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Rocket Jockey - Demonstration version

Thanks for checking out this demonstration version of the game, Rocket Jockey.  We hope you'll enjoy and see the
potential in what's to come.  This shows the basic mechanics of how Rocket Jockey will be played throughout 3
major contests - Rocket Ball, Rocket Racing and Rocket War.  This demonstration won't have some of the objects
which will enhance the environment and gameplay.  Therefore, the final version of the game will be more
challenging to learn.  Rocket Jockey is a 3D combat action/sport game to be released for Christmas from Rocket
Science Games.

A minimum of a Pentium class machine is required with Windows 95 and a P120 with 16MB of RAM is
recommended at this stage.  If you're trying to run on a less beefy machine, please try re-sizing your window with the
minus (-) key.  Default is low resolution but please check out  640x480 which will be optimized in the final game.

Important Stuff
This is a demo, and as such has known problems.  Some of these problems are listed in  the notes section.  ROCKET
SCIENCE GAMES IS PROVIDING THIS DEMO TO YOU WITHOUT A WARRANTY, ON AN "AS-IS"
BASIS.  Rocket Science Games is not liable to you for any problems or damages to your system or software caused
by running this game or any software installed with it.

Quick Starting the game.
o    Set your display for 256 colors.
o    Double click on Jockey.EXE program.
o    Press the left mouse button inside the window of the Rocket Jockey screen.
o    You can look through the cycle or rider, but it's not required.
o    Begin the level by selecting START.
o    Press I to accelerate your cycle.

Keyboard Controls
Though there is no formal stick support yet, we will support all the new pads and sticks that can be configured
appropriately.

Cycle Control:                      Game Control:
J:     Cable left.                Esc:       Abort go to title screen
L:     Cable right.               Ctrl-X:    Exit application.
M:     Brake.                     Ctrl-F3:   Force a screen refresh
K:     Connect all cables.        F10/+:     Increase view
I:     Thrust.                    F9/-:      Decrease view
                                  F8:        Increase resolution
                                  F7:        Decrease resolution
                                  F5 toggle: Pause; Pause without text; Unpause

Cycle/Rider Control:                   Change Camera:
E or arrow up:  Nose down/Run forward   U:      Look left.
D or arrow dn:  Nose up/Jump            O:      Look right.
S or arrow lft: Lean left/Turn left     R:      Instant Replay
F or arrow rt:  Lean right/Turn right
Spacebar:       Bail off cycle/Dive

When rider is cabled
E or arrow up:  Fight free of cable

Rocket Jockey
Climb onboard your home-brewed, garage-built rocket and compete with the daredevil pilots who fly them.  It's the
feel of air racing combined with the thrill of being an experimental test pilot.  The different contests all have the
underlying objectives of avoiding damage, eliminating your opponents in order to complete the contest goals.  In
each contest you'll need to use your knowledge to battle or avoid other riders while using your reflexes to pilot a
rocket.   The arenas will be filled with crowds watching and cheering on the events.

Overview
Your rocket is basically a very fast projectile with little control in a large enclosed arena.  You can bank slightly but
your fundamental steering mechanic will be cables which shoot from the sides of your cycle and hook onto stationary
objects such as pillars located throughout the arena.  You may also hook onto other movable objects like balls,
cycles or riders in order to detain or disable other competitors.  Cycles and riders will take on damage until they can't
go on and are eliminated from the competition.  The dynamics of your cycles handling are based on physics, so you
can use your momentum to cable onto loose objects on the field and throw a ball through a goal or a toss a rider into
a wall.  The rocket handling and understanding how objects collide will  add to building your skill to survive the
challenge.
Other objects:
o    bombs which the rider can throw at other players to stun them off their cycles
o    knuckle ball flies in erratic trajectories

You can pick up one cable or hook type at a time.  Cable spools will be located throughout levels and will have
different characteristics.  The cables are composed of different materials and are of limited length.  They have some
elasticity, can break, and can be replaced with other cables with different properties which are located around the
arenas to acquire.
Other cable spools:
o    spiked wire - barbed wire on steroids causes damage when brushed against
o    thin line cable - thin and difficult to see, great for a clothesline.
o    bungee -  stretchy.

There will be a variety of cycles which have different abilities affecting your  handling and speed.  In war if you're
pulled off a cycle you've got to run and find a free cycle quickly or you won't last long.   The rocket takes on damage
by running into walls, other riders, and other cycles.  Pieces and parts of the cycle can be cabled off and this will
affect your speed and handling.  If your cycle has enough damage, you need to watch the heat index in the heads-up
display or it will blow up.  Pulling too much weight or using the brakes will raise the temperature.  Air cools off the
cycle engine.

Your goals throughout the games will be to avoid being damaged to the point of elimination while inflicting damage
or scoring points in one of 3 different contests.   Each contest will have a variety of levels.

Rocket War
This is the battle royale where the last man standing is the winner.  You can take out other players by pulling them
off their cycles and throwing them around or grabbing their cycles and damaging them so they can't damage you.
You can string a cable across pillars  to set a clothesline trap or string up a rider so that he's out of contention.
Riders can get to other cycles by pulling off another rider and taking his bike.   The goal in the War contest is to
disable all other riders by cabling them to pylons.  In order to do this, the player must attach his cable to a rider, then
attach the other cable to a pylon and connect the right/left cables together.  Doing this in the allotted amount of time
will win the game.  The player will then see a replay of the winning sequence.

