Super Spiel Cash Grab
Version 0.5
Richard Cassan (FrankyR)

This is an early version of my new curling game.  It's just a WIP, and it is surely not finished by any means.  There are many features that need to be added to make it a complete game, but this serves well as an engine test.

Controls:

Shooting the stone:

	Use the mouse to shoot the stone, click and hold the left mouse button, and the screen will jump to the shooting position and a preview window will come up.  Keep holding onto the mouse button, and you can drag the mouse up and down to change the angle of the shot.  A line will be drawn on the preview window to show where it will be shot.  Dragging the mouse left and right will change the power of the shot.  See below for a rough guideline for the powers.
	After setting up the angle and the power of the shot tap the right mouse button (but keep holding the left mouse button).  Now the angle and the power of the shot will be locked no matter how you move the mouse.  Moving the mouse now changes that curl on the stone (represented by the black triangle).  Now when you release the mouse the stone will be shot using the angle, power, and curl that you set.


Other keyboard controls:

	U and I -> zoom in and out.
	P       -> hold down to turn the preview window on or off.


The rules of curling:

	In order for you to get any enjoyment out of this demo you are going to need to know at least some of the rules of the sport of curling, so here they are in brief.
	There are two teams, and there are four players on each team.  The game is divided into ten ends, and in each end the each team gets eight stones to throw.  The teams take it in turns throwing their stones at the house (the circles on the opposite side of the rink).  The object is for your stones to be the nearest to the centre of the house (the button) at the end of the end.
	The team that gets the last rock to throw is said to have the hammer.  Having the hammer is a big advantage, so the team that scores on the previous end looses the hammer for the next end.
	I'm having a lot of trouble right now trying to explain the rules of this sport, so I suggest that you try the game a bit, and then refer to this later after you get the basic idea.
	This is a really brief explanation and it covers nowhere near all the rules, its just to give you enough info to enjoy the game.

	For more information check out these websites:
	--http://www.curling.comhttp://www.curling.ca/information/rules/index.php3
	--http://www.pcca.bc.ca/CCA2000rules.htm
	--http://www.curling.com


Guidelines for shot power:
	227	-> right on the button
	220 	-> edge of the 4'
	215	-> middle if the 8'
	211	-> biting the house
	200	-> mid guard
	189 	-> just over the hog


Notes on this game:

	The physics of this game are nowhere near realistic.  Hopefully I'll improve that later, but right now the game is just meant to be a fun game of curling that you can play without going to the rink.

Contact:
email: frankyr_ca@yahoo.ca
websites: http://www.chez.com/frankyr or http://www.geocities.com/frankyr_ca	
