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+    Space Smashout!	 +
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+	*		 +
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+	  _____		 +
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+   Created by		 +
+ _ Henry Stratmann III _+
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+  www.GribbleGames.com  +
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visit:    www.GribbleGames.com

Product:  Space Smashout
Version:  1.0.4
Author:	  Henry Stratmann III
Contact:  GribbleGames@gmail.com


Minimum System Requirements:

for PC-
	Windows XP SP2
	ATI Radeon 9800 Pro			(recommended NVIDIA GeForce 9800)
	1.4 GHz processor
	64 MB system memory			(recommend 128 MB)
	10 MB free hard drive space

for Mac-
	Mac OS 10.4
        ATI Radeon 9800 Pro			(recommended NVIDIA GeForce 9800)
	PowerPC G4 1.4 GHz or Intel processor
	64 MB system memory			(recommend 128 MB)
	10 MB free hard drive space

	*Mouse or the equivalent of

Editors used: 
	Visual Studio
	XCode
	Audacity
	Garage Band
	Photoshop
	MSPaint
	SimpleText
	Notepad

Development Time: about 4 months (it was made from scratch)

---- Contents ----

1. License
2. What is this?
3. Installation Instructions
4. How to Play
5. Features
6. Known Issues
7. Trouble Shooting

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1) License

This software is distributed "as is" without any kind of warrenty.

You may NOT redistribute this software, claim it as your own, or modify it in anyway.

The author is not responsible for any harm that may be caused to your computer.  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

All rights are reserved to Henry Stratmann III and Gribble Games.


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2) What is this?

Super Breakout was my first 3d game made entirely from scratch using Opengl for graphics and Openal for sound.

Every thing in the game was made by me including the audio, images, models, levels, etc.


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3) Installation

for Windows:
	Simply unzip "SpaceSmashout.zip" and double click the SpaceSmashout.exe

for Mac:
	Double click the SpaceSmashout.dmg and drag the SpaceSmashout.app to the applications folder.


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4) How to Play

I assume you've played breakout before... but if not, press the "start" button on the main menu and use the mouse to maneuver the paddle at the bottom of the screen.

Release the ball by right-clicking or spacebar.  The goal is to keep the ball inbounds.


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5) Features

The game features an all mouse control scheme as well as graphical effects such as radial blurring.  Some cards may not support the blur effects.  For the best performance, leave blur effects turned off.


Other features:
Frame rate counter
Brightness/gamma control
32-bit channel audio support
particle effectors (turn them off for smoother game play)
blurring effects
multiple high scores



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6) Known Issues

SuperBreakout is not perfect, it has bugs.

-very rarely, the ball will bounce back up after it has passed the paddle.  Just consider this a free-bee

-on very VERY old computers, the game will not load the media if you run it in windowed mode.  It's best just to keep it fullscreen.


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7) Trouble Shooting

Q. Help, I'm not getting any sound!
A. Your computer might not have have the right sound drivers installed.


Q. I start the application but the game doesnŐt start and I get a runtime error!
A. Your computer either has old graphics drivers or you don't have opengl installed.


Q. The mouse doesn't work!
A. Make sure you have your mouse plugged in...

-- For further reading on errors check the log.txt file in the game directory for more information

It is also possible to get a more detailed log report by passing the arguments -vlog.


for WINDOWS, create a shortcut, right click on it and select properties, and at the end of the "target" line add "-vlog" (without quotes).  Press apply and double-click the shortcut.


for MAC, open the terminal, which is found in the applications/tools folder.  Type "CD" without quotes, and press the spacebar.  Then drag the breakout root folder on top of the terminal window and press enter.  Lastly, add a space, type "-vlog" (without quotes), and press enter.









//Thanks for playing!