README
1XRally is a linux clone of the classic Rally X arcade game. For
2those who don't know, in Rally X you control a blue (good) car,
3that has to collect yellow flags around a maze-like map, while
4avoiding the red (bad) cars. In order to help himself, the blue
5car can use clouds of smoke through the maze. If a enemy touch
6any of these clouds, it stops for a while. The enemy cars can
7also crash one with the other, what gives you some extra
8time.
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10The controls are pretty simple. Just use the arrow keys to move
11around and the space bar to exhaust the smoke.
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13A lot of the gameplay can be adjusted in the source files. For
14details of how to do that, take a look at the CONFIG file.
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16The "Test Level" isn't for being played. It was made to test the
17game engine and now is used to test the povrayed graphics I'm
18trying to do (but I'm also learning how to use Povray, so
19doesn't expect much! The car.pov file is in the directory
20images/povray, for those who want to take a look/modify it).
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22The "Leo Level" is made by my younger brother, Leonardo, and I
23don't have any control of it. Any complaints, send email to
24leo_ore@zipmail.com.br
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26The "Real Level" is the one to use if you want only to play the
27game. However, it just have two maps by now... any contribution
28is deeply appreciated! :)
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30XRally is written in C, using only the basic Xlib and
31Xpm libraries. It's a project aimed mainly at newbie
32X/Game programmers like me (but any experienced help is
33appreciated! :) )
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35We need your help! There are severals ways of you helping the project:
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37- Create nice looking tilesets. They should be xpms. See the file
38 "tileset" for details
39- Create nice levels. See the file "levels" for information
40- Help in the development. Any help is greatly appreciated. The TODO
41 file has more information
42- Write documentation
43- Send bug reports
44- Create a logo for the game
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46(the TODO file has a lot of others ideas for those interested in helping)
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48Take also a look at the game homepage at http://www.linuxgames.com/xrally
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50If you are willing to help, just send me a mail at perdig@linuxbr.com.br
51I will be very thankful! :)
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