Building a game disk image for the Apple II Platform ==================================================== 1. Install dependencies The platform build for the Apple II requires only two dependencies. You will need to install these and have them in your path before you try to build. - Java 8 (or higher). You can use either OpenJDK 1.8+ or Sun JDK 1.8+ - Apache ant 1.9 (or higher) You can check if you already have them this way: - `java -version` # should show "1.8.xxx" - `ant -version` # should show "1.9.x" 2. Build the tools - `cd Platform/Apple` - `ant` 3. Put scenario files in place You will need acquire and place three scenario files into the appropriate subdirectories of `Platform/Apple/virtual/` as follows: - `Platform/Apple/virtual/data/world/world.xml` - `Platform/Apple/virtual/data/world/enemies.tsv` - `Platform/Apple/virtual/data/fonts/font.bin` 4. Build a game disk - `cd Platform/Apple/virtual` - `ant` - The resulting disk image will be `Platform/Apple/Virtual/game.2mg`. Just boot it in an emulator or copy to a real Apple II, and have fun. 5. Rinse and repeat - Change any of the code files in virtual/src, or update the world.xml file using Outlaw - Go to step 4. The system uses incremental building for speedy turnaround.