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- SNAKE
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- Created by Mattias Johansson, e98mj@efd.lth.se. The game was coded using Visual Basic 5.0
- and UltraEdit-32. To run the game, Visual Basic 5.0 Runtime Library is required and can
- be found at Microsoft download site:
- http://download.microsoft.com/download/vb50pro/utility/1/win98/en-us/msvbvm50.exe
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- The website Snake Online can be found at http://snakeplayers.cjb.net
- Snake is distributed as freeware by Moonlight Systems, http://moonlightsystems.cjb.net
-
- (version 3.10, released 31st of July 2000)
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- Edit mode
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- Snake can be started in edit mode by either using the shortcut in the Start Menu or
- by starting it from the commandline (DOS or Start Menu => Run) with some parameters.
- Levels saved in edit mode will be placed in a directory called 'levels' in the game
- directory and can be played as single levels when the game is started in custom mode.
- You can upload your levels at Snake Online, and if we like them, they might be included
- in the next release of Snake.
-
- Walls are drawn by pressing/holding left mouse button and erased with the right mouse
- button. You'll have to place the startspot/head of the snake. This is done by holding
- left Ctrl-key and pressing left mouse button. Note that the snake will always start in
- a going-east direction and that there have to be four empty spots left of the placed
- head. Note also that you can't save a level without the head placed. Another thing to
- think about is that every spot that is not wall must be reachable without being killed
- leaving it. The level name and the author name can't be more than 17 characters. To
- start Snake in edit mode from the commandline, use the follwing syntax:
- (the ' characters below should not be left out)
-
- snake.exe edit 'level name' 'author name' 'file name'
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- Version history...
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- --=3.10=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Shortcuts are being added to the Start Menu when installing, which makes edit mode more
- easily reached. An alert window pops up when trying to save a level without having the
- startspot placed. Custom mode has been added to the game; in which the user can play its
- own levels, or levels made by other users. Snake Online has been updated with an level
- upload page.
-
- --=3.02=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Sort of bug-fix. Level play highscoretables will now be reseted when installing.
-
- --=3.00=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- A giant version step. Extended with more and new levels. A little information-window has
- been added with help. Now Snake needs to be registered for the user to be able to upload
- it's highscore (all free). A bulletin board has been added to Snake Online.
-
- --=0.50=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Level play added which also leads to two new highscoretables; growth play and standard
- play with levels. Layout has been changed. Short delay added when the snake is about to
- crash into something. Format of highscorefile has been changed. Snake Online updated
- with the new highscoretables. Intro-demo added, which runs when the game is started. The
- game got an ini-file to keep the settings from one start to another. A special edit mode
- can be activated by starting the game with the correct commandline parameters (see
- above).
-
- --=0.21=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Highscoretable added for growth play. Changed difficulty levels from 5-9 to 1-9 and
- changed scoresettings. Snake's first icon added. Snake Online updated with
- highscoretable for growth play aswell. Level play option added but not yet available.
-
- --=0.14=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Some bugs was fixed. The game got improved snake-control, but it's still not perfect.
- Snake now got it's own installationprogram. The URL to Snake Online has been added to
- the highscore-window. Tool-tip-text has been added to the options.
-
- --=0.11=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Highscore-window got a 'copy to clipboard'- button. The associated website Snake Online
- has been launched.
-
- --=0.10=--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- First version released, still with a lot of bugs and unfinished functions. Quite bad
- control of the snake. Got growth playstyle, two arrowkeys-control, five difficultylevels
- and highscoretable.
-