Gunroar  readme.txt
for Windows98/2000/XP(OpenGL required)
ver. 0.11
(C) Kenta Cho

Guns, Guns, Guns!
360-degree gunboat shooter, 'Gunroar'.


* How to start

Unpack gr0_11.zip, and run 'gr.exe'.
Press a gun key to start a game.


* How to play

Steer a boat and sink enemy fleet.

You can select a game mode by pressing up/down keys or
a lance key at the title screen. (NORMAL / TWIN STICK / REPLAY)

- Controls (NORMAL mode)

o Move
 Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL]  / Stick

o Fire guns / Hold direction
 [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.]         / Trigger 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12

 Hold a key to open automatic fire and hold the direction of a boat.
 Tap a key to take a turn while firing.

o Fire lance
 [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Trigger 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11

 Lance is a single-shot weapon. You have to tap a key to fire a next lance.
 You can't fire a next lance while a first lance is in a screen.

- Controls (TWIN STICK mode)

It is strongly recommended to use twin analog sticks.

o Move
 [WASD]   / Stick1 (Axis 1, 2)

o Fire guns
 [IJKL]   / Stick2 (Axis 3, 4)

 You can control the concentration of guns by the analog stick.

- Controls(In every mode)

o Pause
 [P]

o Quit a game / Back to title
 [ESC]

- Rank multiplier

Rank multiplier (displayed in the upper right) is a bonus multiplier
that increases with a difficulty of a game.
You can increase a rank multiplier faster by going forward faster.

- Boss appearance timer

Boss appearance timer (displayed in the upper left) is a remaining time
before a boss ship appears.


* Options

These command-line options are available:

 -brightness n  Set the brightness of the screen. (n = 0 - 100, default = 100)
 -luminosity n  Set the luminous intensity. (n = 0 - 100, default = 0)
 -res x y       Set the screen resolution to (x, y). (default = 640, 480)
 -nosound       Stop the sound.
 -window        Launch the game in the window, not use the full-screen.
 -exchange      Exchange a gun key and a lance key.
 -turnspeed n   Adjust the turning speed. (n = 0 - 500, default = 100) (NORMAL mode)
 -firerear      Fire to the rear of the ship. (NORMAL mode)


* Comments

If you have any comments, please mail to cs8k-cyu@asahi-net.or.jp


* Webpage

Gunroar webpage:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html


* Acknowledgement

Gunroar is written in the D Programming Language(ver. 0.127).
 D Programming Language
 http://www.digitalmars.com/d/index.html

Simple DirectMedia Layer is used for media handling.
 Simple DirectMedia Layer
 http://www.libsdl.org

SDL_mixer and Ogg Vorbis CODEC are used for playing BGMs/SEs.
 SDL_mixer 1.2
 http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/
 Vorbis.com
 http://www.vorbis.com

D Header files at D - porting are for use with OpenGL, SDL and SDL_mixer.
 D - porting
 http://shinh.skr.jp/d/porting.html

Mersenne Twister is used for creating a random number.
 Mersenne Twister: A random number generator (since 1997/10)
 http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/emt.html


* History

2005  7/ 3  ver. 0.11
            Added twin stick mode.
            Added '-turnspeed' and '-firerear' options.
            Adjusted a position a scrolling starts.
            A score reel becomes small when a ship is in the bottom right.
            Added a field color changing feature.
2005  6/18  ver. 0.1
            First released version.


* License

License
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Copyright 2005 Kenta Cho. All rights reserved. 

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, 
with or without modification, are permitted provided that 
the following conditions are met: 

 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
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    and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, 
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL 
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PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; 
OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 
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