Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:37:17 +0100
From: Peter Pilgrim <peter.pilgrim@db.com>
To: Java Linux Mailing List <java-linux@java.blackdown.org>
Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Humanoid-0.3.0

ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  ANNOUNCE  
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Xenonsoft, South London, England is very pleased to announce the
availability of:


    Humanoid, version 0.3.0


`Humanoid' is an arcade video game, written entirely in Java. Software
is a
clone of the Williams game "Defender". The software is open source and
is
distributed "as free software.". Please read the LICENSE*.


The `Humanoid' software can be obtain from the FTP server:

   `ftp://ftp.demon.net/pub/java'

or as a last resort
`http://www.xenonsoft.demon.co.uk/humanoid/humanoid.html'.

The software requires the Java Development Kit minimum version 1.1.4.

For installation instructions read the `INSTALL' file.

It may also be worth reading the `PROBLEMS' file if you have trouble.

The `Humanoid' is available as free software under the license
agreement ("the XPeL") that is compatible with the open source model.
This
means that the software will remain free forever more. 


FEATURES
=========

o	Pure Java
o	All the classic enemies there `Landers', `Mutants', `Baiters', 
	`Bombers', `Pods', and those dreadful `Swarmers'.
o	Humans restored every 5th wave.
o	Planetoid explosion
o	Smart Bomb
o	Hyperspace jump
o	bonus starship and smartbomb every 10,000 points
o	Ability to run as a application or an applet.
o	Implementation of the finer points of the game are based on
	"The Winners' Book of Winner Kubey" written by Craig Kubey
	published by Star ca 1982
o	Features the `gamekit' video game engine.
o	Features the `soundkit' sound rendering engine.
o	An easy to use audio rendering engine based on the BASIC 
	command that were implemented on BBC Microcomputer. 
	`SOUND' and `ENVELOPE' statements in Java.


RUNNING
========

To run the application on UNIX simple type

	% Humanoid

Window NT users can double-click on the `Humanoid.bat' batch file to
start
the FreeInstaller. You may have to edit the `Humanoid.bat' with notepad
or winpad to fix the location of the `humanoid.jar' 

To run the game as an applet simply copy the HTML file `humanoid.html'
and
`humanoid.jar' to the webserver root directory or a local file store.


BONUS
======

Try out the BBC like sound rendering engine. On UNIX type the command:

	% GuiTestSound


BUGETTES
=========

On rare occasions the infamous `ScreenUpdater' bug rears its ugly head. 
In
the JDK 1.1 the AWT key event handling is broken sometimes. You can
press
the shift [THRUST] and `A' [UP]a nd `Z' [DOWN] at the sametime.  However
under Window NT/JDK 1.2.1 the problems seems to have been fixed.


Enjoy baby bop.


Peter A. Pilgrim
Member of the Association of C/C++ User group UK. <http://www.accu.org/>
Mon Jun 28 00:25:59 BST 1999


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