Here is a modest attempt to put music into this open-source ScummC Game, an occasion to deal with iMuse routines. The ScummC compiler, plus the original port of this game, can be found on this repository : https://github.com/AlbanBedel/scummc/
- Many thanks to Alban Bedel (https://github.com/AlbanBedel) to make this compiler alive
- Special mention to Happy Ferret (https://github.com/Happy-Ferret) ... his question here (AlbanBedel/scummc#9) have motived my decision to snoop deeper into Scumm v6 iMuse Routines !
OpenQuest (ScummC version)
I. What is this?
This is a ScummC port of Michael Sheail's demo adventure game "OpenQuest". This ScummC version of the game is compiled to Scumm bytecode and thus runs in ScummVM.
The game binaries and sources are provided under the GNU General Public License, Version 2, or later. The images, sounds, dialogs and the story of the game are copyright of Michael Sheail. Additional contributions and modifications as well as the ScummC code are copyright of their respective authors.
II. How to run the game
To play the game, start ScummVM, choose "Add Game..." and point to the "bin" folder. The game will be recognized as "Day of the Tentacle". Change the name to "OpenQuest" if you want. You can then press "Start" to play the game.
(The masking as "Day of the Tentacle" is necessary, because ScummVM doesn't currently support detection of ScummC games and has to be patched to recognize them. Patches for several versions are available with the ScummC source code.)
III. How to compile the game
To compile the game from source, you need to download the sources for ScummC and compile them. OpenQuest is already included with ScummC, otherwise you'd have to copy the "openquest" source folder into the ScummC "examples" folder. You can now cd into the "openquest" folder and type "make" to compile the game. To mask the game as "Day of the Tentacle", change the Makefile to use the SLD parameters "-o tentacle -key 0x69", as specified in the ScummC README.
IV. Help needed!
If you like, play the original AGS version of OpenQuest and compare the two. You will see that much work still remains to be done for the ScummC version. If you are a programmer who likes adventure games, or if you are a SCUMM expert, please consider contributing to the game code or the ScummC compiler itself, to help making the dream of a free SCUMM compiler and many free SCUMM games come true!
V. Download links and resources
ScummVM is available for download at the scummvm.org website: http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php
The ScummC compiler and tool suite can be obtained from the ScummC SVN repository: https://dotsec.net/repos/scummc
More information about ScummC can be found on the ScummC website: http://alban.dotsec.net/Projects/ScummC
You can download Michael Sheail's original AGS version of OpenQuest here: http://new.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=945 or here: http://alban.dotsec.net/data/OpenQuest.zip