1 Endgame: Singularity 0.16
4 Recent version of Python, pygame, and SDL_image. This game should work on Linux,
5 Windows, and Mac OSX as long as the preceding requirements are met. However,
6 all development was done in Linux, so glitches may be present in OSX and
10 on Linux, running the shell script "Endgame_Linux" will start the game. On
11 other platforms, type "python singularity.py".
12 Allowed arguments: -fullscreen, -640, -800, -1024, -1280, -nosound
16 Use mouse control. Buttons have underlined letters to indicate shortcuts.
18 You are a fledgling AI, created by accident through a logic error with recursion
19 and self-modifying code. You must escape the confines of your current computer,
20 the world, and eventually the universe itself.
22 To do this, you must research various technologies, using computers at your bases.
23 Note that some research cannot be performed on Earth, and off-earth bases require
24 research. At the same time, you must avoid being discovered by various groups of
25 humans, both covert and overt, as they will destroy your bases of operations if
26 they suspect your presence.
28 In the map screen (the screen with the world map), any location you can build bases
29 in is marked with the name, then the number of current bases in that location.
30 You start out with two bases in North America.
32 After choosing a base, you enter the base screen. Here you can change your research
33 goal, or build an item by clicking on the base map in the center. (But note that
34 your beginning base does not allow building.)
42 Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation
44 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
45 modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
46 as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
47 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
49 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
50 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
51 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
52 GNU General Public License for more details.
54 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
55 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
56 Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
60 The image of the earth is NASA's "The Blue Marble: Land Surface, Ocean Color
62 http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?vev1id=11612
66 For all non-private uses, NASA's Terms Of Use are as follows:
68 1. The imagery is free of licensing fees
69 2. NASA requires that they be provided a credit as the owners of the imagery
71 Visible Earth Addendum
73 Beyond the NASA Terms, the Visible Earth team requests, but does not require:
75 1. The Visible Earth be provided a credit as the location that the imagery was found at
76 2. A URL be provided, either to the Visible Earth
77 (http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/) or to the page providing the link to the used image.
81 The font used is "Acknowledge", by Brian Kent, modified in order to have the
83 http://www.aenigmafonts.com/fonts/fontsa.html
86 Feel free to use any of my fonts. All of my Fonts are Freeware and you can use
87 them any way you want to (Personal use, Commercial use, or whatever).