                     Sam Shooter IV
                Children of the Damned

                     July 26, 2004
                      Version 1.0

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                     Legal Bullshit

An adult interactive fiction adventure. Portions of this game
are Copyright (C) 2004 by OEJack@dangerous-minds.com. The
code in this game uses the Xactor code which uses a highly
modified version of the MMX code and those parts are copyrighted
1998 by subnu@newsguy.com and Scarlet Herring respectively. To
be more specific, this game uses the Rogue_Redux code by Choices.
Anyone may distribute this game as they wish, as long as it is
done free of charge and this readme is included with it.

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                      Introduction

This game is a highly modified and bastardized version of an
incoherent disaster of a short story I wrote some sixteen or so
years ago, back when my mind was just evil; not perverted AND
evil (Oh, the innocence of youth). If you don't like it, rest
assured that my 8th grade English teacher didn't much care for
it either.

This game is relatively short, rushed, and rather lacking in
actual sex scenes, but should clear up most of the loose threads
in the whole Sam Shooter universe and allow me to move on to
more interesting themes with the characters, as well as change
the mechanics to more suit my toddler-like attention span.
Hopefully I can get back to what makes Sam Shooter fun...

Once again the game isn't extensively tested, mainly because I
chained two of my beta testers to cement slabs and pushed them
into Long Island Sound after they criticized my glut of run-on
sentences and ridiculous metaphors, and my primary tester is off
in Iraq playing G.I.Joe with the locals. (Note to all Iraqis:
Please don't shoot the big ugly dude with the hair dyed silver.
He owes me eight dollars and a box of Junior Mints!)

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                 Things to keep in mind:

It is possible to miss things in places you cannot return to
later. Nothing that will prevent you from completing the game,
but will cause you to lose out on some points.

Don't be disappointed if you don't get all the points, as it
will likely be almost impossible to do without trying numerous
different things (unless you cheat with a walk-trhu). Some may
find the paths that don't award points more amusing than the
ones that do.

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               Verbs you might need to use:

'greet (actor)'
Many characters will not speak or interact with you until you
have greeted them, and it's just the polite thing to do.

'Show (object) to (actor)'
This should be self explanatory in the context of the game.

Other self explanatory Verbs:

'give (object) to (actor)'
'attack (target) with (object)'

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          Topics: Things you can ask people about:

Any word a character mentions in BOLD will usually be a keyword
for something they can be asked about, and may not be on the
below list.

Ford/Mustang, Lilly, Laurie, tits/breasts, pussy/cunt, sex,
husband/wife/marriage, cock/dick, perfection, satellite/plymouth, 
me/Sam, pregnancy, love...

You can usually ask about other characters you meet, as well as
things that might be important to the specific character. You
can also ask about 'sequel' or 'game' again for some lame "Out
Of Character" responses and information.

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                      Upcoming games:

He's faced a weed smoking principal, dangerous gangmembers, an
evil sorceress, and even the lord of darkness himself. Now, Sam
must fight and kill to avoid the most horrifying fate of all;
Holy Matrimony...

		      Sam Shooter V:
	           The Chemical Wedding

Also look for (co-written with the lovely LadyInBlack):

                    Sam Shooter Gaiden:
                        Soccer Mom

As well as an (as yet) unnamed, and likely never to be finished
Fantasy RPG/AIF hybrid that consumes me one moment and bores me
to tears the next.

                   oejackaif@yahoo.co.uk

