
Levitar 3D
Copyright (c) 2005, Les Bird
All rights reserved.

Inspired by the classic 1982 arcade game by Atari called Gravitar

How to play:

Use the mouse or a gamepad to control your ship. Avoid colliding with the ground or other
objects at excessive speeds. Your objective is to destroy the 20 enemy vessels using your
ships weapons and preserving as many of the 10 fuel pods as possible. After destroying the
enemy vessels you will be awarded a bonus based on how many pods are remaining. Once a level
is complete another 20 enemy vessels are randomly placed fuel pods are replenished and the
difficulty level is increased.

A progressive scoring system is in place. Each vessel destroyed adds to an accumulated 
score such that the next vessel is worth more than the previous. Once you get destroyed
the accumulator resets so the best strategy is to destroy as many enemy vessels as possible 
before getting destroyed yourself.

Fuel can be suctioned from pods and enemy vessels. Pods contain 15 fuel units and enemy
vessels contain 5 fuel units. To suction fuel you must manuever your ship to a fairly
close range and activate the tractor beam. If you are close enough the tractor beam will
latch on to the closest object and begin suctioning fuel.

The game ends when you run out of fuel or when you use up all of your ships. Bonus ships
are earned periodically when the "next ship" score is achieved.

Weapons:

Use the left mouse button or button 1 on a gamepad to fire your primary weapon.
Use the mouse wheel or the directional up/down on a gamepad to select an alternate weapon.
Press the mouse wheel or button 2 on a gamepad to activate the alternate weapon.

Ship controls:

Mouse left/right or left joystick on a gamepad to rotate the ship.
Right mouse button or right joystick up/down to increase thrust.


All code written by Les Bird

Utilizes Direct3D 8.1, DirectSound and DirectInput

Utilizes Open Dynamics Engine V0.5 for physics simulation and collision detection

Open Dynamics Engine
Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Russell L. Smith.
All rights reserved.


DISTRIBUTION

This game is freeware and may be freely distributed provided it is not
modified in any way.


DISCLAIMER

By using this product, you accept FULL responsibility for any damage or
loss that might occur through its use or the inability to use it. This
program has beed successfully tested but the developer of the software
can NOT be held responsible for any errors and lost data.
