Pretty Hack 05 - "The Seasons" by NyanNyanKoneko and Entheh

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About:
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This is a demo about a cat who watches the seasons go by from a windowsill.
The demo runs for about 5 minutes in which it shows scenes from all four
seasons.  Press any key during the demo the quit.

It was made in one weekend for the allegro pretty hack competition.
It was mostly but together by Entheh and myself, NyanNyanKoneko.
Please enjoy!

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Configuring:
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Open config.cfg in the program's directory.
There are three options: FULLSCREEN, XRES, and YRES

FULLSCREEN toggles using a fullscreen display.  The only valid values
for FULLSCREEN are 0 and 1 representing off and on.

XRES and YRES are the horizontal and vertical resolution of the window
or fullscreen monitor resolution.  So common values for XRES and YRES would
be something like 640 and 480 respectively.  The demo should be able to run
in any supported resolution of your hardware, but would almost certainly look
best on a 4:3 (non-widescreen) monitor.  If you have a widescreen monitor,
you may want to run it in a window.

Example config.cfg for running fullscreen at a resolution of 640x480:
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FULLSCREEN 1
XRES 640
YRES 480
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Example config.cfg for running in a window at a resolution of 800x600:
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FULLSCREEN 0
XRES 800
YRES 600
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Example config.cfg for running fullscreen at a resolution of 1024x768 (default):
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FULLSCREEN 1
XRES 1024
YRES 768
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Requirements
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An OpenGL compatable graphics card that supports textures of at least the size
of 1024 x 1024.

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Compiling
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Entheh made a simple makefile for compiling the demo.  So in linux (and perhaps 
almost every other OS), open up your command promt, go to the program directory 
and type "make" (no quotes).  In the /src directory, there exists a dev-cpp 
project file you can also use to compile under Windows.  The executable is
pretty large (8+ megs in Windows), so I reccomend using a executable packer
like UPX on it after you compile it.  

You'll need the following libraries: Allegro, AllegroGL, and DUMB (to play the
.it file.)

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About Pretty Hack 05
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A lot of people on allegro.cc were asking about speed hack competitions, so
I decided to host one for them.  The idea behind Pretty Hack is to make
whatever you want (game, demo, etc...), but to focus on the graphics or
presentation.  The competition lasted for 48 hours and had a total of three
finished entries.  The Seasons won first place.

The rules for the project were chosen at random by the themermatron as follows:
- We had to focus our projects around the common theme of the seasons. 
- We also had to include some kind of scolling text. 
- Finally, no external art files were allowed (such as gif or png) as a
restriction.

Pretty hack was hosted on the message boards at
http://www.playingwithyarn.net/bb/.

A legacy page will be created (at the time of the writing of this readme, no
page has been created yet) at http://www.playingwithyarn.net/prettyhack05.html

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Contact
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You can go to my website and post on the message board if you have any comments
or questions about the demo.

Website: http://www.playingwithyarn.net
Message Board: http://www.playingwithyarn.net/bb/

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Release History
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- June 20th: Fixed a few minor bugs including a faulty fade-out near the end.  I
also fixed up some of the art a bit, made the config file easier to read, added
a cat icon for the program and window, and made a few other minor adjustments
to polish the demo off a bit.

- June 19th: Pretty Hack Release: The final (and somewhat rushed) release for 
Pretty Hack.  

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Legal Stuff
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Do whatever you want with the demo and source code but sell it.  =)  
People should enjoy entheh and my hard work, but it's unfair to take our hard
work and make a quick buck off of it, though I doubt this will be a problem.
Of course, if you are thinking of using this as part of a collection of demos
to put on CD to sell or distribute or something, just let us know, that's all 
we ask.