T H E   D E M O N  K I N G
 A Quake Partial Conversion
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This zip file includes:
                                        
TDK version 1.1  --------------------------------- tdk11.zip
Walkthrough of TDK  --------------------------- walkthru.txt
undetailed map of the TDK area  -------------------- map.jpg
this text file  ------------------------------------ tdk.txt


[Introduction]

The Demon King is a Partial Conversion of id Software's Quake. The Demon King
has 14 new levels, new models, sounds, and effects. The Demon King (TDK for
short) is non-linear, meaning all the levels form one cohesive world.
Exploration of this world is key to solving the game.

TDK has a story and plot that unfolds as you play. You must solve puzzles
and find new areas to advance. Blasting away all monsters in your path is
not necessary, but it helps.

TDK is designed for Single Player gameplay solely and Deathmatch play is
not recommended. TDK requires registered Quake.

[Installation]

1) Make a directory called TDK off your Quake directory (ex. C:\QUAKE\TDK) 
2) Return to your Quake directory (ex. C:\QUAKE) and type QUAKE -GAME TDK
3) Start a regular single player game.

[Playing TDK]

Playing TDK isn't that different than regular Quake, but there are some
exceptions. There are no level endings in TDK, since all levels are
non-linear. To "exit" a level, find a black wall and run into it. Most
levels have multiple exits and some places can only be reached by certain
exits \ entrances. Finding clues and hints is essential to solving TDK,
so be sure to keep an eye open for anything unusual.

[Impulses & Options]

impulse 12 - is the read impulse. impulse 12 again moves to the next
page and also to stop reading. To use it, walk right up to a book aim
toward it and hit R.
By default, this is binded to "R".

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**************IF TDK RUNS TO SLOW FOR YOU USE THIS*************************
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impulse 13 - removes some details, doesn't take effect until a level
change and can have a major impact on speed but does make for some odd
sights.  It may not have any impact on some levels but expect a major
improvement in the forest, inchurch, cemetery, start, and church levels,
and minor improvements in the castle level.

impulse 15 - enables/disables EDCL, default is disabled.

impulse 14 - EDCL is a helpful way to avoid unwanted changing of levels.
It essentially toggles exits on or off. To use it, bind impulse 14 to a
key by typing

bind {letter goes here} "impulse 14"

at the console. When the exits are on they perform as normal. When the
exits are off changelevel will appear on the screen to indicate that
you are standing over an exit
As soon as you enter a level, exits are automatically disabled.  In order
to exit the level you will need to hit impulse 14 again to reenable the
exits.

impulse 20 - Cycle weapons backwards


You must set the skill at the console. To do so hit the ~ key to brind down the console and type
skill #
where # is 0 = easy, 1 = normal, 2 = hard, 3 = nightmare
The average player should play on hard.

Greyflashes? use:
r_maxedges 3000
r_maxsurfs 1500
[Hints]

* Just Shooting everything isn't going to be enough to solve TDK. Look
around for clues, explore. Think.
* If you get stuck, backtrack and look for clues
 * Explore, explore, explore

[Credits]

TEAM TDK
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Eric "Xanthen" Braun  
Lead Designer, Concept, Levels, Programming, Models, Skins

Eric is the man. Eric created the start, church, inchurch, cemetery,
dungeon, dunend, farm and final levels. He also did all the programming,
came up with the concept, did the mushroom, model and did skins for
the pig, the mushroom and the key and made large modifications to the
town level and pig model. Put all the levels together, and pretty much well
anything that had to be done when editing 12 levels at once.

Email: eb9@evansville.edu
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Steve Rescoe
Levels, Art

Steve created the castle, forest, and tower levels. He also did a few
textures.

Steve worked on this project until he was hired by Ion Storm. He is
currently working on Daikatana.

Email: rescoe@ionstorm.com
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Kevin "Fragmaster" Bowen  
Plot, Co-script Writer, Documentation, Web Page, PR, Asst. Design,
Sounds, Models, Skins, Demos

Fragmaster plotted and co-scripted TDK, did the web page and promotion,
and did all the new sounds. He also modeled the dead pig, key, villager
and other misc. models. He did the skin for The Demon King and directed,
wrote and edited the opening demo. He also did a level that he tossed at
the last minute.

Email: fragmaster@planetquake.com
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Russell "RadPipe" Lauzon
Co-Script Writer

RadPipe, a published Fantasy Author did the opening and ending story.

Email: rlauzon@alliedweb.com
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David Persson 
Levels
 
David created most the town level and part of the farm level. 

Email: olmats@ljusdal.se
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Dave Wallin 

Dave created the last boss model, and the quake-c for it also.

Email: dwallin@planetquake.com

Other Credits:

Id Software, Bastard of PQ, Antony Suter for RVis, Ken Alverson for WQBSP,
Ben Morris for Worldcraft, The guy or guys who made BSP, Quest, Thred,
Paintshop Pro, Pak Explorer and any other piece of Software that was used.

Beta Testers: 
David Wallin, Ariel Vera, Bill "Crash" McClendon??, Dale "Talon" Slugs, All the people from
the first Beta months ago, SORRY I don't have any of your names anymore :(

Info:
Brushes: 5500+
Entities: More than 1
QBSP time: from 1 to 45 minutes
Light -extra time: from 5 minutes to 1.5 hours
Vis -level 4 time: 6,2,40,48,21,3,43,6,1,1,4 hours
QCC time: 9 seconds :)
compile machine: Pentium 120 with 16 RAM
Project Started: October 8, 1996
Release Date: August 17, 1997
Project Time: 10 Months, 9 days +


[Legal Stuff]

Quake is a Registered Trademark and Copyright of id Software. The Demon King
is in no way associated with id Software. Most artwork, graphics and sounds
are Copyright 1996, id Software.

The Demon King is Copyright 1997 Eric Braun and may NOT be distributed in
ANY form without express written permission. You may not distribute TDK
without the
text file or distribute this on ANY CD of any sort. TDK can not be used
for any commercial purposes for ANY reason. TDK may not be given out for
promotional proposes.

Team TDK Homepage - http://www.planetquake.com/tdk
CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES!
