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|  XXX-Men, Ch. 1 - The Sinful and the Sinister  |
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|               v1.0.1 (8/23/2023)               |
|         (game first published 7/7/2022)        |
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|   by Alec Roberts [alecrobertsaif@gmail.com]   |
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[0. FILE INDEX]

+ readme.txt                    You're reading it!
+ walkthrough.txt               see section 1
+ questionnaire.txt             see section 3
+ changelog.txt
+ cover.png
+ xxxmen1.exe                   see section 5
+ xxxmen1.t3                    see section 5



[1. ABOUT THE GAME]

This game is a work of erotic fiction containing explicit text-based depictions of sex. Play it only if you are willing and legally permitted to see such content. The player character is male, and the sex is male/female; I don't think there are any strange fetishes or taboos that anyone would find unsavory or offensive.

In case the name didn't tip you off, this game is a fan fiction that is set in the Marvel Universe and particularly involves the X-Men subfranchise.

I've written up a walkthrough, which you will hopefully find packaged with the game as walkthrough.txt. I hope you can beat the game without it, though--walkthroughs are no fun! You should experiment a little outside of the walkthrough, too. For example, there are alternate responses for the sex commands that depend on which clothes are being worn.



[2. REDISTRIBUTION]

I have put a lot of time into making this game, and I have no intention of ever making any money from it. My only desire is for as many people as possible to play it and enjoy it. Unfortunately, I'm about 20 years late for the heyday of the erotic text adventure community (especially for games that don't have graphics).

Therefore, I encourage you to upload and share the game in any way you know of. In that spirit, the game is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). That means you are free to redistribute it and even adapt parts of it into new works, as long as you give proper credit and your uses are totally non-commercial.



[3. FEEDBACK]

I am very keen to receive any feedback on the game, be it positive or negative or anything in between. I would very much like to continue improving the game and fixing any bugs that people find. Also, it is gratifying just to know that someone somewhere out there is playing the game, and it motivates me to continue the series. So, please, whether you like the game or hate it, shoot me a quick email! (alecrobertsaif@gmail.com)

If you want to be really helpful, you might send even *more* than a quick email.... I've put together a list of questions in questionnaire.txt for people who are feeling super generous with their time. Feel free to answer any or all of them and send me your responses. Really, though, any feedback at all is very sincerely appreciated.

If you're too hip to use email, you can also hit me up on Discord, via DM or via the Adult Interactive Fiction server (https://discord.gg/u8gkwyuqnK). My handle there is "alecrobertsaif".



[4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS]

I am very grateful to the beta testers who contributed their time to helping me improve my game. Their thorough and insightful feedback was invaluable!

 - jalapeno_dude
 - General_Jeno
 - Valath
 - KingBel



[5. HOW TO RUN THE GAME]

This game was created with the TADS 3 system. The main executable file is xxxmen1.t3, which must be run with a TADS 3 interpreter. You can download one for your operating system for free from the TADS website (tads.org/tads3.html).

I have also compiled the game as a standalone executable: xxxmen1.exe. Windows users should be able to run that file directly without any need to install a TADS 3 interpreter.

The .t3 and .exe versions of the game are exactly the same, so choose whichever is most convenient for you.



[6. HOW TO PLAY THE GAME]

If you've never played an "Interactive Fiction" game before, fear not! The format is easy to understand: you input a simple command, the game responds with some text, and you repeat. The trick, of course, is knowing what commands to input. Here are my simple instructions, some of which are general to all IF games and some of which are specific to this game. The game will let you know in bold text if there are any commands beyond these that you are expected to use.

Some commands have equivalent abbreviations, which I will list in parentheses. Some commands have direct and indirect objects, which I will represent as X and Y. You must fill those in with the names of objects in the game. You needn't type out objects' full names, though; a single adjective or noun should be enough to identify most objects.

::LOOKING AROUND::

look               - Provides a description of your current surroundings.
examine (x) X      - After "look"-ing, you should examine every object mentioned. When you examine an object, its
                     description might mention other objects, which you should then also examine. Examine
                     everything, because this is the main way the game will clue you in on what you can and
                     should do. You can even examine yourself with "x me".
inventory (i)      - Provides a list of items you are carrying. (You should examine them!)

::TRAVEL::

When you "look", the description of your surroundings will mention which directions you can travel in. The command to do so is just the direction itself. The potential directions are:

north (n)
south (s)
east (e)
west (w)
northwest (nw)
northeast (ne)
southeast (se)
southwest (sw)
up (u)
down (d)
in
out
enter X            - Sometimes, the room description won't tell you explicitly that an object is enterable. You'll
                     have to figure it out by trying.

::CONVERSATION::

Use these commands to interact with non-player characters:

greet X
ask X about Y      - Besides examining everything, asking people about things is the other essential way to gather
                     information. In this game, the only topics you can ask about are characters (including
                     yourself and the person you're talking to). Any person you've seen or who has been mentioned is
                     fair game.
show X to Y
give X to Y

::BASIC INTERACTIONS::

Here are your most basic ways of interacting with the game world:

wait (z)           - Just stay where you are and do nothing. This may be necessary if you're waiting for a
                     non-player character or another autonomous happening in the game world.
take X
drop X
put X in Y
wear X             - For clothes.
take off X         - For clothes.

Additionally, there is a "remove X" command, which is just a synonym for "take" or "take off" depending on the context. Also, there are "undress" ("strip") and "dress" commands, which are just shortcuts for wearing or taking off all your clothes at once.

::ADVANCED INTERACTIONS::

IF gameplay goes beyond just moving objects from place to place. You'll have to solve "puzzles" of varying complexities. Here are the standard commands you might need to employ. Common sense will tell you when you need to use them.

open X
close X
unlock X
unlock X with Y    - Y is probably a key of some sort.
lock X
lock X with Y      - Y is probably a key of some sort.
push X
pull X
switch X
flip X
turn on X
turn off X
attack (hit) X

You may need to do things that don't really match any of those options. To make things simple, I've implemented the command "use" as a catch-all for miscellaneous interactions:

use X
use X on Y

::SEX::

This is not just an IF game, it's an AIF game. The A stands for adult, which is really just a euphemism for sex. There are three special sex commands:

rub (grope, feel) X
kiss (lick, suck) X
fuck X

The women in the game have specific body parts that you can examine. Some of these body parts can be rubbed, kissed, or fucked. Most of them have more synonyms than are listed here:

                              EXAMINE?    RUB?    KISS?    FUCK?
hair                             X
eyes                             X
lips (mouth)                     X                  X        X
tits (breasts)                   X         X        X        X
pussy (vagina, cunt, clit)       X         X        X        X
ass (butt)                       X         X        X        X
legs                             X         X        X

When the time comes for sex, you won't be able to immediately perform the more intimate actions. Each sex scene has its own progression you'll have to work through--use your instincts and trial-and-error. At some point, you'll want to take off your clothes and the woman's clothes. Use the "take off" or "remove" commands mentioned above.

Even if an action is marked as possible in the chart above, you may not be able to do it with every partner. For example, some women's tits are too small to fuck. You should employ trial-and-error.

::SUPERCOMMANDS::

These commands exist outside of the fictional universe of the game:

help               - Display gameplay instructions. (You're currently reading exactly this!)
about              - Display some information about the game.
save               - Save your game state. To speed things up, you can even specify a file name after the
                     word "save".
restore            - Load a saved game state. To speed things up, you can even specify the file name after the
                     word "restore".
undo               - Undo your previous action.
restart            - Restart the game. You'll lose unsaved progress.
score              - Check your current score.
fullscore          - Check your current score, and list all the achievements which have contributed to that score.

