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                                           SDL Port

        Copyright (C) 2003, 2007 Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net>
 


LICENSE
=======

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
    
    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.
    
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, 
    MA  02110-1301, USA.


ABOUT
=====

   This is the SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) port of Tennix!, a 
   game written by Thomas Perl in 2003. This version has been up-
   scaled to a resolution of 640x480 in comparison to the 320x200 
   format used in the original game.

   Changes from the original Tennix to the first SDL release include
   a new shadow, advanced alpha blending and the removal of the 
   previously-included pseudo-advertisements.

   For all changes, please see the ChangeLog file.

   This port has been written on the 10th of May 2007 and is now 
   being improved and updated since then.


INSTALLATION
============

   To build tennix, simply run "make" (on Unix-like systems) or 
   follow the instructions for your platform in the README.* files.

   Tennix is known to build on Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch), 
   Win32 (mingw32) and Mac OS X 10.4 (using XCode tools).

   Binaries of Tennix can be found on the webpage.


PLAYING TENNIX
==============

   You can play in either single-player or multi-player mode. 
   For single player, Player 1 will play against the computer 
   and for multi player, Player 1 will play against Player 2.

   CONTROLS

                         Player 1   |   Player 2
                       ---------------------------
   Move up                  W              O
   Move down                S              L
   Swing racket             D              K
                       ---------------------------

   FUNCTION KEYS

   Y  .... Make screenshot (save as screenshot.bmp)
   F  .... Toggle fullscreen (X11 only)
   C  .... Switch type of court (grass, clay, etc..)


DEVELOPMENT/DEBUGGING
=====================

   If you want to compile a debugging version of "tennix", you
   have to set the environment variable "DEBUG" to "1", either by
   using "DEBUG=1 make" or exporting the environment variable for
   the current session, as in "export DEBUG=1" followed by "make".


CREDITS
=======

   The in-game music has been taken from the free loops available
   from MelodyLoops. See http://www.melodyloops.com/ for a 
   selection of Royality Free Music Loops.


CONTACT
=======


    E-Mail: Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net>
    URL: http://icculus.org/tennix/


