Read Me

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--------------   ALIXIL AND THE BLUE CRYSTAL   --------------
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Release Version; 1.1
Inner Version:   4.2
Last Update:     4-2-2012

Copyrights (C) George Staikos 2010 - 2012
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Requirements:
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This game is best viewed if your computer supports screen resolution at least 1024 X 768 
(although it can be played at lower resolutions).

The game uses OpenGl, so to run properly, the graphic card must support OpenGl.



Controls:
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Game:
Arrow keys: move
'S' button: jump
'A' button: shoot
Esc button: quit

Mouse pad is not supported for this Game, only keyboard!!!



Full Screen / Window mode:
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The default setting of the game is full screen mode.
However, if you want window mode, go to folder "DATA\SETTINGS" and 
edit file "screen_settings.tdat" with a text editor (like notepad).
Then change "1         - FULLSCREEN_MODE" to "0         - FULLSCREEN_MODE".


Enable / Disable music and sounds:
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The default setting of the game is to have music and sounds enabled.
However, if you want disable it, go to folder "DATA\SETTINGS" and 
edit file "audio_settings.tdat" with a text editor (like notepad).
Then change "1         - Audio enabled/disabled flag" to "0         - Audio enabled/disabled flag".



if you have any comments, email me at ghmail2000@yahoo.com

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Credits:
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Design, Programming, music and various art:
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George Staikos <ghmail2000@yahoo.com>


Menu theme Music:
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George Mileos


Level themes Music:
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George Staikos


Sound Effects:
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The Games Factory (1.04 1996)


Additional art:
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Mystery forest tile set:
"spiral graphic"
http://www.spiralgraphics.biz/ 
http://blog.spiralgraphics.biz/2011/01/mystery-forest-tile-set.html

http://www.opengameart.org/
General freeware art


Testing:
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Anna
Hercules


Tools for the creation of the game:
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- Libraries:
SDL
SDL_Image
SDL_mixer
SDL_ttf
OpenGL

- Compiler:
MinGW
MSYS

Please check folder "Licenses" for the relative licenses of the above

- Image editor:
GIMP

- Tile maps editor:
Tiled Map Editor (http://www.mapeditor.org/)


Licenses:
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This game is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2

Please check Executable\Licenses folder for the corresponding Licenses of the 
tools used to create this game.


How to Rebuil the source code:
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1)
First of all take a look inside file "main.mak".
You will see all the tools/libraries needed for compiling the project.
Also check the paths to see if they need changes according to your computer's paths.
2)
Run file "MAKE.BAT" or go to the command line and execute the following command:
mingw32-make -B -f main.mak


Thank you very much for playing!


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