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Heartlight PC Creative Commons release README.TXT file
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I. Release information

This 2006 release has been recompiled by one of the authors (Maciej
Miasik www.miasik.net) from the original source files using the DOSBox
emulator (dosbox.sourceforge.net), and it is intended to be run using
such emulation. This release has not been tested on a genuine DOS
PC machine. Use at your own risk.

The game has been released with the permission of the copyright
holders.

The original game was developed by Xland and was released worldwide in
1994 by Epic Games. Epic Games played no role and bears no responsibility
for this Creative Commons release and does not provide any support for it
whatsoever.

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II. Running the game

Download and install DOSBox emulation software (dosbox.sourceforge.net). 

Extract the game archive to any folder you like, e.g. C:\HL.

Run DOSBox from the Start menu shortcut. At the command prompt enter the
following commands (assuming the game has been extracted to C:\HL):

mount c c:\hl
c:
hl

The final command starts Heartlight PC executable. You can now play the
game.

Refer to DOSBox documentation for additional commands, e.g. playing the
game in full screen mode.

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III. Playing the game

Guide the dwarf through each of 70 levels and collect the required number
of hearts to open the door leading to the next level. The numbers in the
bottom left of the screen show the required number of hearts and the
number of the hearts collected so far. You have infinite lives.

The game offers 3 player slots. Each of them can be named and used to
keep score (number of completed levels). Press ENTER while in the
title screen to select the player's slot and change its name. You can
finish levels in any order.

Keys
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Press the spacebar to start the game while in the title screen.

Press the arrow keys to move the dwarf (he can push some objects if there
is nothing behind them).

Press the spacebar and left or right arrow key to change the level to the
previous or next level, respectively.

Press ESC to restart the level.

Press Alt-X to exit the game to DOS without confirmation. 

Press F10 to exit the game and return to the title screen.

F6 - turns music on/off
F7 - turns sounds on/off

Level editing
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Heartlight PC allows user-created levels to be added to the game. The
levels are defined in a plain text file named LEVELS.HL. This file can
be edited with any plain text editor (e.g. Notepad, but not MS Word or
other similar word processors). Simply open this file in Notepad and edit
one of the existing level definitions, or add a new one. The format of
this file is self-explanatory, and there is a small legend at the
beginning of the file.

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IV. Credits

Programmed by:  Janusz Pelc
Graphics by:    Janusz Pelc
Music by:       Janusz Pelc
Support:        Maciej Miasik, Pawel Wyrzycki, Marek Kubowicz
Levels by:      Janusz Pelc, Marek Kubowicz, Maciej Janiec, Maciej Mach,
                Marek Kubas, Jacek Aleksandrow
Readme text:    Maciej Miasik and Harvey Patterson

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V. Legal information

This game is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-
ShareAlike 2.5 license.

You are free:

* to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
* to make derivative works
* to make commercial use of the work

Under the following conditions:

I. Attribution. You must attribute the work in the manner specified by
the author or licensor.

II. Share Alike. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may
distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this
one.

* For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the
license terms of this work.
* Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from the
copyright holder.

Your fair use and other rights are in no way affected by the above.

Visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ to read the full
license text.

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