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| A r K a d e |
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DP ======= 2005

[] Introduction
[] Requirements
[] Playing the game
[] Controls
[] Music


> Introduction--------------------------------------

ArKade is a simple, fast paced arcade space shooter.
Mix space invaders with asteroids and you get ArKade.

> Requirements--------------------------------------

Due to relatively many animations and moving objects
on the screen at, ArKade requires a pretty fast
computer. It runs fine on 1.7GHz P4, but no other
machines have been tested yet. No 3D accelerator is
required.

If the game is running slowly, it can be sped up by
turning off some of the graphical effects:

Background: The main power sucker is the background.
	    Turn it off for more speed.

Max sparks: The maximum number of sparks on screen at
	    one time can be adjusted. It doesnt sap
	    a huge amount of power however.

Font Text: This changes whether the text used to
	   display the infobar is regular plain text
	   or font. The regular speeds up the game
	   very slightly on slower machines.


> Playing the game-----------------------------------

# Gameplay
Fight the monsters! They come in various flavours,
some more intelligent than others, but all clearly of
the same species. The more intelligent the beast, the
more spikes it will possess, and the better ability it
will have to dodge your weapon. When a monster is killed
it releases a baby spore which has virtually no
intelligence, but will still pursue you.

Tactics:
Firing your weapon will scare most of the monsters,
and make them break away from attacking you. If you are
confronted with a large group, firing at them will cause
them to part to avoid the bullets, allowing you to slip
by them. Beware, however! Spores will not attempt to
dodge your weapons and will continue at you full speed
even if you shoot. They are smaller and harder
to kill, so watch out.


Every 25 Kills, you will be awarded with a powerup:

+10H: Heals you by 10 health
+20H: Heals you by 20 health
Weapon upgrade: Your weapon is improved


There are three gametypes:
-Normal Game (press "new game")
-Extreme (survival mode)
-Playground (mess around at your lesiure)

# Normal Game:
This is wave based. Defeat a certain amount of enemies
and you will progress to the next wave. Each wave
spawns monsters faster and faster.

# Extreme:
This mode gets into the action very fast. It is
essentially survival mode. You must aquire as many
points as you can before you are overrun.

# Playground:
Use the "S" key to spawn a single random level enemy,
or hold it down to create a deluge of them. Press "H"
to heal your ship, and "W" to cycle through weapon
upgrades. Here is a chance to get accustomed to the
controls, enemies and your weapon.

> Controls------------------------------------------

In the Menu:
 Left/Right: Scroll through menu options
 Enter: Select
 Up/down: Show/hide highscores

In Options menu:
 Up/down: Scroll through options
 Left/Right: Adjust option

In the Game:
 Arrow keys: Turn and boost forwards/back
 Space bar: Fire cannon

In the playground:
 "S": Spawn random monster
 "H": Heal ship to full health
 "W": Cycle through weapon upgrades

> Music----------------------------------------------

You can create custom music for ArKade if you like.
Add tracks to the music folder, and update the music.ini
file. The file format is as follows:

[number of tracks]
track1.mod
track2.xm
track3.it
[..etc..]

Arkade uses Fmod and so supports:
MOD, IT, XM, OGG, S3M, MP3, WMA, MIDI