
                Welcome to the
            ALAN ADVENTURE LANGUAGE
                  3.0beta3
                 2013-12-28


THE NEWS IN SHORT:

Alan is a tool to create text adventure games, interactive fiction,
text-based simulations for teaching or other similar types of
interactive software.

This is the third beta version (v3.0beta3) of Alan V3. Alan v3
features many new enhancements especially object orientation.

This package contains at least the compiler and the interpreter. It
might also, depending on the distribution package, include the manual,
the source for the Saviour game, a converter program which takes an
Alan v2 source file and outputs a V3 version of the same source, the
source and binary for a sample game. Read the particulars in the
readme for your platform. If it does not you can find most of that at
the Alan webspace:

      http://www.alanif.se

The changes between versions is described in the file CHANGES, which
should also be included.



THE LONG STORY:

The Alan System is one of the most easy-to-use tools to create
interactive fiction, aka. adventure games. The Alan System is based on
a special purpose computer language designed to be easy to use for
people more interested in authoring and designing games. The system
consists of a compiler, which compiles Alan source to a compact and
portable form, and an interpreter that interprets such a form to allow
playing of the game.

The Alan System is register-ware. To use Alan for authoring and
distributing your games all you need to do is to register. Registration
can be done with a simple email to thomas@alanif.se.

Alan V3 has been evolving for a number of years and is now feature
complete. It is stable enough to use for production type work, but
will be released as a non-beta when enough beta test experience show
that it is mature enough. You can help! Report any problem and
suggestions. You can visit

	http://wwww.alanif.se

to find out more about Alan V3.

You can also find the legacy v2.8 version there. It is becoming
increasingly obsolete and you should only look at it if are looking to
run some old game. Otherwise you should *really* look at V3. Alan may
also be found at

	http://www.ifarchive.org

and its mirrors.

For complete copying conditions refer to the file COPYING in the
distribution or the corresponding appendix in the manual.

If you have any problems don't hesitate to contact the author at the
following email address:

	thomas@alanif.se

Or join the Alan mailing list, which you can find at the Alan Home
Pages

	http://www.alanif.se

All communication is welcome! Happy Authoring!

Thomas Nilsson
thomas@alanif.se
