
           
		E.C	- Esoteric Colors v1.2
		
		a game by fsFreak



WELCOME
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This game is best played with a gamepad, and in fullscreen.


GAME RULES
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The game rules are simple. A huge load of colorful blocks are falling down on you ...and you have to get rid of them with your magic laserbeam before they hit you! There're four different colors on the blocks and you have four different lasers. You have to combine the right laser with the right color on the block in order to destroy it! Whenever the game tries to output more blocks than possible (if you don't destroy them quickly enough that is) you will lose one life! You will also lose a life when you attack a block with the wrong color. Beware!


CONTROLLING THE ACTION
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Use the Left- and Right-keys to move around, and Up/Down to circle between the colors. Use SPACEBAR (or any button on the gamepad) to attack.


CHALLENGE MODE
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In challenge mode your score will depend on what level you reach! When you destroy 21 blocks you will be transported to the next level and the all blocks on the screen will disappear. For every level you reach the blocks will fall faster!


SCORE ATTACK MODE
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In score attack mode the goal is simply to get as high score as possible. You'll get 1 point for each level you have reached, multiplied with the current COMBO-value. For every 25 blocks that are destroyed you will reach a new level.


TIME ATTACK MODE
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In this mode the playfield will be filled with blocks already, and you have to destroy them within the time limit. When you have destroyed all blocks you'll get the current timer-value multiplied with the current level you are on. 


COMBOS and EXTRA LIVES
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(this only applies to Challenge and Score Attack-mode)
If you manage to destroy many blocks within 5/6 of a second your combo-multiplier will increase! In Challenge Mode there's a possibility of gaining 2 extra lives. You'll get the first extra life when the combo-counter reaches 5, and the other one when it reaches 10.



CREDITS
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This game was programmed with Microsoft Visual C++ with a little help from the ALLEGRO- and FMOD-libraries. These are two great tools and I recommend you to visit their respective sites.

http://www.allegro.cc
http://www.fmod.org

Code and GFX:  fsFreak
Music:         DJ Krush

Also all sound effects are stolen from Arika's Tetris the Grandmaster.
