* README and TODO files.

Makefile

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ AUTOHEADER = ${SHELL} /share/home/sam/bazar/ttyvaders/missing --run autoheader
 AUTOMAKE = ${SHELL} /share/home/sam/bazar/ttyvaders/missing --run automake-1.7
 AWK = gawk
 CC = gcc
-CCDEPMODE = depmode=gcc
+CCDEPMODE = depmode=gcc3
 CFLAGS = -g -O2
 CPP = gcc -E
 CPPFLAGS = 
@@ -76,20 +76,20 @@ OBJEXT = o
 PACKAGE = ttyvaders
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT = 
 PACKAGE_NAME = ttyvaders
-PACKAGE_STRING = ttyvaders 0.0cvs-20021215
+PACKAGE_STRING = ttyvaders 0.0cvs-20021218
 PACKAGE_TARNAME = ttyvaders
-PACKAGE_VERSION = 0.0cvs-20021215
+PACKAGE_VERSION = 0.0cvs-20021218
 PATH_SEPARATOR = :
 SET_MAKE = 
 SHELL = /bin/sh
 STRIP = 
 USE_NCURSES_FALSE = 
 USE_NCURSES_TRUE = #
-VERSION = 0.0cvs-20021215
+VERSION = 0.0cvs-20021218
 ac_ct_CC = gcc
 ac_ct_STRIP = 
-am__fastdepCC_FALSE = 
-am__fastdepCC_TRUE = #
+am__fastdepCC_FALSE = #
+am__fastdepCC_TRUE = 
 am__include = include
 am__quote = 
 bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin

README

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+
+History of textmode games
+=========================
+
+http://www.textmodegames.com/
+
+
+Other terminal-based games
+==========================
+
+ * moon-buggy: http://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~wwwstoch/voss/comp/moon-buggy.html
+    extremely simple, extremely addictive
+
+ * 0verkill: http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~brain/0verkill/
+
+ * nInvaders: http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders/
+    real space invaders clone
+
+ * Stardork: http://www.seekrut.com/rk/stardork.html
+    more strategy than arcade
+
+ * Nethack: http://www.nethack.org/
+
+ * Tetrinet: http://www.secret.com.au/games/tetrinet/
+
+ * MyMan: http://geocities.com/bsittler/
+    pacman clone
+
+ * Tornado: http://home.kcore.de/~kiza/linux/tornado/
+
+ * David's Perl games: http://davidsperlgames.sourceforge.net/
+
+ * ascii-invaders: http://www.ip9.org/munro/invaders/index.html
+

TODO

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+Things to do
+
+ * let the ship pick up bonuses
+
+ * handle life
+
+ * alien swarms, programmed behaviour
+
+ * sprite library
+
+ * mega ball
+
+ * spiral weapon (vertical sine)
+
+ * fragmentation bomb (merge with mega-ball?)
+
+ * change tunnel colour
+
+ * fill holes in the tunnel when |step| > 2
+
+ * draw a 3rd alien type
+
+ * draw bosses
+
+ * port to conio.h
+
+ * clip graphics 
+
+ * promote precision for all coordinates except screen
+
+ * tunnel sometimes doesn't get drawn on the left
+
+ * write a generic drawing library with automatic clipping
+
+ * write a linux console output for the drawing library
+
+ * animate the ship
+