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@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@ +This text is encoded in UTF-8. +NOTE: This is a pre-release version. That means: +-The program may crash. It may even cause data loss. +-The levels may be too hard. +-There may be strange behavior. +-Now menus are partly broken... +-The in-game music is included but won't be played. (See FAQ.txt) +-The code may not even compile! + +BulletLabRemix II readme + +Story +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +THE STORY OF THE COLOURS +Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel, all claimed that they +were the best the most important the most useful the favorite. +GREEN said: +「Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen +for grass and trees leaves. Without me all animals would die. Look over the +countryside and you will see that I am in the majority.」 +BLUE interrupted... +「You only think about the earth but consider the sky and the sea. It is the water +that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. The sky +gives space and peace and serenity. Without my peace you would all be nothing.」 +YELLOW chuckled: +「You are all so serious. I bring laughter gaiety and warmth into the world. The +sun is yellow, the moon is yellow and the stars are yellow. Every time you look at +a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile. Without me there would be no fun.」 +ORANGE started next to blow her trumpet. +「I am the color of health and strength. I may be scarce but I am precious, for I +serve the needs of human life. I carry the most important vitamins. Think of +carrots, pumpkins, oranges, mangoes and pawpaws. I don't hang around all the time +but when I fill the sky at sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so striking that no one +gives another thought to any of you.」 +RED could stand it no longer. He shouted out: +「I am the ruler of all of you - I am +blood - lifes blood I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight +for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me the earth would be as empty as +the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and +the poppy.」 +PURPLE rose up to his full height. He was very tall and spoke with great pomp: +「I am the color of royalty and power. Kings chiefs and bishops have always chosen +me for I am the sign of authority and wisdom. People do not question me - they +listen and obey.」 +Finally INDIGO spoke much more quietly than all the others but with just as much +determination: +「Think of me. I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me but without me you +all become superficial. I represent thought and reflection twilight and deep water. +You need me for balance and contrast for prayer and inner peace.」 +And so the colors went on boasting each convinced of his or her own superiority. +Their quarreling became louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of +bright lightening - thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down +relentlessly. The colors crouched down in fear drawing close to one another for +comfort. +In the midst of the clamor rain began to speak: +「You foolish colors fighting amongst yourselves, each trying to dominate the rest. +Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, unique and different? +Join hands with one another and come to me!」 +Doing as they were told, the colors united and joined hands. The rain continued: +「From now on when it rains each of you will stretch across the sky in a great bow +of color as a reminder that you can all live in peace. The rainbow is a sign of +hope for tomorrow. And so whenever a good rain washes the world and a rainbow +appears in the sky let us remember to appreciate one another.」 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Well, that was about hundreds of thousand years ago. +After a catastrophic disaster, they found some of them were missing... +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ + +Generic Information +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +My own comment on this game... +A "game" filled with the smell of mysterious science and imagination(3:2 approximately). +(I worked on it for almost 9 months, after all.) +Others comments... +-PIECE OF SHIT!!! +-The author must be suffering from serious mental problems.(I agree...) +-(literally translated from Chinese) Revenge on society... + +Requirements & Recommends +Basic environment: +CPU: Atom 1.6GHz will even work. +RAM: 1GiB +GPU&VRAM: Not worse than Intel HD Graphics. +OS: Windows XP+ & DirectX9+ / Linux kernel 2.6+ & OpenGL 1.2+ +Recommended environment: +GPU&VRAM: Very fast graphic rendering. +Sound: Ability to run OpenAL software version. + +MORE Recommends... +-SERIOUSLY, NO Trypophobia! +-CheatEngine(skip levels, obtain more Clear Range's, and more...) +-Some editors or compilers(If you find this impossible and want to make it easier) +-(Additionally for the last one)Ability to read non human-readable code. +-Achromatopsia(<-strikethrough) + +If, suddenly, you can't run it one day... +Remove blr.cfg (remember to backup your score.cfg first!) then restart the game. +It