Readme for Larry Vales:  Traffic Division
Final release v 2.0
An epic tale of love, adventure, robots, sideburns, and peepee jokes
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(c) 2000 Philip J Reed, VSc

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Updated since v 1.0:

* Removed errors from this readme file (jeez, don't I ever spellcheck?)
* Fixed bugs:  
  - Slowed down speed of end credits (thanks Ben Croshaw)
  - Corrected strange message problem in janitor's closet (thanks Captain Mostly)
  - Corrected error where leaving breakroom sitcks Larry in place (thanks Captain Mostly)
  - Moved Larry to a move convenient spot when final puzzle is solved (all together now, Thanks     Captain Mostly!)
* Included several additional files in vales.zip:
  - setup.bat for people who...need it...I guess...
  - deadgirl.exe; a cinematic trailer for Larry Vales II:  Dead Girls Are Easy
  - readme2.txt; a quick plea on behalf of Larry Vales II.
* Changed name of exe file from attempt.exe to larryvtd.exe
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A couple quick notes on the game...cuz I wanna.

Trouble getting started?  Here's a quick way to get the game rolling.  Head inside the hotel and converse with the receptionist.  Check the bulletin board for hints.  Go one screen right and enter your room.  Once there, address your partner in the shower.  Looks like you'll have to get him out before the game can go much further.  Running the water may help...

HINTS:
If you need hints, email me at Sparkles042@hotmail.com.  This will allow me to know which puzzles REALLY stump players.  Of course, I won't give you answers...just hints.  Of course, a general hint to solving the entire game is this:  if you have no idea what to do next, try to expand your playing area.  For example, at first you can't get past the large man in the pool area.  Make that your goal.  Next you'll need to make it to the shed.  And so on and so on until the game is over.  Each time you'll get a little bit closer to having full access to everything in the game.

BUGS:
If you find them, tell me.  Otherwise you are all freeloading whoremasters and are thus doomed to an eternity of brimstone.

MUSIC:
In case you're wondering, the songs featured in this game are:
Commissioner sequence--"Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
Title card--"Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive (Bee Tee Oh)
Hotel muzak--"Gimme Some Lovin'" by Spencer Davis Group
Room theme--"Stuck in the Middle With You" by Steeler's Wheel
Outside shed--"Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts
Shed theme 1--"Paint it Black" by The Rolling Bears
Shed theme 2--"Chicago" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Loggins, Messina, Hall, Oates, Tenneille, and Garfunkle
Casino--"Baby, You're a Rich Man" by The Bea'les
Telephone pole--"I Don't Want To Know" by Fleetwood Mac N Cheese
Lightsaber battle (not quite)--"Kashmir" by Led Zepplin

LARRY VALES:
Not actually a reference to Leisure Suit Larry.  Larry Vales has been a running character in probably EVERY ONE of my attempts at a book.  He's always been some sort of inept police officer who ends up muddling up an important event in the story somehow, but he's never been NEARLY a main character.  In the one book I did manage to finish, Vales was a traffic cop.  I stuck him here because I thought it would be funny to explore a traffic patrolman in a situation that might actually require some sense.  If you don't think it's funny, feel free to lob yourself off the nearest pier.

THE VOICE:
The voice that personally misreads the title cards belongs to myself.  And no, it's not an imitation of the Monty Python "Gumby" character.  I actually came up with this voice on my own to ridicule a deep-timbred friend of mine who was really a smart kid with no common sense.  So it's not stolen from Monty Python (but don't worry, fans, plenty else IS!).  And Eric Idle better drop that lawsuit if he knows what's good for him.

Keep a running diary of what you like, don't like, don't understand, can't do, etc.  I want this to be a player-friendly, yet challenging adventure.  And most of all, I want people to laugh!  And have sex with me.  But mostly laugh!  (Yeah.  Laugh.)

Any help on my planned bigger, better, more complex and flashy sequel would be appreciated.  Read readme2.txt for more information.