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Basic virtual pet game (in the vein of neopets.com) built using the MVC pattern.

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file .gitmodules Sat Apr 12 23:36:26 -0700 2008 * Repointed gitmodules to github. [OwlManAtt]
file .htaccess Mon Jul 13 14:51:01 -0700 2009 Finished integrating crafting system. [OwlManAtt]
file CHANGES Sun Jul 19 23:14:45 -0700 2009 Updated README/etc for 1.6.0. [OwlManAtt]
file CREDITS Sun Jul 19 23:14:45 -0700 2009 Updated README/etc for 1.6.0. [OwlManAtt]
file LICENSE Sun Dec 09 15:48:52 -0800 2007 Art, db, and misc for 1.3.0 [nevans]
file README Sun Jul 19 23:14:45 -0700 2009 Updated README/etc for 1.6.0. [OwlManAtt]
file UPGRADING Sun Jul 19 23:14:45 -0700 2009 Updated README/etc for 1.6.0. [OwlManAtt]
directory cache/ Sat Sep 01 20:49:02 -0700 2007 Board GET [nevans]
file captcha.php Tue Oct 09 05:20:12 -0700 2007 Fixed CAPTCHA [nevans]
directory db/ Wed Jul 15 21:52:35 -0700 2009 Crafting stuff has been ported to PostgreSQL. [OwlManAtt]
directory docs/ Tue Jul 14 13:41:12 -0700 2009 Updated ER drawing. [OwlManAtt]
directory external_lib/ Mon Jul 13 20:18:16 -0700 2009 Updated library submodule versions. ActiveTabl... [OwlManAtt]
directory includes/ Wed Jul 15 21:52:35 -0700 2009 Crafting stuff has been ported to PostgreSQL. [OwlManAtt]
file index.php Mon Jul 13 16:26:31 -0700 2009 Updated Spry to 1.6.1. This should play nice wi... [OwlManAtt]
directory resources/ Sun Jul 19 22:48:31 -0700 2009 Recipe image. [OwlManAtt]
directory scripts/ Tue Jul 14 19:47:01 -0700 2009 Fixed a bunch of headers. GPL boilerplate text... [OwlManAtt]
file system_check.php Sun Dec 09 15:48:52 -0800 2007 Art, db, and misc for 1.3.0 [nevans]
directory template/ Mon Jul 13 16:26:38 -0700 2009 Using new Spry password confirmation check. Th... [OwlManAtt]
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Welcome to KittoKittoKitto, a completely free virtual pet game framework for you 
to build upon.

== Installation ==
See the Kitto documentation for installation instructions:
    
    <http://kitto.yasashiisyndicate.org/docs/kitto/install.html>

== Post-Installation ==
My tips to you at this point:
    
    * Read through the code. Learn where things go in the directory tree. There
      really isn't that much code to look at - most of the work is being done
      by ActiveTable automagically.

    * __LEARN HOW TO USE ACTIVETABLE__. Docs can be found on the Kitto website, 
      and there's pretty good in-line documentation that can be compiled into 
      HTML with phpdocumentor. ActiveTable is a *SERIOUS* timesaver. Without it, 
      I would not have been able to write the first iteration of Kitto in 
      (literally) five days. 

      <http://kitto.yasashiisyndicate.org/documentation.html>
      
      Writing and debugging SQL is a bitch. It's error-prone. It's a timesink. 
      Why not have most of your SQL written for you by ActiveTable? ;-)

      Furthermore, ActiveTable uses PEAR::DB#prepare()/PEAR::DB#execute() for
      all of its operations, so you're absolutely safe from SQL injection,
      even if you don't use stripinput() in whatever you're passing it. How
      can you pass that up?

   * Use Smarty templates. As you can see, they keep all of your script files
     very small, clean, and easy-to-read. Plus, Smarty has a kickass caching
     engine, so when you realize the boards are causing high server loads, you
     can have Smarty cache the HTML it generates with a few extra lines. 
     
     No SQL/HTML generation = less load. You can even have Smarty expire a 
     cached template whenever someone makes a new post. Believe me - Smarty
     has a lot of features that make it worth learning.
     
     The Smarty manual is available at <http://smarty.php.net>. Give it a once-
     over, at the very least!

Nick 'Owl' Evans, 2007-09-22
Last Updated on 2009-07-14.

KittoKittoKitto has been brought to you by the Yasashii Syndicate. 
<http://yasashiisyndicate.org>