SG V0.0

	by Chee-Kai Chin,
		cheekai@wrl.pa.dec.com

		
This is a simple little graphics game called SG.  It mimics
netrek but does not need a server to connect to play.  As it
is still in version 0.0, there are little game mechanics built
in although the bulk of the graphics work is already there.

To play the game, simply run the program within X and start
shooting.  There are 100 enemy ships shaped in Romulan destroyers
(DD) and cruisers (CA) flying all over the gigantic galaxy.
Your task is to eliminate them all within the shortest time.

Enemy ships are destroyed if they are hit by your photons,
plasmas, or phaser.  To fire photons, point your mouse in the
direction intended and press the 1st (left-most) mouse button.
The plasma direction is limited to only the direction in which
your ship is pointing at.  To change the direction of your
ship, point the mouse at the direction intended and press the
3rd (right-most) mouse button.  Then, pressing 'f' will fire
a plasma in that direction.  If you make a 180 degree turn
and press the 'f' key while turning, the plasma will fire off
in the direction of the ship at the point the 'f' key is pressed.
Finally, to fire a phaser, point your mouse within the enemy's
ship body and press the 2nd (middle) mouse button.  Your
on-board computer will lock on to the enemy's ship and phaser
it to death.  A successful lock will cause the phaser to beam
in the color of the enemy, while an unsuccessful one will be
white.

To manouver, use the 3rd mouse button to change direction as
above, and press (simultaneously if you wish) the numeric keys
to initiate warp engine -- the higher the number, the faster your
ship goes.

Easy?  Well, there are around 400 stars about 25% of which are
red dwarfs.  Red dwarfs are dieing elements of the galaxies.  
They begin intensive thermonuclear reactions within their core
and gradually expand until the point at which they are too hot
to contain themselves and explode, causing long-lasting debris
to be thrown all over the space.   Avoid these fragments, as
well as any debris from the enemy ships you destroyed, and you
will be safe.  Also, although enemy ships won't collide with
one another, they DO collide with you and will explode when
hit by the star explosion fragments.  So take note of that
when dancing with the enemy ships.

This is not much of a game documentation, but hopefully enough
for this simple version of the game.  Enjoy!



Chee-Kai Chin
