Title:		Dixerius
Author:		Rich Whitehouse
Date:		2006-07-17
Version:	0.2
Homepage:	http://www.telefragged.com/thefatal/
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Dixerius is a short shooter game demonstrating some parts of the R-Cube engine.
It should be noted that this game and this engine have never been tested by
anyone but me on 2 machines ever. So it might explode horribly. Let's hope it
doesn't!

Some features of the R-Cube engine:


-Robust client-server networking architecture, with reliable delivery and the
potential for linear interpolation, prediction, and any other type of entity
synchronization to be plugged in on the game code side.

-Numerous scalable, optimized lighting models, including support for per pixel
lighting volumes and stencil shadows (with automated static optimizations). An
easily extendable texture shader system allows new effects and single-pass
texture combinations to be easily created without the need for new code.

-Extendable modeling and animation system, with a block-based format to allow
other formats to be easily converted over. Supports weighted models and
skeletal animation, as well as custom preprocessed visibility data embedded
in the model itself and any number of other custom model blocks - all geometry
rendered is a version of the central model format with custom blocks to suit
its specific needs.

-Integrated clipping and physics systems, with optional support for Novodex
(compiled out of this build).

-Robust sound system, which supports direct feedback to game code and rendering
effects while maintaining network compliance. A special DirectShow path is
provided for playing music in proprietary formats.

-A particle system, projected decals and textures, a menu scripting system,
a built-in level and sprite editor (with static radiosity/photon mapping), and
abstracted game object formats through external files, among other things, all
create a friendly environment for quick and convenient game development. Server
logic is abstracted into its own module to make programming with network
compatibility as sure-fire and convenient as possible.


Well, the actual game assets are hideous and unoptimized. That's because I'm
a horrible and lazy man. New games will probably be coming based on this
engine over the next however many months.


Version History
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0.2
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-Specularity adjustments, exponent changes on numerous textures.
-Slightly easier, takes more enemy laser shots to destroy the player.

0.1
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-First release.
