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Hairy Harry ( 30.05.2004 )
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www.hairyharry.de


Game principle:
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The principle of the game was held as easy as possible in order to address
advanced as well as beginner players.

Two players ( humand or PC ) play versus each other in an volley ball game. The 
rules almost comply to normal volley ball rules:

- a player can touch the ball three times before its played to the other side
- if the ball hits the ground the opponent scores
- a player scores if the opponent made a mistake and he is the serving player
- the game ends with a score of 15 points, the winner must however be at least
  two points ahead of the loser.

The multiplayer modes are intended for more advanced players: In these modes two players
( both players on one pc, both players via TCP/IP network ) can play against
each other.

  

Features:
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- simple game principle -> even for beginners
- comic-style graphics
- various funny looking hairstyles
- complex ball physics ( realistic spin )
- three difficulty settings in singleplayer mode
- demo-mode ( two AI players play against each other )
- multiplayer-mode ( two players on one pc, two players via tcp/ip network )
- game statistics 
- freely definable characters ( name, controls, colors, hair-styles )
- easy to learn, hard to master



Key assignment:
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The in-game player controls can be set up in the "player settings"
menu option. Additionally there are a few fixed key controls:


In menu:
- Cursor up/down:     go to previous/next menu item
- ENTER:              select menu item
- ESC / Backspace:    go back to previous menu

In game:
- ESC:                abort game
- F6 / Numpad Minus:  increase volume
- F7 / Numpad Plus:   decrease volume
- F12:		      take screenshot



Technology:
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- about 19'000 lines of C++ code ( including own game-engine )
- minimum hardware requirements: 1 GHz CPU, gForce2 GPU
- does not require DirectX - only OpenGL is used



Programmers:
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Martin Stich  ( mstich@primusnetz.de )
Michael Zeile ( mzeile@primusnetz.de )
