** STARtoons: ESCAPE FROM ANDRICON **
Characters (C) Kevin Karstens
(C) 2004 LYSOZYME

   A routine stopover on a planet of the Chapapoya system has turned
into a real nightmare. Nero (the fuzzy tan thingy) was kidnapped, and
barely rescued by his sexy friend Nikki. Unfortunately, this happens
to be the:

             PLANET OF THE BRAIN SUCKING CYBORGS!!

Needless to say, they're (the cyborgs) out for blood, namely Nero's and
Nikki's. If the cyborgs weren't bad enough, if they diddle too long
on a level, their boss The Waster makes his appearance!!

   STARtoons is a FPS (First Person Shooter) remake of the classic
arcade game "Berzerk". Your main (hell, your only) objective is to
stay alive as long as you can. Avoid the cyborgs while you blast
them your your pulse gun, while keeping your eyes peeled for the
cyborgs' mastermind, The Waster!

The game runs at 800x600 resolution with 32 bit colors.

CONTROLS

Mouse			- Look around, aim, and turn left and right
			  (aim with your weapon's laser sight)
Up arrow		- Move forward
Down arrow		- Move backwards
Left/Right arrow	- Strafe left/right
Left mouse button	- Fire
1			- FPS view (out the eyes)
2			- 3rd person view
P			- Pause the game
ESC			- Quit


THE GAME

   There are 30 "levels" in the game, with four different maze layouts
and multiple maze materials and skies. Leave through the funky colored
exits along the borders to proceed to the next level.
   The Cyborgs will hunt you down and, past level 1, shoot at you. At
the beginning, they move and shoot slowly, and their energy shots
travel slowly. They will speed up and shoot faster up to
level 16. After that, their walking speed will "reset" to slow
and work its way up again over the next 16 levels. Their shot speed
however, will remain the same (namely, fast). 
   Nero will trail you (Nikki) and occasionally utter various inanities.
Nikki herself will chime in now and then!
   If you stick around the level long enough, The Waster will make 
his appearance from one of the exits, and come after you! He moves
about twice as fast as his cyborgs and CANNOT be killed. Listen for
his laughter, and the ominous music that signals his arrival!
Get out of there, fast, because if The Waster doesn't catch you,
his green plasma bolts will!!
   The game's simple HUD (Heads Up Display) shows the score in the
upper left corner, lives remaining in the upper right corner, and
health remaining in the lower right corner. Health drops with each 
hit from cyborg fire. When it reaches zero, you're dead! Touch a 
cyborg or The Waster, and you're dead, too!

SCORING

   50 points per cyborg destroyed. If all cyborgs in a maze are destroyed
(listen for distinctive victory tune), you are awarded 100 extra points for
each cyborg that was originally in the maze.

   A bonus life is awarded every 5000 points.

   Plow through 30 levels to beat the game!

Have fun!

Kevin Karstens
www.karcreat.com
karcreat@icehouse.net

Lysozyme
www.lysozyme.us
jcres@earthlink.net