will ask you for initial settings. +If this can't solve your problem, read FAQ.TXT for more. + +If you think something went wrong... +Go to FAQ.txt. + +To Dear Windows Users +This game is developed and tested mostly under Linux. The official Windows version is also +built under Linux(awesome, isn't it?). It's only briefly tested. + +Menus +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Main menu +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +Start Select a mode and start the game. +Highscores View highscores(Currently out of maintenance) +Options Settings and Options +About A dull credits list. +Exit Parents are coming!! + +Game Modes +----------------------------------------------------------------------- +Classic +The game ends instantly if you get a collision. However you can choose +to continue... + +This mode kills your time silently. + +Assessment Mode +You are the frog being boiled. +Every levels get harder as time goes. +You'll be brought to the next part if you had a collision. + +Go for the highest score! + +Free Play Mode +You'll never die! Enjoy!... + +Command line options +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +Yes, it accept command line options! (And some of them may be very useful...) +You can override your settings with them if you can't start it after changing the settings. +However they may cause strange behavior or crashes. So use with caution. +Invalid parameters may cause unexpected behavior, (e.g. --start with inappropriate parameters) +they should be used for debug purpose. But if you use it for cheating, I'm not against it. +If it's run without arguments, the game will start normally. +Otherwise... see below. +--help Print command line usage and exit. +--version Print version and exit. +--start=x,y Start free play mode directly from level x part y. The part must be valid. +--nosound Forcibly use no sound. +--fullscreen=1/0 Forcibly use fullscreen/windowed. This will override your configuration. +--vidmode=0~4 Forcibly use specific video mode instead the one in the configuration. + 0 800x600 (native resolution) + 1 640x480 + 2 960x720 + 3 1024x768 + 4 1280x960 +--firststartup Forcibly run first start up. This will reset the score file. +--fast Fast mode. All levels are two times shorter. +--logfile=... Use an alternate log file name instead of the default "BLRLOG.txt". +--nohideconsole Do not hide console (Windows version only). + +About the author +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +-Senseless(this word has multiple means...) +-Often know nothing to do next. If I accidently got it, I would do it at once. +(slowly, though) +-「The perfect balance of code length and efficiency 」 +-One of those "who (like to) live on the edge". --according to Debian maintainers. +-Strange (as many people say) + +This is my first(or second?) time making so big a project. So, this game is written +for a "framework" rather than the game itself. However, the "framework" seems to be +very incomplete till now. Everything is still code...(Maybe this is just the +"framework"?) + +Well, one day textures may also become code... That is, all textures will be drawn +to the memory during the initialization... + +"Black History" +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +This game first started as an simple hge&c++ rewrite of the original game "BulletLab". +For an unknown reason, it became bigger and bigger, the core of hge is even altered. +Several months or so after the creation of the project, BLRI(aka "The Creature of +Colour") released. + +As BLRI was being finished, BLRII was forked from the code base of BLRI. +Several "testbed" version was created over the code base of BLRI. +Then the pre-release version created. Almost all original code from BLRI is removed. +Now it has reached a position that I've never expected... + +Brief History +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +The file ChangeLog contains the full history of this project. +Here's a list of milestones. + +0.9.1-0_PR (r85) +Menu rewrite(still in progress). + +0.9.0-1_PR (b79/r79) +Finish assessment mode. +Extend laser class. +Several modify and fix to HGE. + +0.8.1-1_PR (b77) +Completing all levels for Classic Mode and Free Play Mode. +Switch to mingw-w64 for building Windows version. +Prepare for assessment mode. + +0.7.3-0_PR (b73) +Completing level 7. +Lots and lots of fixes. +Laser revesion is now r5 and work perfectly. + +0.6.2-2_PR (b52) +Level 6 is complete. +Supporting new music interfaces and added in-game music. + +0.5.3-2_PR (b43) +Finishing level 5. +New clear range trigger method and fixes to clear range. + +0.4.4-0_PRG (b37a) +Regression version from 0.5.2-0_PR (b37). +Released to public. Including the complete level 4, and some levels of Level 5. +Fixed two minor problems. + +0.3.2-0_PR (b27) +Completing level 3. +Avoid hidden bullets. + +0.2.9-2_PR (b22) +Completing level 2. +0.2.9-1_PR (b21) is released to public. + +0.1.7-2_PR (b16) +Level 1 is finished. + +TB130907 (b10) +Laser implementation rev 2. + +TB130827 (b8) +Initial laser implementation. + +TB130620~TB130818 (b1~b7) +New towers and new levels. + +TB130610 (b0) +Creation of the Testbed version. |