added readme file

this contains some instructions for building and launching as well as pointers
to the wiki, bugtracker, me, myself, and I.

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+About
+       l2e is a 2D tiling RPG engine with turn-based gameplay in maps and battles.
+       Its long-term goal is feature-completeness with Lufia 2.
+
+Quickstart
+       cd Release; make all; cd ..; ./Release/l2e test-data/*.l2s
+
+Building
+       To build the binary, simply enter the desired build configuration directory
+       (currently `Release' or `Debug') and execute `make all`.
+
+Launching
+       The current version required huge amounts of symbols to be defined and does
+       not automatically load anything.
+       There are some data files in the `test-data' directory that provide exactly
+       what's needed to run.
+       Those can be passed as arguments from the command line.
+
+       By default, main() will launch a map scene.
+       This can be changed to a battle scene by passing `-B'.
+
+More
+       There is a project page online with issue tracker and wiki at
+       `http://luke.redirectme.net/redmine/projects/l2e'.
+
+       You may file bug reports and/or feature requests at any time.
+       Pull-requests and patches also welcome.
+       Contact address is `daniel.karbach@localhorst.tv'.