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| Need For Brakes! v0.4                                                      |
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Content:

1. Version history
2. Game description
3. Controls
4. Additional information
5. Troubleshooting
6. Further development
7. Contants

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1. Version history

Version 0.4 (04.06.2010):
* Menu system implemented
* High Score table is now displayed on separate screen and contains date and time
  for each score entry (due to new format of record file, old records may be
  erased)
* You can now redefine keys in Options menu and choose Fullscreen or Windowed video
  mode (requires game restart)
* Vide mode toggle with F4 is disabled due to problems with Allegro
* Player now has Profile. Currently, it only contains player's name to be displayed
  in High Score table, but it is destinied for more things
* Track borders are now drawn correctly near sharp turns
* Added socre bonus objects, each worth 1000 score points (picture is temporary)
* Game nod displayes "Paused" text when paused with P key

Version 0.3 (27.04.2010):
* Better background with moving stars & nebulas
* Textured track borders instead of lines (not complete)
* Ship is now displayed with bitmap
* Added a kind of move blur after ship
* Optimized performance
* Migrated to Allegro 4.9.19 for better performance
* Removed speedometer as it is not quite needed
* Toggle Fullscreen functionality is somewhat broken: it only works once
* Slightly tweaked controls: the longer you press turn key, the faster you turn, up
  to current limit

Version 0.2 (01.04.2010):
* Track is now opaque, which makes it more visible
* Track boundaries are now drawn with several lines instead of just one
* Changed font
* AI is slightly better
* Tracks can now have more than one lap
* New scoring mechanics. It's an independent parameter now, not just a sum of three
  ratings.
* If you beat AI and then race again on the same track, ghost car will follow your previous
  path instead of AI's
* Fixed bug in collision detection which led to ship being "stuck" in sharp angles
* Experimental feature in controls: the faster you go, the faster you can turn.
  If you need slower turn speed, just hold left Shift.
* Added basic logging. If game crashes during startup, please attach file game.log from
  game folder to your message.

Version 0.1 (20.03.2010):
* Simple random track generation with AI path
* Track preview before game
* Basic physic: acceleration, collisions
* Ghost Car (based on AI path for now)
* High Score table
* One game mode of three

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2. Game description

Need For Brakes! - is a simple arcade racing game in sapce. The game has 3 modes:

No Brakes! - Main mode. You can accelerate, but can't brake. You need to complete
			 one lap and beat AI time.

I Got Brakes! - Reverse mode. You start with lots of speed and can only brake. If
                you stop completely, you lose. Your goal is to complete one lap and
                beat AI time.
                
Hardcore Endurance - You can only accelerate and any collision leads to game over.
                     Your goal is to survive maximum time and earn points for 
                     high speed and distance.
                     
Game physic is NOT realistic in any way.

Beside randomly generated track, final version will include Championship mode
where you will need to beat time on series of hand-made tracks.

Scores in game are earned by beating AI record in one of three categories:
* Track completion time
* Average speed
* Top speed

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3. Controls:

Forward - Accelerate
Right   - Turn clockwise
Left    - Turn counter-clockwise
P       - Pause
ESC     - Exit

In future versions, controls will be redefineable

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4. Additional information:

Main idea:

Main game idea is Speed Control. If you thing game can be modified to highlight
this ascept more, feel free to contact me with your ideas.

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5. Troubleshooting

0) If game would not start and complains about file msvcr90.dll or shows message
"This application has failed to start because the application configuration 
is incorrect", try download and install
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A5C84275-3B97-4AB7-A40D-3802B2AF5FC2&displaylang=en

1) If you have AMD CPU and experiencing choppy gameplay, you may try to install
AMD Dual Core Optimizer from here:
http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/dynamicDetails.aspx?ListID=c5cd2c08-1432-4756-aafa-4d9dc646342f&ItemID=153

2) Game won't run on systems which do not support 800x600 resolution

3) Game was not tested on dual-monitor setups.
   Game was not tested under any other OS, but Win XP SP3. It may not run
   or function correctly under older or newer versions of Windows. Linux
   version will be available in the future.

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6. Further development:

Version 0.5 will contain new race mode, several bonuses and other gameplay
improvements

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7. Contacts:

E-Mail  : maxed@zxstudio.org or max-savenkov@tochka.ru
WWW     : zxstudio.org/projects/needforbrakes/
DevBlog : zxstudio.org/blog

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