| 1 | PySpaceWar |
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| 2 | ========== |
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| 3 | |
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| 4 | Two ships duel in a gravity field. Gravity doesn't affect the ships |
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| 5 | themselves (which have spanking new anti-gravity devices), but it affects |
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| 6 | missiles launced by the ships. |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | You can play against the computer, or two players can play with one keyboard. |
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| 9 | There is also a Gravity Wars mode, where the two ships do not move, and the |
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| 10 | players repeatedly specify the direction and velocity of their missiles. |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | Web page: http://mg.pov.lt/pyspacewar |
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| 13 | |
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| 14 | Bug tracker: https://bugs.launchpad.net/pyspacewar |
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| 15 | |
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| 16 | Requirements: |
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| 17 | * Python (http://www.python.org/), at least version 2.4 |
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| 18 | * PyGame (http://www.pygame.org/) |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | |
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| 21 | Quick start |
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| 22 | ----------- |
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| 23 | |
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| 24 | Just run 'pyspacewar' and play. There is no need to build or install anything |
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| 25 | (although if you wish to do so, you can use the traditional 'python setup.py |
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| 26 | install'). |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | Player 1 Controls |
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| 30 | ----------------- |
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| 31 | |
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| 32 | LEFT, RIGHT - rotate |
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| 33 | UP - accelerate in the direction you're facing |
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| 34 | DOWN - accelerate in the opposite direction |
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| 35 | RCTRL - launch a missile |
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| 36 | RALT - brake (lose 5% speed) |
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| 37 | 1 - enable/disable computer control |
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| 39 | |
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| 40 | Player 2 Controls |
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| 41 | ----------------- |
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| 42 | |
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| 43 | A, D - rotate |
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| 44 | W - accelerate in the direction you're facing |
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| 45 | S - accelerate in the opposite direction |
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| 46 | LCTRL - launch a missile |
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| 47 | LALT - brake (lose 5% speed) |
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| 48 | 2 - enable/disable computer control |
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| 50 | |
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| 51 | Other Controls |
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| 52 | -------------- |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | F1 - help |
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| 55 | ESC - escape to menu (pauses current game) |
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| 56 | PAUSE - pause the game |
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| 57 | O - hide/show missile orbits |
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| 58 | F, ALT+ENTER - toggle full-screen mode |
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| 59 | +, - - zoom in/out |
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| 60 | mouse wheel - zoom in/out |
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| 61 | left click - escape to menu (pauses current game) |
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| 62 | right drag - drag the viewport around |
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| 65 | |
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| 66 | Command Line |
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| 67 | ------------ |
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| 68 | |
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| 69 | -f - start in full-screen mode |
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| 70 | -m WxH - choose video mode for full-screen (e.g. -m 800x600) |
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| 71 | -d - show detailed timings for debugging/optimization |
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| 73 | |
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| 74 | Credits |
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| 75 | ------- |
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| 76 | |
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| 77 | PySpaceWar was written by Marius Gedminas <marius@pov.lt>. It is released |
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| 78 | under the GNU General Public Licence (see GPL.txt). |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | Ignas Mikalajūnas <ignas@pov.lt> contributed the computer AI code. |
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| 81 | |
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| 82 | The planet images were borrowed from IGE - Outer Space, an open-source on-line |
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| 83 | strategy game (http://www.ospace.net/). |
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| 84 | |
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| 85 | The background image is a darkened version of a public domain Hubble Space |
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| 86 | Telescope picture of the NGC 3949 galaxy, downloaded from |
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| 87 | http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2004/25/ |
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| 88 | |
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| 89 | Icons were contributed by Jakub Szypulka and licenced under the Creative |
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| 90 | Commons Share-Alike 3.0 licence. See |
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| 91 | http://cubestuff.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/pyspacewar-goes-tango |
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