Total Conversion Ray Frank's Having Company

Hello my name is Ray Frank aka 'GuideThePlayer' and I have created for you and your enjoyment a 90 minute "culinary parable" about cooking as well as level design best practices and ideas from the heart as well as Friendship / cooking tips.

This is a mod for Quake 2 remaster friends yes indeed it does require the Nightdive q2 remaster and is a single player "campaign" that will take 90 to 120 minutes to finish but keep in mind there is no vilence in this adventure (or "excursion" if you will ), simply learning about friendship and cooking and what it means to create long lasting recipes AND friendship meaningful.

I released this game in summer of last year 2024 A.D. on Itch.io but I have henceforth brought it to the "quake community" thusly and I would be pleased if you were to play it!

All the best.

INSTALLATION
After you have downLoaded the zip file you will extract it to the "/steamapps/common/Quake 2/rerelease/" folder if you are using Steam or if you are using the GOG version then the equivalent path I do not know what it is but it will end in "quake 2/rerelease/" of that I can assure you.

to discover the folder in Steam with calmness and tranquility please go to your Quake 2 game in your steam library and right click it and select Manage > browse local files

once you have installed it correctly your folder should look like following:

Quake 2 > rerelease > dinnertime

please bake sure to NOT put this mod into the baseq2 folder common mistake.

LAUNCHING
within the dinnertime folder there is a file called having_company_windows.bat, you can double click this if you are on Windows and thus your culinary journey begins.

if you are on Linux well then you may add these to your launch options in quake 2 in your steam librarey:

Right click quake 2 in your lib > under 'advanced options' enter:

+game dinnertime +exec default.cfg +map hc

ok let me know if you have any troubles

All the best.














-- Itch Io description --

OK HERE WE Are

once again on quite a happy occasion indeed for the GTP community where we are celebrating the release of the second GTP game "Having Company" which I have been working on for Novemver 2023 thanksgiving release but better late than never as my dear aunt Camilla would have said after her '93 championship win at Best Bolognese Bolindale in Bolindale, Ohio.

If you are unacquainted with GuideThePlayer well then my name is Ray Frank and it is a pleasure to meet you I am an Expert Level Designer with many years experience and respect in the LD community both designing levels and teaching the younger generations how to exceed in this industry of ours. I am also more recently an award winning Chef and have pivoted most recently to culinary tips and "evangelizing" cooking best practives and here we are at another entry into GTP game series this time we will be focusing on the kitchen as you may have guessed it. If you ARE acquainted with GuideThePlayer then hello good to see you again.

This game toucheson on and educates across many verticals including:

• Efficient cookery for the busy parent
• How to prepare fish filets
• Seasoning tips
• Non violent techniques for removing rodents
• Killing 2 birds (fish) with 1 stone (fishing rod)
• (no actual killing involved however)
• No wildlife have been harmed thus far in the game please do your best to keep it that way
• how to safely fall a tree
• Harnessing your allergies to achieve ones goals especially if that goal is climbing a Mountain
• Tips for hosing a a larger dinner partty than you are used to hosting

TIPS FOR GAME PLAY:

• watch out for drowning during introduction I did my best to prevent that but not everything in this life is preventable such as earthquakes as far as we know
• Do not touch anything more than twice , play it safe
• Please follow all posted instructions in the game
• do not try to access any closed off areas
• If you decide to make risotto please ensure you stir it FREQUENTLY
• Be wary of doing too many favors for folks try to stick to the critical path as it were

RUNNING TIME
THIS GAME WILL TAKE PERHAPS 1 TO 2 HOURS TO COMPLETE, as such I recomend these beverages in order of preference:

• espresso (if playing before 11am)
• drip coffee or Americano if palying between 8am and 1pm
• Any time after 1pm but before 9pm: Match latte OR iced coffee, or gingerale
• AFTER 9pm you should be drinking peppermint tea, wine is okay if you are out of tha