
TOWERBALL README

				About
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Towerball is an entry for LD12 (www.ludumdare.com), a 48 hour game
programming competition. Towerball was made by Morre (Mns Olson).



				Starting
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Windows:
Start 	Towerball.exe
or 	towerball.bat


Linux / Mac OS X:
Run the towerball.sh script.

(Be sure to set "chmod +x towerball.sh" before you run it)




NOTES:

Actual command, for Linux/OSX:
java -Djava.library.path=. -cp .:Towerball.jar:slick.jar:lwjgl.jar:jorbis-0.0.15.jar:jogg-0.0.7.jar Towerball

You could also try the webstart, at:

http://www.x2d.org/java/LD/towerball/towerball.jnlp

To start a Java Webstart file, just send it through javaw.exe in your java/bin
directory.



				Controls
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[LMB] shoots
[RMB] or [Space] dampens the ball, slowing it down
[R] restarts the current level
[N] skips the current level
[L] loads a level
[M] toggles sound



				Gameplay
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Climb the tower, gathering as many points as possible on your way to the
goal. To do this, you must hit as many walls as possible while being
careful not to spend too much power.

Each shot uses 1-7 power, and when the power is out, you cannot shoot.
Once a wall has been hit, it will light up, indicating that you have
gotten points for hitting it.

In the first few levels you also get a slight amount of power for
each wall you lighten up.

The final score is 2*(number of walls hit) + (remaining power).



				Editor
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Windows:
Start 	TowerEdit.exe
or 	toweredit.bat


Linux / Mac OS X:
Run the toweredit.sh script.

(Be sure to set "chmod +x toweredit.sh" before you run it)

Instructions are available from within the editor. A map can be loaded
into the game by pressing [L].



				Msc
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The latest version of the source can always be found inside the
Towerball.jar file.


Good luck, and enjoy!