~4Dgifts/toolbox/bin/games README
This new-as-of-version-4.0 binary games directory contains binaries
+ doc + data files (in ./.data) for various grafix[/audio] games.
Unfortunately for various reasons, the source for these games is not
available for distribution.
for demo purposese, all games with an accompanying .sh file want to be
initially fired up using this shell script.
klondike: great appreciation to Tom Benoist at Interactive Effects
for permission to include this marvelous IRIS GL
implementation of the classic solitaire card game.
Winners are rewarded with fireworks in the window.
pods: pods requires a server in order to run. You start the server
by specifying to pods which machine is the server, and how
many players will play. For example, if the machine "katana"
is the server, and three people are playing, you would execute
pods on katana as:
pods -local 3
Players on the other two machines would execute pods as:
pods -katana
If you're alone and would like to experiment, you can start
pods in single player mode as:
pods -local 1
If you want to play with more or less players than are already
playing in a game, you will have to restart the game on all the
machines that are playing. Pods will wait for all players to
log in with the server before starting.
sb: sb needs a call name to run. You can put in your login
name, your nickname, or any other identifying name so sb
can add that label to your spaceship. See the sb.sh script
for a minimalist start-up sequence. Note the need to
explicitly set
space boulders is a is a shoot-em-up style game designed to
be played with one or more players. The players move their
ships about a field of space boulders trying to avoid
collisions while attacking each other to rack up kill
credits. If a space boulder gets too close just blast the
thing into smaller pieces, but watch out! Each time a
boulder is split there is a chance of releasing a space pod
that may have been trapped inside.
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