newlands:: descriptions added for the new features

classes.cpp

@@ -778,14 +778,19 @@ monstertype minf[motypes] = {
   "for a long time. This attack can destroy other Raiders if it hits them."},
   { '@', 0xC00000, "Red Jelly", jellydesc}, 
   { '@', 0x0000C0, "Blue Jelly", jellydesc}, 
-  { 'B', 0xE07000, "Bronze Beast", NODESCYET},
+  { 'B', 0xE07000, "Bronze Beast", 
+    "A large bug native to the Brown Islands. Cannot be killed easily due to their tough armor; still, they can be killed by pushing them into water or from great heights. "
+    "Bronze Beasts are very bad at descending slopes -- it takes them extra time to get down, and they are stunned for a longer time if you push them down."
+    },
   { 'B', 0xE07060, "Acid Gull", 
     "Where did this strange bird come from?...\n\n"
-    "Acid Gulls dissolve the land on which they fall. "
+    "Acid Gulls dissolve the land on which they fall. "    
-    
     },
-  { 'W', 0xA04060, "Mutant", NODESCYET},
+  { 'W', 0xA04060, "Mutant", 
-  { 'W', 0xC04040, "Falling Dog", NODESCYET},
+    "These guys look a bit strange, but they have no special properties."
+    },
+  { 'W', 0xC04040, "Falling Dog", 
+    "Distant relatives of the Running Dogs."},
   { 'B', 0xC0C040, "Western Hawk", NODESCYET},
   
   // shmup specials
@@ -1248,14 +1253,29 @@ itemtype iinf[ittypes] = {
     "This Orb lets you defeat Raiders and other tough single-cell monsters in melee."
     },
   { '*', 0xFFA860, "Sphalerite",
-    "Tasty cookie."
+    "An orange gem."
     },
-  { '$', 0xF0C0C0, "Meteorite", NODESCYET},
+  { '$', 0xF0C0C0, "Meteorite", 
-  { '*', 0x30FF30, "Shining Gem", NODESCYET},
+    "These rocks falling from the sky have been captured to fall forever in the artificial gravity. Meteorite iron is believed to be a valuable material for magical weapons."},
+  { '*', 0x30FF30, "Shining Gem", 
+    "Gems emiting benevolent magical radiation."},
   
-  { 'o', 0x703800, "Orb of Intensity", NODESCYET},  
+  { 'o', 0x703800, "Orb of Intensity", 
-  { 'o', 0x80D080, "Orb of Gravity", NODESCYET},
+    "When you have this, initial and maximal charge amounts of all Orbs are increased by 20%."
-  { 'o', 0xD08080, "Orb of Choice", NODESCYET},
+    },
+  { 'o', 0x80D080, "Orb of Gravity", 
+    "This Orb lets you magically control gravity around you. In lands with unusual gravity, the options are: usual gravity (no change, except that it may disrupt birds), "
+    "anti-gravity (causes the direction of gravity to be reveresed), levitation (you can move in directions which are neither up nor down, "
+    "or between cells is one of them has a wall in a 'neutral' direction). In lands with standard gravity, levitation lets creatures to avoid traps, chasms, "
+    "and water, while anti-gravity makes it possible to move only when next to a wall (movement between cells without adjacent walls is not allowed). "
+    "For each move, the gravity is based on what you do, and all enemies in the effective range are affected (for example, if you move next to a wall in a non-gravity land, "
+    "anti-gravity kicks in and monsters will not be able to move in open space)."
+    },
+  { 'o', 0xD08080, "Orb of Choice", 
+    "Did you know that it is possible to break a magical sphere into finitely many parts, and then, out of the parts obtained, to make two magical spheres, just like the original? "
+    "Hyperbolic geometry makes this even easier!\n\n"
+    "When you pick up another Orb, it will not disappear from the ground -- Orb of Choice will be drained instead."
+    },
 
   // { '*', 0x26619C, "Lapis Lazuli", NODESCYET},
   };
@@ -1637,9 +1657,23 @@ const landtype linf[landtypes] = {
     "somehow. In the meantime, its memory has been cleared, since the 'remove faraway cells from the memory'"
     " option was on."
     },
-  { 0x804000, "Brown Island", NODESCYET},
+  { 0x804000, "Brown Island", 
-  { 0x211F6F, "Free Fall", NODESCYET},
+    "The Brown Islands have been generated by ancient underground creatures, who moved randomly and raised lands in their path... "
-  { 0x30FF30, "Irradiated Field", NODESCYET}
+    "adults spawned larvae in each move, which also moved randomly and also raised lands in their path, and eventually became adults and spawned their own larvae. "
+    "The creatures spawned exponentially, but the space they lived in still grew faster, so there was enough space for the whole spawn...\n\n"
+    "That was a long time ago. Now, the mountainous Brown Islands are inhabited by strange monsters. Good luck adventuring!"
+    },
+  { 0x211F6F, "Free Fall", 
+    "What on one side looks to be a normal (well, infinite) horizontal wall, on to the other side turns out to be the vertical wall"
+    " of an infinitely high tower. Jump from the window, and let the magical gravity carry you..."
+    },
+  { 0x30FF30, "Irradiated Field", 
+    "These fields are ravaged with many kinds of magical radiation, which not only make the ground glow nicely in various colors, "
+    "but also cause the inhabitants to protect the treasures of their land in various ways. In some areas of the Irradiated Fields, "
+    "you will meet powerful enemies; in other areas, you will find arrow traps, fire traps, or pools, which can kill you if you are "
+    "careless, or help you if you know how to use them to your advantage. Will you walk through the Irradiated Fields randomly, or "
+    "try to find areas where treasures are common but nasty monsters are not, and keep to them? It is your choice!\n\n"
+    }
   };
 
 vector<landtacinfo> land_tac = {