
"Asteroid Buddies" 

(C)2006 Foppygames

Website: http://www.foppygames.nl
Email: robbertprins@hotmail.com

This game is freeware.

Disclaimer: The author cannot be held responsible for
any problems arising out of the use of this program.

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A note about the files contained in the zipfile:
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The file asteroid_buddies.exe is the game itself as an executable. Start this
program to play the game. The files that have a .bb extension are Blitz Basic
source code files. I included them so that people who are interested in the
source code can have a look. (Feel free to use any functions out of these
files in your own programs.)

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Explanation
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You control a space ship and have to destroy asteroids. The big asteroids will
fall apart into smaller ones. For each destroyed asteroid you receive points;
the smaller the asteroid, the more points you get. If you manage to hit several
asteroids in a row, the score will be multiplied. Every asteroid added to the
row will add 1 to the multiplier, up to a maximum of 4x.

While you are shooting away at the asteroids, you will see small blue creatures
hanging on to the biggest asteroids. These are the Asteroid Buddies. They only
want to sit on the biggest type of asteroid. When you shoot the asteroid they
are sitting on, they will get angry and try to ram you. They cannot hurt you
directly, but be careful not to end up against an asteroid.

Luckily, their anger quickly goes away as they head for another big asteroid.
If there are no big asteroids left, they will remain angry with you until you
have cleared the current wave and new asteroids appear on screen.

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Controls
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 on title screen:

 Spacebar                 - start game
 Escape                   - leave program

 in game:

 Left arrow / Right arrow - rotate left / right
 Spacebar or Right CTRL   - fire the gun
 Up arrow / Down arrow    - accelerate forward / accelerate backward
 Escape                   - end current game

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Credits
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This is a remake of the original "Asteroids" game, written in Blitz Basic. Some
of the sound effects are based on original samples by Maniacs of Noise from their
CD "Original Video Game Sound Effects". The other sound effects are freeware
samples found on www.flashkit.com.

The music is based on a sound loop called "Time Traveller" by DeeJay Cox Knot,
also found on www.flashkit.com. I used Fruity Loops to add drums and a few
effects.


