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The sun has died and dense darkness has flooded the realms, laden with 
frightening creatures! Merely the mythological Fortified Citadel is a
safe heaven in this cursed land.

Unfortunately, few are welcome within its holy walls: only the first who
reaches it will find the gates wide open; the others will wander in darkness, 
forever...

THE NIGHTLAND is a text "board & video" game for COMMODORE 64 amd PLUS/4 inspired 
by the works of William Hope Hodgson and Otto Wlazlo's chiptune dungeon-synth album 
released by Heimat der Katastrophe. 
Enjoy the dusty old synthesizers of the music score available on Bandcamp while playing
the game vs the CPU... and always roll your dice: YOU are faber tuae quisque fortunae!


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Load the floppy disk image (.D64) on your Commodore 64/128 or PLUS/4 or in an emulator 
(VICE, BMC64...) and type:

LOAD"*",8,1

RUN

THE NIGHTLAND is a classic Game of the Goose: you'll need a 6-sided die and pawns 
(not included) to play. Print the PDF of the board. The pawns start from outside
the board and advance rolling the die. You control your character while the CPU 
brings to life your opponent and the desolate land with all its strange creatures.
Experience the events on the board and discover new threats hidden within the 
8-bit code!

When you are asked for an option, simply press the first letter (e.g. "p" for 
Paladin or "y" for Yes); for the outcome of a die roll type the result (e.g. "5" 
if you rolled five) and when the game stops, press any key to continue.


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Otto Wlazlo, vaguely inspired by the eponymous tale by one of weird literature's 
pioneer William Hope Hodgson, composed for Heimat der Katastrophe an exciting album
full of dark vibrations: chiptune dungeon-synth at the best!
The waves of dusty old synthesizers and the sounds of disused computer chips will 
transport you to a world of magic and mystery, like a low-fidelity version of a 
Hieronymus Bosch's painting.

HDK 32 † OTTO WLAZLO - THE NIGHTLAND album is available on Bandcamp:
https://heimatderkatastrophe.bandcamp.com/album/hdk-32-the-nightland


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"HDK 32 † THE NIGHTLAND" album by Otto Wlazlo & Heimat der Katastrophe.
Game code by Alessio Scanderebech (Scandy).
Loader picture by Federico "Raffox" Sesler.
Ozmoo spell by Johan Berntsson & Fredrik Ramsberg.
Polaris font by Damien Guard.
Special thanks to Stiopa, Fredrik, Martijin, Luca & Łukasz.