This program was written in my spare time while studying at University. Oh dear, not another poor university student who wants some money, I hear you say. Well, almost. I'm not exactly poor but I wouldn't say I was rolling in it either and I didn't write this game just for the money (though this did figure greatly into my motivation).
The reason Tank Run was written was that I wanted to prove to myself that I could program of substance. Well, I believe I've done that. Now I would like to offer to anyone and everyone the oppurtunity to enjoy what I have created. I have asked for a shareware contribution as I believe that everyone should be rewarded for the work that they do. Also, if they do register this program and send a disk in I will gladly send an updated version when I have made enough major improvements to warrant an update release.
With any luck this program will develop into a very complex game. But, if there isn't enough people registered then I will have to conclude that my program was not worth it and I should give up on it. A bit of a blow to the ego, but that's the way the cooky crumbles. If I do receive enough registerations, I will definitely add more features and levels. This will also encourage me to produce bigger and better games. So, it's in your own interest to encourage struggling programmers like me so that there will be more games for you to play. To register send your $10-15 to the below address.
Anyway enough money talk. The game is fairly much self explanatory. There is an instructions menu item in the Apple menu if you are unsure how to play. To give you a basic idea of what the game is about though I will give a brief intro.
You are in control of a tank, which should be obvious from the title. You have to run through the maze to get to the flag placed rather sneakily within. You control your tank's movement through the mouse. The tank can move horizontally or vertically only. The tank will continue in which ever direction you specify until it is horizontally or vertically inline with the cursors position then change direction. You are restricted to only moving from one floor square to the next.
The tank, naturally, has a turret which can shoot various things. At the moment the only things you can shoot are mines and destroyable walls. The turret on your tank will point the direction your moving. But as soon as you have reached the square the cursor is on, the turret will move to a certain direction depending upon where in the square it is. The direction is determined by which side the cursor is closest to.
There are various objects in the maze that you should be mindful of. These include mines, pits, horizontal and vertical track traps, buttons, teleports and towers. These are either help in getting to the flag or death, you will have to find out which, though it is pretty obvious.
Anyway that's all you really need to know to play the game other than you need to have the monitor set to 256 colours to play, so, enjoy!
