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Xenonsoft, South London, England is very pleased to announce the
availability of:
Humanoid, version 0.3.2
`Humanoid' is an arcade video game, written entirely in Java. Software is a
clone of the Williams game "Defender". The software is open source and is
distributed "as free software.". Please read the LICENSE*.
The `Humanoid' arcade video game software can be obtain from
`http://www.xenonsoft.demon.co.uk/humanoid/humanoid.html'
You might also find it on Demon Internet FTP
`ftp://ftp.demon.net/pub/java'
when they get around to uploading it to their FTP site (sigh).
The software requires the Java Development Kit minimum version 1.1.4.
For installation instructions read the `INSTALL' file.
It may also be worth reading the `PROBLEMS' file if you have trouble.
The `Humanoid' is available as free software under the license
agreement ("the XPeL") that is compatible with the open source model. This
means that the software will remain free forever more.
FEATURES
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o Pure Java
o All the classic enemies there `Landers', `Mutants', `Baiters',
`Bombers', `Pods', and those dreadful `Swarmers'.
o Humans and planetoid restored every 5th wave.
o Planetoid explosion
o Smart Bombs
o Hyperspace jump
o Bonus starship and smartbomb every 10,000 points
o Ability to run as a application or an applet.
(applet runs great with Netscape 4.51 no problem).
o Implementation of the finer points of the original game are based
on "The Winners' Book of Winner Kubey" written by Craig Kubey
published by Star/ W.H. Aleen ca 1982, a real fantastic book
o Features the `gamekit' video game engine.
o Features the `soundkit' sound clip rendering engine.
o An easy to use audio rendering engine based on the BASIC
command that were implemented on BBC Microcomputer.
`SOUND' and `ENVELOPE' statements in Java.
o Highscores (file save and load in application)
RUNNING
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To run the application on UNIX simple type
% Humanoid
Window NT users can double-click on the `Humanoid.bat' batch file to start
the Humanoid. You may have to edit the `Humanoid.bat' with notepad or
winpad to fix the classpath and location of the `humanoid.jar'
To run the game as an applet simply copy the HTML file `humanoid.html' and
`humanoid.jar' to the webserver root directory or a local file store.
BONUS
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Try out the enhanced BBC Microcomputer like sound rendering engine.
There is an test harness application called `GuiTestSound' which
requires the Swing/Java Foundation Classes. If you have JRE 1.2 then you
will be fine, otherwise you need to download the JFC from the Java Home
Page at `http://java.sun.com/products/jfc/'.
To run the test harness on UNIX type the command:
% GuiTestSound
On Windows NT double click on the `GuiTestSound.bat' script. You may have
to edit the batch `GuiTestSound.bat' script to change the classpath setting.
BUGETTES
=========
On rare occasions the infamous `ScreenUpdater' bug rears its ugly head. In
the JDK 1.1 the AWT key event handling is broken sometimes. You can press
the shift [THRUST] and `A' [UP]a nd `Z' [DOWN] at the sametime. However
under Window NT/JDK 1.2.1 the problem seems to have been fixed.
Enjoy baby bop.
Peter A. Pilgrim
Member of the Association of C/C++ User group UK. <http://www.accu.org/>
Mon Jun 28 00:25:59 BST 1999
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Oh yeah:
+ I still got to write `DESIGN NOTES' files.
+ `make javadoc' to create Java API Documentation.
+ Write Javadoc for every important method in gamekit/soundkit.
+ The high score file is written to
`System.getProperty(`user.home')/humanoid.score' on UNIX
`System.getProperty(`user.home')\humanoid.score' on NT
+ Home `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
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Cheers
Peter
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