> About TEXTVENTUREQUEST

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> TEXTVENTUREQUEST is a fusion of the new and the old: space age computing technology working in tandem with writing and drawing techniques that have existed for millennia. What blossoms forth from this union is not a mere game; it is an immersive world of thrilling choices that actually morphs itself in response to you, the player. In this world you are truly at the helm, free to explore the vast lands that wait behind your computer screen unhindered by the constraints that too-often strangle freedom in other games.

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> Though our efforts may revolutionize the gaming experience, this is entirely secondary to our true aims, which are far grander. We seek to create an artistic masterpiece, sucessor to the epic legacy of Homer. In TEXTVENTUREQUEST, we ask the player questions about the nature of life that no others dare approach; we capture as in amber an elusive aspect of the human existence. With this metaphorical gem of truth, we penetrate the corporeal and plumb the very depths of the human condition.

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> And now, after thousands of years of anticipation, of trial and tribulation, of creation and recreation, it is finished. Humanity has now seen its crowning glory, this glorious beacon that now lies at your fingertips. As you near your destined encounter with our mighty creation, we have one humble request of you, you reader, you player of games. While you browse the nigh-infinite halls before you, you take this opportunity to laugh, to cry, to sing, to think, to live. Please, oh traveler. Enjoy.

> About the authors

> Joseph Brehm started TEXTVENTUREQUEST and did all the writing.

> Joseph does not like to be approached, and will likely flee to the canopy of a nearby tree if startled. However, he can be befriended if you have saltines and enough patience.

> Joseph's hobbies include muttering, glaring at people, and racquetball.

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> Eric Cochrane did all the illustrations that look like they were stolen from a Hellboy comic.

> Eric is the product of centuries of carefully pre-planned breeding and inbreeding with the intent to create a super-being that can lick its own elbows.

> Eric currently makes his home 20 inches from his mother's womb, the average length of an umbilical cord.

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> Ike Edgerton did all the illustrations that look like they were scrawled on a bathroom wall.

> Ike was born as "Malcolm Edgerton," but he traded his birth name to a wizard for some sweet-ass dance moves.

> Ike did most of his drawings with a handmade quill pen. This one is actually completely true.