LINUX YOU MUST OPEN THE TERMINAL AND TYPE:
sudo apt-get install ncurses-dev
YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD EHS-NO-MINIGAME-WIN.EXE, EHS-NO-MINIGAME-LIN, EHS-HS-HS-NO-MINIGAME-WIN.EXE AND EHS-HS-HS-NO-MINIGAME-LIN. THESE FILES DO NOT HAVE MINIGAMES IN THEM AND YOU CAN RUN THEM WITHOUT INSTALLING NCURSES ON YOUR COMPUTER.
DO NOT OPEN THE FILES FROM FILE EXPLORER/GNOME FILES. ALWAYS OPEN THE FILES FROM THE COMMAND PROMPT/TERMINAL.
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Published | 6 hours ago |
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, Linux |
Author | Lyubomir Tsekov |
Genre | Interactive Fiction, Adventure |
Tags | ascii, Sci-fi, Text based |
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