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 # ΛV
 
-A game for teaching programming
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+ΛV (Lambda V) is a game that teaches programming using small puzzles.
+You control a directional cursor using a custom programming language to complete tasks.
+The name is taken from the characters used to display the cursor for the "north" and "south" directions.
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+This game is primarily inteded for teaching the most basic principles of programming.
+As such, the programming language used lacks a lot of features you would find in a "real" programming language.
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+This is a completely text-based game.
+You will need to run it in a terminal that understands the escape sequences for clearing the screen and can handle UTF-8.
+I have yet to test this on Windows so I don’t know if the default `conhost.exe` fulfills these requirements.
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+Setup instructions are tbd.
+I may or may not set up a website to play this online.