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# Lingo Archipelago Client
[Archipelago](https://archipelago.gg/) is an open-source project that supports randomizing a number of different games and combining them into one cooperative experience. Items from each game are hidden in other games. For more information about Archipelago, you can look at their website.
This is a project that modifies the game [Lingo](https://lingothegame.com/) so that it can be played as part of an Archipelago multiworld game.
## Installation
1. Download the Lingo Archipelago Randomizer from [the releases page](https://github.com/hatkirby/lingo-archipelago/releases).
2. Open up Lingo, go to settings, and click View Game Data. This should open up a folder in Windows Explorer.
3. Unzip the contents of the randomizer into the "maps" folder.
4. Installation complete! You may have to click Return to go back to the main menu and then click Settings again in
order to get the randomizer to show up in the level selection list.
## Joining a Multiworld game
1. Launch Lingo
2. Click on Settings, and then Level. Choose Archipelago from the list.
3. Start a new game. Leave the name field blank (anything you type in will be ignored).
4. Enter the Archipelago address, slot name, and password into the fields.
5. Press Connect.
6. Enjoy!
To continue an earlier game, you can perform the exact same steps as above. You do not have to re-select Archipelago in
the level selection screen if you were using Archipelago the last time you launched the game.
In order to play the base game again, simply return to the level selection screen and choose Level 1 (or whatever else
you want to play). The randomizer will not affect gameplay unless you launch it by starting a new game while it is
selected in the level selection screen, so it is safe to play the game normally while the client is installed.
**Note**: Running the randomizer modifies the game's memory. If you want to play the base game after playing the randomizer,
you need to restart Lingo first.
## Running fron source
The randomizer is almost ready to run from source. The only step that is required is to compile the LL1.yaml datafile into gamedata.gd, which needs to be played in the Archipelago folder. The generate_gamedata.rb script in the util folder can do this for you. The first argument is the path to the datafile, and the second argument is the path to the output file.
## Frequently Asked Questions
### Is my progress saved locally?
Lingo autosaves your progress every time you solve a puzzle. The randomizer generates a savefile name based on your Multiworld seed and slot number, so you should be able to seamlessly switch between multiworlds and even slots within a multiworld.
If you play the base game again, you will see one or more save files with a long name that begins with "zzAP_". These are the saves for your multiworlds. They can be safely deleted after you have completed the associated multiworld. It is not recommended to load these save files outside of the randomizer.
A connection to Archipelago is required to resume playing a multiworld. This is because the set of items you have received is not stored locally. This may be changed in the future.
### How do I solve the YOU puzzle in Champion's rest?
The solution to this puzzle is set to your slot name.
### What about wall snipes?
"Wall sniping" refers to the fact that you are able to solve puzzles on the other side of opaque walls. This feature is
not affected by randomization, but you are almost never required to perform a wall snipe. The exceptions to this are:
* In the Courtyard, there is a row of four puzzles that say FIRST, SECOND, THIRD, and FOURTH. FOURTH is behind an opaque
wall, but its existence can be inferred from the others. Solving this puzzle while standing in the Courtyard is in
logic.
* As an aside, this snipe is different from the others in that it is possible to see the face of the panel by going
through the nearby door (if it is open), entering the area from the roof, or entering the area through a painting
using painting shuffle. Solving the panel in either of those ways is not in logic (particularly in the painting
shuffle case, where you may not have access to the Courtyard itself).
* In the maze outside The Lab, there is a hidden OPEN puzzle within a wall that ordinarily opens the entrance to lab.
Its existence can be inferred from the nearby black puzzles with the solutions "OPEN" and "BEHIND". Solving this
puzzle while standing in the OPEN BEHIND room is in logic.
* In the hallway outside The Undeterred (blue room), there is a row of doors that reveal numbered puzzles. These puzzles
number from one to nine. There is also a zero puzzle hidden behind a wall. Its existence can be inferred from the
presence of the other numbers. ZERO is actually behind both a black wall and a white door. The white door opens after
all of the NINEs have been collected (or upon receiving the appropriate item, in door shuffle mode), revealing the
black wall. Solving the ZERO puzzle through the black wall is in logic, but solving it while the white door is still
present is not in logic.
Any other snipe is considered out of logic. This includes sniping The Bearer's MIDDLE while standing outside The Bold,
sniping The Colorful without opening all of the color doors, and sniping WELCOME from next to WELCOME BACK.
Because these puzzles are invisible to the player, they are not affected by panel shuffling. Additionally, they are all
white puzzles, so they are not affected by color shuffling.
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