The Slime's Journey
version 2
made by VDZ

Original version made in 48 hours for
Ludum Dare 33 - 'You are the Monster'

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In this game, you play the role of a young slime on a quest to
avenge its parents, who have been killed by a cruel adventurer.

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The Slime's Journey is made in C# without any special frameworks,
so it should work on any platform supporting .NET (Windows) or
Mono (Linux).

If you are on Windows and do not have the correct .NET version,
you can download it using the following link:
https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17851

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How to play:

The entire game is fully text-based; the controls consist entirely
of pressing the keys indicated as available actions.


A simple explanation of commands:

Wander - The most important command in the game. Once you choose
    to wander, two random events from your location are picked and
    you can choose one of them. The results can be anything from
    sudden combat engagements to experience gain to receiving
    damage. (You cannot back out of wandering after the events
    to choose from have been picked!)

Rest - You will inevitably receive damage throughout your journey.
    Resting up allows you to recover your health. However, there is
    a chance you may be attacked in your sleep. Rest success/danger
    depends on the location you decide to rest in.

Grow - Spend your experience points to raise your stats or gain new
    mutations. Mutations are special characteristics that modify the
    game rules or help you out in other ways. Events may play out
    differently depending on your mutations.
    NOTE: The specific mutations available will vary per location.

Item - Although by default, you cannot carry or use items, mutations
    allow you to do so. Some items can be equipped, others are
    single-use, and yet others do nothing.

Drop - Allows you to drop items you don't need.

Status - Displays your health, strength, defense, experience and
    mutations.

Options - Save, load or quit the game.


You win the game if you manage to enter the city and kill the
adventurer that killed your parents. You lose the game when your
health hits 0.


Softcore and hardcore modes:

At the start of the game, you get the choice between the softcore and
hardcore modes. In hardcore mode, death is permanent; you can only
save when quitting, and your save is deleted on load. Softcore, on
the other hand, allows you to save as often as you want and never
deletes your saves. As such, death can be reverted simply by loading
your latest save again.

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This game is public domain. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.
Source code can be found at: http://www.vdzserver.org/theslimesjourney/

Ludum Dare entry page:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-33/?action=preview&uid=7284