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10Epiphany is a GPL'ed (free software) multi-platform clone of BoulderDash.
11The player must collect all valuable minerals scattered in levels,
12avoiding being hit by a falling boulder, or (worst :) by a bomb.
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15Current version: 0.7.0
16Tested under Linux and Win32, on i386 systems;
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18It is a alpha version, but it is playable.
19It uses SDL 1.2 and SDL_mixer 1.2 (http://www.libsdl.org), so make sure it is properly installed
20before compiling Epiphany.
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22Read "Tech" file for informations about how to write new maps.
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24If you want to play contributed maps, just launch epiphany with the new map in the command line, e.g.:
25epiphany --map ./mylevel.map
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27Use:
28epiphany --help
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31In-Game Keys:
32Arrow keys -> move player;
33Space bar -> snap (eat without move);
34P or Pause -> pause game;
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37You can find Epiphany on:
38Sourceforge: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/epiphany
39Savannah: http://freesoftware.fsf.org/download/epiphany
40Debian binary package: http://packages.debian.org/epiphany
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44Eric Mangold made a level editor (using python).
45You can find it on epiphany-editor project page, hosted by Berlios:
46[http://developer.berlios.de/projects/epiphany-editor/]
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49See COPYING for license.
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52For any comment, bugs, ideas or <whatever you want>, write to:
53Giuseppe D'Aqui' <giuseppe.da@gmail.com>
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