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- Short: simple 2-8 player game
-
- Instructions for WORLD! <c> R.M.Packer 1992
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-
- World! is a fairly simple game, for 2 to 8 players, depending on how big you
- want the map. You can't really go very wrong in it, as I have tried to ensure
- ease of use in the form of pull-down-menus and a nice little input window.
- This version was made especially for Cu Amiga and has the load and save
- options disabled. If you would like the full game, my address can be found at
- the end of this text.
-
- The basic idea of the game is to build armies, forts and mines in order to
- produce money and get stong enough to kill your opponent. Here's a very quick
- rundown of events...
-
- Forts
- -----
- Forts cost loads to build, and use a lot of your resources, depending on the
- type of land you are building them on. They cannot attack anything, but have
- a high defence value. Forts are like lives, once you lose all of your forts
- you are DEAD. They can also be disabled if you do not own any surrounding
- territory. If all your forts are disabled, you are also DEAD. You start the
- game with 1 fort.
-
- Mines
- -----
- Suprisingly enough, mines are used to get various minerals out of the ground.
- Minerals are needed for most things to do with building. Initially, you have
- no mines, but instead have a stockpile of various minerals. It is then up to
- you to build mines to replenish your stocks. Be warned!! If you do not mine
- the more essential minerals first, you may find yourself too low on stock to
- build various items! Mines cannot attack either, and have a medium defence
- value.
-
- Armies
- ------
- Sometimes refered to as 'Mechs' in the game, as 1 mech makes up an army! You
- start the game with 1 mech, placed next to you home fort. These are the only
- things that you can use to attack. Mech's start off slow, defenceless and
- really bad at killing things, but with a little improvement, they start to
- have a kicking bass line and kill things very well.
-
- Territories
- -----------
- Territories are used to get more money and minerals. Here's a quick tables of
- information on all the terrain types...
-
- Type | Mineral | Base Defence Value | Movement Hinderance
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- Plain | Granite | 0 | 1
- Woods | Carbon | 2 | 3
- Water | Gold | 1 | 8
- Hills | Iron or Copper | 3 | 5
- Sand | Silicon | 1 | 4
- Swamp | Silver | 1 | 6
-
-
- Right, that about covers that bit. Now comes a brief description of what the
- various menus do:
-
- Project
- -------
- New - Initialse a new game!
-
- Load - Disbaled in the evaluation copy, otherwise it loads a saved game.
-
- Save - Disbaled in the evaluation copy, otherwise it saves the game!
-
- Quit - Finish playing (why???)
-
- About - About.
-
-
- Game
- ----
- Move Army - Move an army! Click on one of your armies on the map, and you
- will then be prompted 'Which Direction?', to which you should
- enter a compass direction (n,e,s,w,ne,nw,se,sw).
- (North being towards the top of the screen).
-
- Attack - Attack the enemy! Click on one of your armies on the map, and
- you will then be prompted to click on what you want to attack.
-
- Build Fort - Build a fort. You can only build forts next to one of your
- mechanoids. Again, just click on where you want the fort to be
- built.
-
- Build Mine - Same as build fort.
-
- Make Weapon - Here you can make a better weapon for use on one of your
- mechanoid armies. Again, you are prompted for various bits of
- information, such as the power you would like and the range
- wanted. Weapons need various minerals and cash to build.
-
- Build Mech - You can only build armies next to one of your forts, in
- territory that you own. Mechs are fairly cheap to build, and
- use small amounts of resources.
-
- Equip Mech - Give one of the weapons you have built to one of your mech's.
-
- Improve - Improve either one of your forts, mines, armies or a bit of
- territory. Just click on what you want to improve, and you will
- then be prompted... Note - When improving things, various
- attributes will increase, including the amount of hits the item
- can take. To bring its current hit points to maximum, you must
- 'repair' the item (covered next).
-
- Repair - Repair damage to your mines, forts, armies or territory. Again,
- just click on what you want to repair.
-
- End Turn - Finish your turn, and pass onto the next player!
-
-
- Info
- ----
- Player - Gives information on the current player.
-
- Objects - A quick run-down of what everything is on the map.
-
- Mechs - Click on a mech, and get his details!
-
- Map - Click on a map location, and get a detailed description.
-
-
- Initialise
- ----------
- Map Size - Change the size of the map.
-
- Coverage - Set up the terrain distribution. You will be prompted for 6
- different percentages...
-
- Players - How many people want to play the game? One this has been chosen,
- the initialise menu will be disabled and the game will start...
-
- ColourSwap - Don't like your player's colours?
- Well, you can change them here.
-
-
-
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- World! (Test Version) was completed on 1/8/92 (At 3am to be precise!!).
- If you have any suggestions on improvements, find any bugs or simply want to
- show your appreciation in the form of a fiver or so, you can contact me at:
-
- 41 Dorset Road
- Bexhill-On-Sea
- East Sussex
- TN40 1SG
-
- Anyone sending more than 3 pounds (or 2 quid and a disk) will recieve:
- A full, registered version.
- A comprehensive manual.
- An update of the game, when it is completed.
-
- Ta.
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