****Dark Hive**** ver 1.4

Real-Time-Strategy game
ArKano games 2005

REQUIREMENTS:
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-DirectX
-128 MB RAM
-Pentium III or higher (havent tested it in a Pentium II)

GAME PLAY:
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Concerning game play, two things that differ from most rts:
1.-Dark areas are bad, light ones are safe. Your units regenerate in light areas, 
enemies regenerate in dark ones. 
2.-Mini map doesnt work at night. So it would be wise to plan attacks during the day, 
and prepare them at night.

There is no fog of war, the darkness play its role.   

MAP FORMAT NOTES:
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Normal maps end with .dhm, and they appear in the main screen. Campaign maps end with .cml, have an additional text and the end of the file 
(mission data) and are listed 
in camp_levels.cmp. You can only make 9-level campaigns.

KNOWN BUGS:
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*Sometimes units (specially if there is little or no space between buildings) 
get stuck when they come out of a building. This seems to be completely random,
 some people report this bug, others do not. I have never seen it for myself, 
so if you see it, please contact me : 

arkano22@gmail.com

FINAL NOTES:
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Hope youll enjoy playing this game as much as i enjoyed creating it in my spare time.
Its a small game, with few units and only one race. I could have created something like 
Warcraft II, but im lazy :D. So, in a few weeks (and if enough people want it)
ill RELEASE THE CODE, so if you want to use 
it as a basis for your own games, or if you want to improve the game 
-implement multiplayer (if you do, say it to me , ill probably want to kick your ass online), 
make more units (which is fairly easy), or whatever- youll be able to. If you release another version, 
dont forget to add your name in the credits :). Seeing this game improved by the people for which i made it 
would be more than rewarding! n_n



CREDITS: (finally! its been almost two years in the making!)
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PROGRAMMING

-ArKano (main programmer)
-GearGOD (light engine programmer)

MUSIC COMPOSITION/RECORDING

-ArKano

SOUNDS

-DarkGaze
-ArKano

3D GRAPHICS

-ArKano
-Camelot22020

2D graphics

-ArKano
-DarkGaze

TESTING

-ArKano
-Darkgaze

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

-Darkgaze (She lend her voice to the female soldiers. The artwork seen in some screens is her work, too. Youre the best, Lid!)

-GearGOD (He had programmed all the light engine that is used in this game. Great work, man.)
 
-Camelot22020 (He encouraged me to make prerrendered 3d graphics for the game (instead of cartoon ones), and he made some sprites, too.)

-Doom Hacker (My game Starcraft2 inspired him to make his Doom RTS, which inspired me to make DarkHive.:D)

-Sub (He had the idea for the weather system)

-Anti (Fan of Starcraft2 ;), he was really interested in seeing this game finished. He gave me the strengh to continue developing it.)

-JVI i I{ I{
-Foslock
-Adamsucks
-MasterViking
-Andruth
-OmicronGamer
-Cookie
-The Red Baron
-d2king10
-Blue123
-Hermanshooltz
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And everyone who posted in the forum, a year ago.

thanks guys!!!!;) youve helped a lot!

