Evolites
By: Martin Crownover (FredFredrickson)
Final Version 1.5 -  June 19, 2006

Contents:
1. Introduction & Features
2. Controls
3. Credits
4. Terms of Use




1. Introduction & Features

Welcome to Evolites, a simple life simulation where you indirectly control the fates of a countless number of tiny, unique creatures, known as Evolites. As the Evolites evolve naturally, various tools are at your disposal to save, destroy, create, and interact with them. You may let things run their course, or you may directly intervene, and make sure that only your chosen strain of Evolites survives!

Partially inspired by the opening sequence of the upcoming game Spore, and partially a pet project that just seemed fun to make, Evolites was created to interest, entertain, and relax all types of gamers, casual and up. The game features a mouse-only control setup, and large, colorful graphics. Online functionality via the Reflect Acocunt System is also built-in, and a handful of options put you at full control of how you want to play the game.




2. Controls

Controlling the game is simple, especially if you have a wheel mouse. If you do not use a wheel mouse, the up and down arrows may be substituted at the necessary times.

LEFT MOUSE - Click to open menu boxes, press buttons, select Evolites, and activate selected tools. Click and drag Evolites from the catalog to copy them, save them, or upload them

RIGHT MOUSE - Click to deselect Evolites or delete Evolites from the catalog

MOUSE WHEEL / UP & DOWN ARROW KEYS - Interact with variable buttons or attract the selected Evolite to the current mouse location

F4 - Toggle between windowed and fullscreen modes




3. Credits

Created with Game Maker 6.1 by Mark Overmars
Fox-NL - Giving me some coding advice and helping with ideas
Kasper - Working on some music right now, and it sounds great!
Xot - For a great encryption script
39ster - For the upcoming online support, and the excellent 39dll
Eyeguy - For an infinitely useful rotation crossover script




4. Terms of Use

By unzipping and using this program, you agree to the following terms:

1. You, the user, claim any and all responsibility for any damages that might occur, including, physical, emotional, and / or material by using this software.

2. This program is not guaranteed to run on any system.  If you are experiencing problems, please refer to the system requirements section in this file.

3. No part of this package may be altered or changed in any way, without prior written consent from the original author of this software.

4. No part of this project shall be sold without prior written consent from the original author.

5. Evolites is 2006 Martin Crownover, and all work contained within that was not created by Martin Crownover should be considered copyrighted by it's respective author.