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# Line 8  Oxyd stones in each landscape.  Sounds s Line 8  Oxyd stones in each landscape.  Sounds s
8  weren't for hidden traps, vast mazes, insurmountable obstacles and  weren't for hidden traps, vast mazes, insurmountable obstacles and
9  innumerable puzzles blocking your direct way to the Oxyd stones...  innumerable puzzles blocking your direct way to the Oxyd stones...
10    
11  Enigma is not nearly finished and help is always appreciated.  If you    Enigma is not nearly finished and help is always appreciated.  If
12  enjoy programming, painting, recording sound effects, or designing  you enjoy programming, painting, recording sound effects, or designing
13  levels, you can always join our developers' mailing list at  levels, you can always join our developers' mailing list at
14    
15      http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/enigma-devel      http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/enigma-devel
16    
17  You do not need to join to send emails to the list, simply mail to    You do not need to be subscribed to send emails to the list, simply
18    mail to
19    
20     enigma-devel@nongnu.org     enigma-devel@nongnu.org
21    
# Line 22  The official Enigma homepage can be foun Line 23  The official Enigma homepage can be foun
23    
24      http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/      http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
25    
26  If you have any questions, suggestions, or contributions, feel free to    If you have any questions, suggestions, or contributions, feel free
27  send email to the mailing list or to my personal address below.  Have  to send email to the mailing list or to my personal address below.
28  fun!  Have fun!
29    
30      Daniel Heck <dheck@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>      Daniel Heck <dheck@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
31    
32    
33  Playing  Playing Enigma
34  =======  ==============
35    
36  The idea behind Enigma is simple: In most levels your job is to find  The idea behind Enigma is simple: In most levels your job is to find
37  pairs of "Oxyd" stones (you will recognize them when you see them)  pairs of "Oxyd" stones (you will recognize them when you see them)
# Line 40  group and you will get the idea.  In som Line 41  group and you will get the idea.  In som
41  a couple of small white marbles simultaneously and have to put each of  a couple of small white marbles simultaneously and have to put each of
42  them into a pit on the floor.  them into a pit on the floor.
43    
44  There are many different game objects, all of them behaving in unique    There are many different game objects, all of them behaving in
45  ways.  Don't be intimidated: experimentation and exploration is part  unique ways.  Don't be intimidated: experimentation and exploration is
46  of the game,  part of the game, you don't need to understand everything at once.
47    
48      You can pick up objects on the floor by moving over them.  By
49    holding down any mouse button you can avoid picking up items; this can
50    be useful in a few cases.  The items in you possession show up in the
51    inventory at the bottom of the screen.  The leftmost object can be
52    activated by pressing the left mouse button: It will usually either
53    drop to the floor or do something special.  Dynamite, for example,
54    starts to burn when you drop it, and springs make your marble jump
55    when you activate them.
56    
57      Most stones are fixed and cannot be moved, but some can if you use a
58    little force.  There is (usually) no way to pull stones, but some
59    levels will force you to think of clever ways to do so anyway.
60    
61      Objects in Enigma tend to interact in many surprising ways.  Laser
62    beams and movable stones in particular can reportedly transform
63    certain objects.  Many stones behave differently when you hit them
64    while having a certain object at the front of your inventory -- the
65    magic wand is the best-known object in that category, but there a few
66    others.
67    
68    
69  Here is a list of controls during the game:  Here is a list of controls during the game:
# Line 69  Installation on Windows and MacOS X is s Line 90  Installation on Windows and MacOS X is s
90  download the appropriate .exe or .dmg file and start it with a double  download the appropriate .exe or .dmg file and start it with a double
91  click.  click.
92    
93  Things get a little more complicated for other operating systems,    Things get a little more complicated for other operating systems,
94  please refer to Enigma's download page  please refer to Enigma's download page
95    
96         http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/download.html         http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/download.html
97                
98  for up-to-date information.  If you are running some kind Unix system,  for up-to-date information.  If you are running some kind Unix system,
99  you have always the option of compiling Enigma yourself; see the next  you have always the option of compiling Enigma yourself; this is
100  section for more information.  explained a little further down in this document.
101    
102  There may or may not be binaries for your Linux distribution of    There may or may not be binaries for your Linux distribution of
103  choice, and they may or may not work on your computer.  This is not  choice, and they may or may not work on your computer.  This is not
104  our fault: packaging a Linux version that works everywhere is almost  our fault: packaging a Linux version that works everywhere is almost
105  impossible--please ask you vendor to make their distribution more  impossible--please ask you vendor to make their distribution more
# Line 100  graphics, and sound effects: Line 121  graphics, and sound effects:
121  You must copy one of these to Enigma's "data" directory.  From now on,  You must copy one of these to Enigma's "data" directory.  From now on,
122  Enigma will use Oxyd's original sound effects.  Enigma will use Oxyd's original sound effects.
123    
124  Per.Oxyd and Oxyd 1 are dongleware (i.e., some kind of shareware), so    Per.Oxyd and Oxyd 1 are dongleware (i.e., some kind of shareware),
125  you can download them freely from the Internet (search for "oxyd  so you can download them freely from the Internet (search for "oxyd
126  abandonware"; Google is your friend).  Oxyd extra and magnum are not  abandonware"; Google is your friend).  Oxyd extra and magnum are not
127  shareware, so you may only use them if you have a legal copy.  shareware, so you may only use them if you have a legal copy.
128    
129  Please do not ask us to send you copies of any Oxyd version, we won't.    Please do not ask us to send you copies of any Oxyd version, we
130  Oxyd may be Abandonware, but it's still copyrighted, and we respect  won't.  Oxyd may be Abandonware, but it's still copyrighted, and we
131  that.  respect that.
132    
133    
134    Using the Level Editor
135    ======================
136    
137    Enigma comes with a graphical level editor that can be entered via the
138    "Editor" button in the main menu.
139    
140    Here is a complete list of keybindings in the editor:
141    
142        Arrow keys             Move visible area by one row/column
143        Ctrl+Arrow key         Move visible area by one screen
144        Home                   Move to upper left corner
145    
146    
147  Compiling Enigma  Compiling Enigma
# Line 123  programs and libraries installed Line 157  programs and libraries installed
157        Intel C++ used to work, but we haven't tested it in a long time.        Intel C++ used to work, but we haven't tested it in a long time.
158                
159      * SDL >= 1.2 (www.libsdl.org)      * SDL >= 1.2 (www.libsdl.org)
160      * SDL_mixer >= 1.2.0 (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer)      * SDL_mixer >= 1.2.4 (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer)
161      * SDL_image >= 1.2.0 (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image)      * SDL_image >= 1.2.0 (http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image)
162            
163        These should already come with most reasonably up-to-date Linux        These should already come with most reasonably up-to-date Linux
# Line 155  terms of the GNU General Public License, Line 189  terms of the GNU General Public License,
189  any later version.  For details, please refer to the accompanying  any later version.  For details, please refer to the accompanying
190  COPYING.GPL file.  COPYING.GPL file.
191    
192  To my best knowledge the included sound effects are either in the    To my best knowledge the included sound effects are either in the
193  public domain or freely distributable.  I wasn't able to pin down the  public domain or freely distributable.  I wasn't able to pin down the
194  exact origin of each sound file -- the copyrights of which I am aware  exact origin of each sound file -- the copyrights of which I am aware
195  are collected in sound/README.  Please refer to this list before using  are collected in sound/README.  Please refer to this list before using
196  the samples in your productions.  the samples in your productions.

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