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About

Programming/Textures/Models By Dale Borland

This Game one button game was made for the Retro Games Competition.

The compitition had two rules:

  • a) Retro styles.
  • b) Only One key could be used. (not including the exit key).

    • The game was writtin in a week (ie < 40 hours) and as a resault of this tight schedual the game is very basic.
    I would have liked to have optimized it (there is a lot that can be done, such as those badly done clouds...they suck up too much time).


    How to Play

    Playing requires a certain amount of coordination, as all actions are performed using the space key..
    Actions are based on key taps and holds:

    • In order to bank left, for instance, Tap and release the space bar quickly, and then Tap and Hold for the duration of the turn.. (You should get a sort of Tap-HOLD, a total of to space bar hits).
    • In order to bank Right, Tap and release the space bar quickly, but twice, and then Tap and Hold for the duration of the turn.. (You should get a sort of Tap-Tap-HOLD).
    • Firing is easiest, simply Hold the space bar down.

    System Requirements
    • Windows (Tested on XP)
    • Open GL
    • DirectX Input
    • A fairly descent Video Card.
    • A cpu 2 match ;)

    Tested and ran well on:

    • AMD900, Tnt2, 512mb
    • P4 2.4, Radeon 9600, 768mb
    • P4 celeron 1.4, standard intel onboard video, +/- 256mb

    Sorry I did not get 2 do more testing on other pc's....


    Changing Settings

    To change settings in this game you will have to use command line arguments.
    There are 2 premade settings Hi Res & Low Res both can be found in the start menu.
    By default the game starts at 800x600x32 with clouds
    To do this:

    1. Create a new shortcut to the game (or use the one already on the desktop)
    2. Right Click the Icon
    3. Select Properties
    4. Select The Shortcut Tab at the top.
    5. In the "Target" text box add one of the command line arguments
    6. Click ok.
    Argument
    Effect
    -640x480 Use a screen resolution of 640 by 480
    -800x600 Use a screen resolution of 800 by 600
    -1024x768 Use a screen resolution of 1024 by 768
    -16bits Use 16 Bits Per pixel
    -32bits Use 32 Bits Per pixel
    -windowed runs in windowed mode
    -fullscreen runs in fullscreen mode
    -clouds Adds the clouds
    -noclouds removes clouds

    All Arguments are case sensitive.

     

    Tips

    Use the edges of the screen to get away from and sneak up on your enemy..
    Fire only when you have good shot, you get extra points for accuracy! ;)


    Contact

    As this is a rushed Game Comp Job, I will not be providing any "Support" for this game.
    I am happy to answer questions about it, but probably will not have time for "I cant get it to run please help". sorry folks..
    Any way any questions Email Dale, Please put something relating to the game name in the subject as I tend to simply delete any mail that is not from a known source without opening it..


    Legal (kinda) stuff

    You may distribute this to whoever and however you wish, HOWEVER, I wish that all files are unchanged and included.