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@@ -8,16 +8,18 @@ You can move around a player on an island and meet different enemies. You have 5
hitpoints to lose before death. Enemies start with different amounts of
hitpoints, depending on their species. Dead enemies become dirt, skeletons or
"magic meat" -- such objects can be collected, and "magic meat" can be consumed
-to gain hitpoints. Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different
+to gain hitpoints (if allowed to lie on the ground for a while it may even
+multiply ...). Note that different kinds of movements/actions take different
numbers of turns to finish.
Enemies' AI is very dumb so far: Each turn, they try to move towards their
shortest-path-wise nearest enemy (any animate being of a different species)
-visible to them. If they see no enemy, they just wait.
+visible to them. If they see no enemy, they search for and consume "magic meat".
Every move of yours re-writes a file "savefile" that describes the new state of
-the world. Once you re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the
-"savefile" file. To start over in a new world, simply delete this file.
+dthe world, if more than 15 seconds have passed since its last writing. Once you
+re-start the game, the game state is recreated from the "savefile" file. To
+start over in a new world, simply delete this file.
System requirements / installation / running the game
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@@ -84,10 +86,9 @@ Hacking / server internals and configuration
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The game world is set up and made subject to player commands by
-./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file â¦
-The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in (written to by
-./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile. See the file
-./SERVER_COMMANDS for details.
+./roguelike-server. It's controlled by commands explained in the file
+./SERVER_COMMANDS. The server usually reads these from the files ./server/in
+(written to by ./roguelike-client), ./confserver/world, ./record and ./savefile.
All source files are thoroughly documented to explain more details of
plomrogue's internals. The ./roguelike-server executable can be run with a -v