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@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Thrust3D +======== + +Post-apocalyptic Jet Set Willy, set in a 3D nuclear power station. + +In the mid 90s, I played a game from a magazine cover disk (Archimedes World I think, but I really can't remember) called +"Lander". No, not the demo version of Zarch. This was a completely different game where you piloted a small 2D spaceship +round a vast world collecting glowing radioactive debris from over a hundred separate rooms. The spaceship part was just +like the many Lunar Lander variants you have probably played, but the exploration of a vast world appealed to me for the +same reasons that I enjoyed Jet Set Willy many years before. In Lander, just like in Jet Set Willy. the game would +theoretically end when all the debris had been collected. In practice, this was virtually impossible due to the shear +size and complexity of the game. The attraction of the game was not in winning it, but in being able to explore a +seemingly never-ending abstract world of pure imagination. + +In creating Thrust3D I wanted to recreate that feeling of exploration and imagination, but using the capabilities of +modern graphics hardware to heighten the feeling. I learnt a lot of OpenGL graphics programming and rendering techniques +in the course of my doctoral studies for visualising my research results, but none of this allowed me to use any of the +advanced capabilities available. Thrust3D was an outlet for this, and here is the result. + +For installation details, see the 'INSTALL' file. Basically it's just ./configure / make / sudo make install. + +Controls: + + Space - thrust (upwards) + Left arrow - turn left + Right arrow - turn right + Up arrow - thrust forwards + Down arrow - thrust backwards + +Aim: + + Fly around the highly radioactive remains of the Mars nuclear power station and collect the coloured flashing + radiactive debris. Don't crash into any walls or other objects or your craft will explode. Land only on the + glowing red landing panels. + + |