Gladiator DeathMatch Arena
www.afterwinds.com


The story thus far:

Congratulations! You've been selected for an all expenses paid trip to Europe! You'll be visiting several countries and famous locations across Europe. What's the catch you ask? You'll be battling genetically modified mutant creatures in a fight for your life to entertain the populous of the European Union and help Uncle Sam pay off his debt! Once you win enough money, we'll let you go home to be a free man again.

Controls:

(These are the defaults. All controls can be remapped in the options section from the main menu)
  • w,a,s,d - the forward, back and strafe controls we've all grown to know and love
  • q - switch weapon
  • space - jump
  • shift - hold in conjunction w/ wasd to sprint. *CAUTION* You only have so much energy to run. The amount of sprint energy you have left can be found in the upper right hand corner of the display
  • mouse - Used to look
  • mouse left button - light melee attack / fire gun
  • mouse right button - heavy melee attack
  • esc - forfeit round


    • System Requirements:

    2.0 ghz processor or better
    1 gig of ram
    GeForce FX 5900 or equivalent (shader model 2), 128MB video RAM
    *NOTE*
    These are the recommended system requirements. I haven't tested Gladiator DeathMatch Arena on many machines, so it may run on your system, even if it's below the above specs. If it does, post your specs on our forums at www.afterwinds.com!!!

    Couple Notes:

  • You can modify the controls, graphics, and sound settings in the options menu on the main menu. Beware though, if you turn on dynamic shadows, it may directly impact the performance over time on your machine.


  • If you're running a dual core machine (especially an AMD) that you built yourself, and you notice odd performance issues (IE game runs too fast, too slow, etc), it's likely that you don't have the proper drivers installed. (I know I didn't when I set my computer up).

    You can download the correct driver here:
    http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html

    More info on the issue can be found here:
    http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=983781


    • If you still have performance issues running on a dual core machine, you can try starting the game, then going into the task manager, right click on "Gladiator.exe", then select "set affinitiy". A window will pop up, and you'll be able to uncheck one of the CPU's. Do so. This forces Gladiator to run on a single core, which has been known to take care of performance issues on some dual core machines.

    Credits:
    Producer, designer, developer - Jake Oster
    Voice Acting - Joshua "TomaMoto" Tomar
    Art - Jake Oster, along with art resources from 3drt, Exis Exchange, Cubix, Psionic
    Music - Arteria


    Special Thanks To:
    Joel Bennett AKA Moe
    Tim Barnes AKA nes8bit
    Jarrett Wold AKA jarrettwold
    pos AKA pos
    The community at GarageGames
    The community at Gamedev.net


    If you want to be pals on myspace, my URL is:
    http://www.myspace.com/jake_1337
    Drop me a line!

    This game was created in my spare time in a little under 6 months specifically for Gamedev.net's 4E5 contest, Nov 30th 2006. I hope you have as much fun playing it as I had making it! Feel free to distribute the installation package to as many people as you want.

    Copyright, 2006 Afterwinds LLC
    www.afterwinds.com