Credits & Acknowledgements

This program would not have been possible without the enormous help of Ingemar Ragnemalm's Sprite Animation Toolkit, an outstanding programmer's library for making sprite-based animation which is available on the Internet; I recommend it for anyone wishing to use animation in their program. Thanks also go to Matt Slot, who designed the library routines used for the screen fade, and Eric Oehler of Kiwi Media, whose designs gave rise to the enemy battleship.

Special thanks in particular go to Larry Weiskirch and Greg Swenson, who offered countless pieces of advice and provided just enough crack on the whip to keep me imprisoned in my room hacking away, ignoring most other aspects of my life.

And of course, thanks to all of the play testers: Charles Kung, Jesse Anderson, Dan Schaeffer, Sean McLean, Geoff Peters, John Walker, Paul Lynch, Dameon Welch, Jason Aller, and Ingemar Ragnemalm. Hope I didn't leave anyone out...

 
															The Shareware Thing


Yes, The Missions of Starship Reliant! is shareware. If you plan on keeping it, please register by paying the US$15 shareware fee. An order form can be found on the following page, suitable for printout. Send the completed order form along with cash, check or money order (payable to Michael Rubin) to:

Michael A. Rubin
DoD Productions
1309 West Flournoy St, Suite 2
Chicago, IL  60607-3336.

 
															Final Words

I do appreciate the help everyone has given me on this project, and I’m certainly open for more. If anyone has any suggestions to improve the game, let me know. I can be reached via Internet (U33393@uicvm.uic.edu), CompuServe (74542,360), or AmericaOnline (DoDProdctn). I can also be reach by snail mail at the address above.

Long Live The Interplanetary Alliance!

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