games/springthing/2013/readme.txt

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Spring Thing 2013
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The Spring Thing 2013 games are now available for download. There are 
three games this year: 

Encyclopedia of Elementals (Quest)
A Roiling Original (Glulx)
Witch's Girl (HTML / Twine)

You can find out everything you need to know at: 
http://www.springthing.net/2013/

You'll find the links to download the games on that page.

The deadline for voting is 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, April 28, 2013.

The details on how to submit your vote will be available soon. 
Check the "Vote" section of the Spring Thing home page, 
which will provide details within a matter of days.
That page is at:

http://www.springthing.net/2013/index.htm#vote

Feel free to contact me if there are any problems.

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To all the players, have fun! To all the entrants, good luck!

Greg



HOW TO PLAY THESE GAMES

You'll need a Quest interpreter to play Encyclopedia of Elementals, and you'll need a Glulx interpreter to play A Roiling original. To download these, see the links below. To play Witch's Girl, you just need a web browser.


Glulx:
http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Interpreter#Interpreters_by_Platform

Quest:
http://www.textadventures.co.uk/quest/


VOTING PERIOD

The judging period will end at 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday, April 28, 2013. 



HOW TO VOTE ON THESE GAMES

The details on how to submit your vote will be available soon. 
Check the "Vote" section of the Spring Thing home page, 
which will provide details within a matter of days.
That page is at:

http://www.springthing.net/2013/index.htm#vote



VOTING RULES

Before voting, please consult the voting rules at:

http://www.springthing.net/2013/rules.htm#rulesforjudges