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Herra 47: Midsummer Festival

INTRODUCTION Herra 47, a man recently facing the harsh reality of unemployment, finds himself in a predicament. The annual Midsummer Festival is fast approaching. Undeterred by this financial setback, Herra 47 resolves to overcome this obstacle with characteristic resourcefulness and perhaps a touch of audaciousness. No task is too small, no opportunity overlooked as he diligently seeks out various odd jobs and freelance gigs around town. With the financial foundation slowly taking shape, Herra 47 sets his sights on securing the ideal venue for his party. He stops by at the local villa rental office, searching for a picturesque villa that can accommodate his envisioned revelry. After a little searching, he finally finds a charming lakeside retreat. A significant portion of his hard-earned money is dedicated to securing the rental, a testament to his commitment to hosting a memorable event. However, amidst all the preparations and the anticipation of reuniting with familiar faces, Herra 47 harbors a personal aspiration for this Midsummer Festival. Beyond the joy of hosting and celebrating, he secretly hopes to find a meaningful connection, a Midsummer companion to share the warmth of the bonfire and the magic of the long summer nights. SHORT INSTRUCTIONS You can move around by using the joystick in port 2. Interaction with the environment happens by typing commands. The parser works so that you can use prepositions like AT, IN, THE, ON, or you can leave them out and go with the shorter version. For example, LOOK AT THE WOMAN is the same as LOOK WOMAN. Popups can be closed by hitting FIRE BUTTON or SPACE BAR, RETURN or RUN/STOP on the keyboard, except the inventory popup. FEATURES 39 rooms to explore3 mini-gamesunique storyplenty of low-grade humorsave/load game system (disk/cartridge) COMPATIBILITY The game is tested on real hardware, TheC64, and the VICE emulator. The game will run in PAL and NTSC modes. The game uses EasyAPI to save/load the game to/from cartridge, but that doesn't work on every setup. Here’s a reference table, which save target works/preferred: System / Setup Save target Real Commodore 64 disk Emulators (e.g. Vice) cartridge / disk (mount disk in drive 8) TheC64 Maxi/Mini cartridge Ultimate64 disk (mount disk in drive 8) Ultimate-II+ disk (mount disk in drive 8) EF3 Cartridge disk (mount disk in drive 8) DISCLAIMER THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.