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'Locked In!'                                    Simon Allan Software 2022

Written by:					Simon Allan
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			INTRODUCTION & THANKS

'Locked In' is an Escape Room type game that I started to write after
receiving my ZX Spectrum Next from the Kickstarter funding scheme.
I've written quite a lot of Adventure Games with the Quill, Illustrator 
and Patch and after noticing a copy of the Professional Adventure Writing
System (PAWS) from Gilsoft on the SD Card (that came with my Next) I
thought to myself it's probably time to give this piece of software 'a go'.

PAWS is quite different from The Quill so I decided early on to develop
a game that was simple, linear, TEXT only and limited to 48K so that
everyone with a Speccy could play the game.  I started to put my ideas to
paper late 2020 and programming started early 2021.  The Summer came, 
then Autumn and Winter and before I knew it 2022 was here and the game
still needed finishing.

Catching the COVID-19 virus and self-isolating then prompted me to both 
finish the game, test it then convert it into TZX and TAP formats.
Converting from magnetic tape to a TZX file as always been 'tricky' but
this time the process nearly got the better of me.  But after 40 odd
attempts I finally got there with the help of the MakeTXZ software from
Ramsoft.  This is a very old piece of software dating back to 1st August
2003 but without it making a TZX file would be even more difficult.
   
May I remind you that you can download my other games from various 
websites around the world but I normally use the World of Spectrum and
the CASA (Solution Archive) websites:

Trail 			published by Central Solutions		1985
The Ring of Dreams 	published by Central Solutions		1985
The Land Beyond Time	published by CASA website		2006
Wizard, What Wizard?	published by CASA website		2007
Moonscape		published by CASA website		2008
The Quest for the 
Sacred Flame of Hestia  published by CASA website               2019

If you have tried any of the above games then may I take this
opportunity in thanking you.

'Locked In!' is therefore a brand new puzzle game for you to play which
probably took about 3 months to write in total. This puzzle game does
not use all the features of PAWS but I did use a couple of extra features
that The Quill doesn't offer.  It's my first time using PAWS remember ;-)  

The game was written using a ZX Spectrum Next (Issue 1) and I must admit
the keyboard was a joy to use.  The database was saved on both the SD 
Card and on magnetic tape as backup and this saved a lot of 'saving' time
during development.  Again I used Melbourne Draw for the Title Screen 
which took only a couple of days to complete.  

    		              'Locked In!'

It's your Birthday and your friends have paid for you to have a go in the
new Escape Room styled activity based in the City centre. You don't like
the sound of this to start off with but reluctantly you agree to take part. 

Words that may help you include:
DROP		EXAMINE		FEEL		GET		GO
HELP		IN		(I)NVENTORY	LOAD		(L)OOK
LOCK		OPEN		PUT		READ		REMOVE
SAVE		STAND		TOUCH		TWIST		WEAR						

Special Commands to help:
RAM LOAD - which is a quick load routine
RAM SAVE - which is a quick save routine	


A BIG THANK YOU TO:

My wife, again, for putting up with me during the writing of this
new computer game.

Jacob Gunness at the CASA website (www.solutionarchive.com) for putting
this game on his Website so that you can download and play it.
We must also thank him again for all his hard work in keeping the
ZX Spectrum 'alive and kicking' through this website.

The World of Spectrum website (www.worldofspectrum.org) for it's 
inspiration to us all.

Gilsoft Home Computing Software for writing/publishing 'The Quill',
'The Illustrator', 'The Patch' and 'PAWS'.

Melbourne House for 'Melbourne Draw' ref: Title Screen.

Finally, all Spectrum users for keeping the Spectrum alive since 1982.

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Simon Allan Software							2022