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 -=] Yet another Space Shooter [=-
(Copyright (C) 2000 by Raiser Frank)

Author:  Raiser Frank aka CrashChaos
Version: 1.00
License: GPL

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Table of Contents:

1. Installation
  1.1 exe version
  1.2 Full src version
  1.3 Only src version

2. Getting started
  2.1 Commandline switches

3. Game tipps

4. Contact information

5. Thanks

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	1. Installation
	1.1 exe version
The installation of the exe version is pretty straightforward.
Simply unzip the yass_exe.zip file into a directory of your choice
and then run yass.exe. All dependables are already included in the
distribution of yass_exe.zip and so you shouldn't have any problems
with that. (Of course this will only work for Win-Systems)

	1.2 Full src version
Unzip yass.zip into a directory of your choice. You can then run
YaSS with "python startup.py". But you will need some additional
software for it to run: SDL, Python2.x, pygame
This document will not provide any information for the installation
of these software packages as there is already enough information
of this kind available along with the packages. So here are just
the addresses where you can get the necessary packages:
SDL: http://www.libsdl.org
Python2.x: http://www.python.org
pygame: http://www.pygame.org
After you installed these packages correctly you shouldn't have any
problems running YaSS.

	1.3 Only src version
You will need either the exe or the full src version for this one to
work! It does NOT contain images and sounds. The src only version is
mainly thought for windows user who tried the exe version and want
to take a look at the sources.

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	2. Getting started
After you successfully started YaSS you will be presented with a
loading screen and after that with the main menu. Use your cursor
keys to change between 'Start' and 'Highscore'. Space or Enter
will select one of these. Highscore obviously will only show you
the highest scores reached :)... so let's 'Start'..
Once you chose 'Start' you will be right in the action of Level 1.
Navigate your ship with the cursor keys and shoot with space (just
keep the spacebar pressed down until you're dead ;)
There are 4 levels and each of them confronts you with some waves
of enemies and a level boss.
The rules are simple... it is a Shoot'em'up actually isn't it? :)

	2.1 Commandline switches
There are a few commandline switches that can be used with YaSS:
python startup.py [{-fullscreen | -nosound | -diff n | -speed}]

-fullscreen will start the game in fullscreen mode

-nosound deactivates the sound

-diff n sets difficulty to n (0 = easy, 1 = medium, 2 = hard)
  default is 1 (medium)

-speed will make a few changes for the game to run faster on slower
  CPUs. I tried YaSS on a 700Mhz CPU where the usage of -speed was
  not neccessary.. but with slower CPUs you might want to use it.
  It will be less fun of course as there are some nice things left
  away (some explosions and sounds mainly)

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	3. Game tipps
Here are a few tipps that should keep you alive (at least for some
minutes ;)

- The homing bullet which always flys into your direction will not
  fly towards you once you're higher up the screen than the bullet

- Don't try too hard to avoid getting hit. You will get hit. Just
  try to take the least damage :)

- The bosses aren't very hard (except maybe the last one). You can
  kill them easily once you know where to place your ship best

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	4. Contact
Official YaSS Webpage: http://141.30.225.9/~crashchaos/yass
The author can be contacted via email: crashchaos at gmx.net

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	5. Thanks

Special thanks go to:
- Pete Shinners
   for being the author of pygame and helping me out with
   some performance issues as well as providing me sample
   code of SolarWolf (you can find SolarWolf at:
   http://shredwheat.zopesite.com/solarwolf )

- David Clark
   for helping me out on some performance issues

- the guys in #pygame
   for their assistance with pygame specific issues

- Sven Oppermann
   for hosting the YaSS webpage on his private server