Rocket Ball
A variety of contests centered around balls that have different characteristics.   You're up against the other guy, to
defend and outsmart for a goal.  Unlike Rocket War, you are tethered to your cycle so that you can climb back on
your cycle within a short distance.  This contest is currently a practice match.
Contest objects:
o    sticky balls -  sticks to whatever it touches.
o    magnetic balls -  is pulled in the direction of the nearest cycle.
o    curve balls - follows a curved path in the direction thrown.
o    puck - acts like an air hockey puck.

Rocket Race
A combination of obstacle course, survival and speed.  Navigate through the course trying for the shortest time while
some of other riders do the same, but coming the other direction.   Try to knock out the riders in the lead and
interfere with other riders.  There will be series style racing where the player needs to win to advance to the next
level of courses.  Winning will be defined by a minimum time limit and coming in first place.   Riders need to follow
a defined path and pass through gates similar to slaloming.  There will be a number of gate types to race through.
Contest objects:
o    speed walls - forces the player to be at a minimum speed to force it down.
o    horizontal harpoon - they latch onto cycles from the side and throw the cycle into a wall.
o    vertically mounted harpoons - which attach to the cycle from the top and pulls the cycle up.
o    pop-up walls - triggered walls obstruct the riders paths.  Billboards can be crashed through.
o    corkscrew pillars - latching onto this will raise the rider to a different height depending on his release point to
get over  long walls.
o    hoops -  flying through will upgrade the players cycle with special properties (cycle power, health, stealth,
slipperiness).

Still to Come.
Higher resolution - the game will run optimized for full-screen, 640x480 resolution.  See the replay in the rolling
demo for a picture of high resolution play.
networking - network play will support up to 6 players.
sound - Music is not in the game yet.  Periods of silence will be filled.  Music will be fast paced, surf style music.
advanced objects- pop-up walls, harpoons, hoops with powerups are still to be implemented.  These will all add
variety to the gameplay.
Levels - These are not final nor tested for gameplay. The number of riders will vary from level to level depending on
the layout and objective.  A variety of backgrounds, arena shapes, ground types will be implemented. There will be
limited use of the vertical area such as finding a shortcut over a wall.   About 10 levels of each contest are planned.
3D accelerator card support planned.

Known Problems
o    Running this game continuously without playing it is not recommended.  Disk space will be used and it will take
longer to exit.  The solution is to run the game when you want to play and exit after playing.
o    Sometimes other riders become "confused" and will stand around until cabled.
o    Screensavers or other applications which grab the color pallette can throw Rocket Jockey's pallette off.  Use
Ctrl-F3 to force a reset.
o    Aborting from the attract screen will generate artifacts in levels.  So please don't.

For the player, things to try:
o    turn on a pylon, which should be easy after a couple of tries.
o    cable something up to a pylon, a straightforward extension to turning with the cable.  This will introduce you to
the concept of joining the right and left cables together to make one extended cable.
o    string a clothesline between two pylons, an important skill to acquire.  This is your basic trap for other riders.
Find two pylons within reasonable proximity of each other and use your right and left cable to join them using
the "connect all cables" key.
o    cable a bomb, not too tricky, the easiest way  is to grab onto the bomb, drag it into a goal.  Harder to do is use
the built-up momentum of the cycle to fling it in.  It will be important to be able to grab the bombs and balls
"on-the-run" and release them as soon as they swing in the direction you want to shoot so you can blow a rider
off his cycle or score a goal in Rocket Ball from a distance.  There will be a variety of balls with different
characteristics - magnetic, sticky, curve, knuckle.
o    cable a rider, cabling a rider causes him the most direct damage and will take him off his cycle.  This is
important if your strategy is to ditch your less powerful or damaged cycle for his.  An instant upgrade.
o    cable a pedestrian (rider on foot) , not super difficult once you realize you need to angle your cycle down to
cable the rider who is running around at a different - lower elevation.  Being a  pedestrian is a dangerous thing
since you are now a target for anyone to use and abuse.
o    run into an on foot rider (or balls), this is tough.  A rider on foot is a small target and a rocket is moving too
quickly to be a precise targeting instrument, but it causes him damage and is good for the highlight reel.

Tips
o    When you are knocked off your cycle and are on the ground, use your directional pad to control the rider to an
available cycle.  You need to come in contact with the empty cycle then press thrust.
o    When the player is cabled, repeatedly press the E key to shake free from the cable.
o    No matter how good you think you are, you will not be able to find things by chance or by a feeling.  Use the
RADAR.  The heads up display has rider health information, cycle temperature, score, and a radar screen.  The
blue indicates a rider on the ground, the green is a cycle without the rider, and the red is a cycle and rider.  The
player is the middle, so to get to any of the objects, place it at 12 o'clock and go.
o    End game situations are win (described above), lose - your health dwindles to nothing and you'll be treated to a
replay of the final humiliation which pushed you over the edge, and time runs out - where you have free time
afterward to continue playing without any consequences.  We plan to have referees come out and drag you away
for any time-wasting or creative disposals of finished players.


Rocket Science Games Contact Information:
139 Townsend St.
San Francisco, CA 94107
[phone]

http://www.rocketsci.com/