VGATron - Yet another Tron Clone - README

VGATron README

vgatron is yet another clone of known game called tron!
it's written in C with help of svgalib (get this one at http://www.svgalib.org)
see INSTALL & TODO for more!

to set game features run vgatron with -h (for help)
Player 1 standard keymap:
UP -> up
DOWN -> down
LEFT -> left
RIGHT -> right
ENTER -> turbo
RIGHTCONTOL -> bombs

Player 2 standard keymap:
W -> up
S -> down
A -> left
D -> right
Q -> turbo
TAB -> bombs

features:
to break your cycle press contra direction button (e.g. you drive in left direction so press right to break)
you can't stop your cycle this reduce only your speed. (you are always able to "break")

the turbo is limited (see turbo-statusbar on your side) the turbo needs the same time to fill up as to go down.
if you press turbo button and you get empty your cycle will drive with normal speed

snapshot will be saved in current directory as snapshot%d.ppm (%d means a number 1 through n)
warrning directroy won't be checked for existing snapshots, older one would be overwritten

VGATron is tested on many Linux distributions (e.g. Debian, SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake etc...)
Code should be Posix and compileable on everysystem with Postix support. Problem is svgalib AFAIK
If You compile this on a different system, please feel free to contact me! 

extra features keys:
keypad PLUS -> increase your speed
keypad MINUS -> decrease your speed
F1 -> help
F2 -> load default keys for all players
F3 -> set keys for player 1
F4 -> load default keys for player 1
F5 -> set keys for player 2
F6 -> load default keys for player 2
F7 -> not assigned yet
F8 -> not assigned yet
F9 -> not assigned yet
F10 -> (un)pause 


Please see FAQ!

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