Beasties Files

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---                    Program:  Beasties                                    ---
---                    Version:  2.0.1                                       ---
---                    Website:  http://beasties.sourceforge.net             ---
---                     Author:  PCGuyIV                                     ---
---             Author Website:  http://pcguyiv.wordpress.com                ---
---                     e-Mail:  pcguyiv@users.sf.net                        ---
---                  Copyright:  (C) 2010 - PCGuyIV                          ---
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:    LICENSE: GNU Public License v. 3                                          :
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:    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify      :
:    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by      :
:    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at     :
:    your option) any later version.                                           :
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:    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but       :
:    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of                :
:    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU         :
:    General Public License for more details.                                  :
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:    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License         :
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NOTE: This program should only be hosted at either of the two addresses listed
      in the header of this file and of the source-code.  While this program is
      released under the GPL, please do not host an unmodified version of this
      program on your site.  Feel free to modify it and make it your own, then
      host it.  I put a lot of time into this, and don't want my hard work to
      be just anywhere and everywhere.  I will modify this statement on future
      versions if I change my mind.

CONTENTS OF beasties_2.0.1.zip
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Executable JAR file .............................................. Beasties.jar
Java Source Code ................................................. Beasties.java
                                                                   Menu.java
                                                                   Monster.java
                                                                   Opening.java
                                                                   Player.java
                                                                   Result.java
Shortcut Icon .................................................... Beasties.ico
GPL v. 3 Text .................................................... license.txt
ReadMe file ...................................................... README.txt
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CHANGES IN 2.0.1
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- Fixed issue that reset player name to default value when starting a new game.
- Changed player name default value from "valiant warrior" to "Valiant Warrior".

CHANGES IN 2.0.0
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- Changed development language from Python to Java.

NOTE:  There may be some other minor changes in damage values and wording
changes, but otherwise, the game remains unchanged from the Python version.

CHANGES IN 1.2.1
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- Number of monsters increased to 6
- Number of medicines increased to 4
- Strength of attacks increased overall.
- Health of Monsters & Player increased.
- Knife can be repaired twice

CHANGES IN 1.2.0
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- Gun's maximum damage has been reduced.
- Ability to reload gun once has been added.
- Ability to quit the game from the attack menu added.

CHANGES IN 1.1.0
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- Health/Damage System is now points based rather than percentage based.
- Punches have a higher maximum damage, but can still result in 0 damage.
- Knife breaks instead of being lost.  It can be repaired once.  If it breaks a
  second time, it's destroyed for the remainder of the game.
- The gun's maximum damage has been slightly reduced.
- Monsters have a slightly higher maximum damage, but can still do as little as
  0 damage.

While this is not specifically a "beta" release in the truest sense, it does
serve as a beta for the greater picture.  The end result is to be a text-based
role-playing game, complete with magic, weapons, armor, treasures, monsters,
boss villans, etc.

Feel free to use this as a starting point for your own program.  (It is open-
source, after all.)  If you have suggestions or ideas, feel free to submit
them, but don't be offended if I don't use them.  This is more of a learning
process for me in the world of programming than any real aspirations of being
a game designer.  It is for this reason that I will also turn down any offers
of help.