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* HAPPYLAND ADVENTURES *
* X-MAS EDITiON *
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a game written by Johan Peitz
brought to you by Free Lunch Design
(c) 2000
art by Johan Peitz and
from Ari Feltman's SpriteLib
GENERAL
Welcome to Happyland Adventures, X-Mas Edition! This game is
completely free. You may play it as much as you like without paying
a single buck. In exchange for playing it, you are instead asked for a
small favour. You are encouraged to send any comments you might have
about this game. If you like it or not or if you have any suggestions.
This game was originally written for an amateur game programming
contest at www.gamedev.net. Happyland Adventures won the contest,
it also got an award for 'best use of SpriteLib'.
Anyhoot, having recieved heaps of comments about the original
Happyland Adventures, I decided to release a christmas edition
and here it is. Enjoy!
DISTRIBUTING
Happyland Adventures is freeware, anybody may (and should) play it.
Therefore, you are encouraged to distribute this game (in it's
original form) like crazy. Upload to every website and bbs you know,
give a copy to all your friends, etc.. However, this game may not be
included in a compilation or any other kind of commercial package
without the permission from the author. See contact near the end of
this document.
DISCLAIMER
I do not accept responsibility for any effects, adverse or otherwise,
that this software may have on you, your computer, your sanity, your
dog, or anything else that you can think of. Use it at your own risk.
I have, however, never experienced any trouble with it.
DESCRIPTION
Happyland Adventures, Xmas Edition, is a classic jump'n'run combined
with original puzzle elements, a game full of surprises. Explore the big
levels and collect bonus for more points. Help Santa and bring all his
helpers back to home.
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
* Pentium
* 8 MB RAM
* VGA-card/display
* gamepad (optional)
* SB combatible soundcard (optional)
INSTALLING AND STARTING THE GAME
Reading this text file you have probably installed the game and it's files
into a suitable directory, and that is all it take to install the game. If
not locate HAPPYINS.EXE and double click it to start the installation
process. To start the game simply doubleclick HAPPY.EXE and the game will
start.
Upon starting the game you will be presented with a menu with three
alternatives. You can choose to play 'Happyland Adventures - Xmas edition',
'Happyland Adventures (the original)' or create a custom game. Click what
ever version you want to play.
If you choose to create a custom game you will be brought to the level-
selection screen. Here you can add whatever levels you want to play and
what bonusrooms to use. You can remove maps by clicking on them with
the right mouse button. When you're done, click 'PLAY' and the game
will start.
THE PLOT
The original Happyland Adventures didn't have much of a plot, neither has
this version. But at least there's a small story:
It was the night before Christmas. Everyone in Happyland was sleeping,
anticipating the day to come. Everyone, but Santa. The Happylanders
who usually helped him had gone astray in the dark night and vanished.
How were they to survive? And how was he ever to complete all the chores
before Christmas without the help of his little friends? Realising that
he would need help he called the one who had saved Happyland on several
occasions before...
It's now up to you to help Santa save Christmas. While Santa makes the
gifts and presents you have to resque his helpers, or else, Christmas
will be lost forever!
THE TITLESCREEN
The titlescreen will present you with a menu of the following format:
PLAY
PASSWORD
OPTIONS
HELP ME
EXIT
Use the arrowkeys to navigate the menu. The current selection is
indicated by a small creature to the left of the selection. Use enter
or space to select. EXIT exits the game. HELP ME shows a quick tutorial,
OPTIONS takes you to another menu where you can customize the game.
PLAY starts a new game, while PASSWORD let's type in a password and start
at the appropriate level. PASSWORD can only be seen in the Xmas edition.
THE OPTIONS-SCREEN
Here you can customize keys and controls. Adjust sound and music output.
Navigate with up and down arrows and use left and right arrows to adjust
the highlighted selection. Press enter or space to select.
CONTROLS
Default keys are as follows:
Action Key
Left LEFT ARROW
Right RIGHT ARROW
Slide DOWN ARROW
Jump LEFT ALT
Talk LEFT CTRL
Screenshot F12
Pause PAUSE / ESC
Quit ESC
Screenshots will be stored as HAPPY???.PCX, where ??? is the number
of the screenshot taken.
If you want to use a gamepad (recommended), simply press the
direction/button instead of a key whilst setting the controls from the
OPTIONS-menu.
PLAYING
The goal of each level is to save the Santa's helpers scattered over the
level. When you have saved enough helpers the level exit will open.
The number of helpers the you must save is shown in the top right
corner of the screen, just below the time indicator.
If you save _all_ helpers on a level, enemies will turn into coins.
Tip! There is often more to do on a level even if you have opened the
door. Ie, don't exit immediately. :) Some levels has more then one exits,
try finding them all. They are often cleverly hidden, holding bonuses if
you find it.
Each level must be completed within a specified amount of time. You can
see how much time is left in the top right corner of the screen.
Old wise men also inhabit Happyland. Make sure you talk to them. They
might give you useful hints.
Picking up bonus items will help you earn extra lives. If you pickup 250
bonus items you will be rewarded with an extra life. You can see how many
bonus items you have at the centre at the top of the screen. Most levels
also hold magic spheres. If you find 5 of these blue balls you will be
given a password if you complete the level.
PICKUPS
Most items you can pickup will only give you points. There are however a
few that give you special powers or more points.
STAR more points
DIAMONDS even more points
HEART increases your energy
TIMEGLASS recieve extra time
COIN collect all to access bonusroom
BLUE POTION invunerability for a short while
LOW-G SHOES jump higher and farther
BLUE SPHERES find five and you get a password
TROUBLESHOOTING / FAQ
Q: There's no sound!
A: The sound should autodetect. Something might be wrong.
Q: Can I load levels I made for the original Happyland game into
Happyland Adventures - Xmas Edition?
A: Of course you can! They will work perfectly.
Q: I want more levels!
A: Take a look at the following adress:
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d98peitz/happy
Any new levels can be found there.
Q: Will there be a sequel (triquel)?
A: Nope. As it looks now, the Happyland series are finished.
Q: What is all this mumbo jumbo about the original?
A: I wrote the original game to a contest at gamedev.net (which
I won). Xmas Edition is only a sequel.
Q: Have you written any other free games?
A: Take a look at the following adress:
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d98peitz/fld
You will find lots more there.
AUTHORS & CONTACT
Happyland Adventures is coded and designed by Johan Peitz. Johan Peitz also
drew the xmas graphics, the rest of the graphics are from Ari Feldman's
Spritelib.
Levels in the XMas Edition were made by Johan Peitz and Mark Hickford.
If you have comments, bug reports, or just want to ask something
you can contact me by e-mail.
E-Mail: [email protected]
You can also visit me on the web.
http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/~d98peitz/
SPECIAL THANKS
I would like to thank the following people:
Ari Feldman for SpriteLib
Shawn Hargreavers for Allegro
Ivan Baldo for PPCOL
Mark Hickford again for making tricky levels
EXTRAS
My SpriteLib license number is: 129.16.30.119-952518357
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