** The Worlds Manual **
-By Ibber of Sadism
-Copyright 2000


*NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR
This manual is incomplete for now, but it will be updated from time to time as I see fit.
I know it's kinda messy, but it will do for now.


*MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Worlds has not been tested on a lot of different systems yet, but this should give you some idea as to whether or not you should try playing the game on your PC:
Pentium II 400 Mhz
A nice graphics card, preferably accelerated.
Not a lot of RAM (32 or even 16 MB should do).

Worlds is being programmed on this system, which it is designed to run more than perfectly with:
AMD Athlon 800 Mhz
Voodoo3 3000
64 MB RAM

If the framerate generally drops below 50 FPS your system does not meet the minimum req.


*INSTALLATION
If you can read this you've already unpacked the game, and that is it... Unless you don't have the font "Terminal" installed. If this is the case, the font can be installed from the directory you unzipped the game to. (Check your windows manual if you don't know how to install a font). It is included in the package.
To play, simply run "Worlds.exe"!


*THE OBJECT OF THE GAME
There really isn't one at this time. All you can do for now, is fly around the randomly created universe of 100 planets, and explore. You can also land on planets, if you are good.


*LANDING
To land on a planet is simple. Fly slowly over the landing-site, and point the ship directly away from the planet, then slowly set the ship down. Your speed should not be higher than 10 km/s upon touchdown, or else your hull will suffer damage. If you land to much off-angle the ship will blow up.


*DYING
When the hull reaches 0% the ship blows up and you die, and you will have to exit the game (using ALT+F4) and restart it.


*THE MAP
Important! The map is just a temporary thing, it will not be included in the final game (not the way it is now, anyway).
The yellow stars on the screen represent planets. This is the map. The yellow stars are placed in a way, so that you just have to fly in their general direction, and you will get to the planet they indicate. Try it out a couple of times, and you'll understand.


*MESSAGES
All messages appear in the bottom of the screen. The last message you received, will remain on screen until another one is received.


*CONTROLS
Control the ship using the arrow-keys. If you hold down the shift-key while controlling the ship it will rotate and accellerate slower.


*TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND STUFF
You can't really receive technical support, but please feel free to mail bug reports, suggestions, questions, and such to ibber_of_sadism@hotmail.com