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Resources
=========
This directory contains various resources for building the graphics used in
Chroma, as well as a script to allow XOR and Enigma to be played with Chroma.
Graphics
========
The graphics in Chroma come from the various SVG files in this directory,
which are automatically converted to PNGs in the required sizes by a number of
perl scripts. The entire process is started by make-graphics.sh, which will
rebuild all of the PNGs in graphics/chroma-*/. It requires the following:
* Inkscape
http://www.inkscape.org/
* ImageMagick
http://www.imagemagick.org
* Netpbm
http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
* Pngcrush
http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/index.html
XOR
===
XOR was published by Logotron Longman in 1987. It features fifteen mazes of
increasingly fiendish puzzles built from surreal elements such as chickens,
fish, bombs and dolls. It was released on a variety of platforms, including
the BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and Atari ST. A later
release for the Amiga included a second set of fifteen further mazes.
http://www.danceswithferrets.org/xor/
Enigma
======
Enigma was devised by an anonymous author, and subsequently reimplemented by
Simon Tatham in 2000. It features twelve levels of falling blocks, exploding
bombs, and pushing stuff around - a mixture of Boulderdash, Sokoban and XOR.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/enigma/
convert2chroma.pl
=================
convert2chroma.pl is a perl script that allows Chroma to play both XOR and
Enigma. It will convert the levels and graphics from all of aforementioned
versions of XOR, as well as the levels from Enigma. Obviously, you will need
to obtain copies of the original games before convert2chroma.pl can be used!
For BBC XOR, you'll need a disc image:
convert2chroma.pl --bbc xor.ssd ~/.chroma
For BBC XOR Designer, you'll need a disc image:
convert2chroma.pl --designer xor-designer.ssd ~/.chroma
For Spectrum XOR, you'll need a .tap tape image:
convert2chroma.pl --spectrum xor-spectrum.tap ~/.chroma
For Commodore 64 XOR, you'll need a memory snapshot:
convert2chroma.pl --c64 c64-1.sta ~/.chroma
(an emulator such as MESS will allow such a snapshot to be made)
For Amstrad CPC XOR, you'll need a memory snapshot:
convert2chroma.pl --cpc cpc464-1.sta ~/.chroma
(an emulator such as MESS will allow such a snapshot to be made)
For Atari ST XOR, you'll need a memory snapshot:
convert2chroma.pl --atari hatari.sav ~/.chroma
(an emulator such as Hatari will allow such a snapshot to be made)
For Amiga XOR, you'll need to extract the xor_lib directory from the disc:
convert2chroma.pl --amiga xor_lib/ ~/.chroma
For Enigma, you'll need the levels directory from the tarball:
convert2chroma.pl --enigma enigma-1.04/levels/ ~/.chroma
A variety of more esoteric conversions may also be performed by
convert2chroma.pl - see the comments inside the script for more details.
Once Chroma has seen XOR or Enigma levels, an additional menu will be available
from the Display Options menu. This will allow you to choose which game engine
is used to play XOR and Enigma levels, as well as how to display XOR levels:
* XOR Engine
exact: use an (almost) exact reverse engineering of the original
BBC XOR game engine. This passes all but one of the regression
tests in levels/regression/xor-regression.chroma, but evolves
levels in a rather jerky manner, one piece at a time.
approximate: use the Chroma engine. This fails a number of the
regression tests, but has a smoother feel to it.
* XOR Display
full: display the entire level.
partial: display an 8x8 scrolling window, as per the original XOR.
* Enigma Engine
exact: use a reverse engineering of the original Enigma game engine.
This passes all of the regression tests in levels/regression/
enigma-regression.chroma, but has some subtle display glitches
in graphical mode, such as pieces moving through each other.
approximate: use the Chroma engine. This fails the regression tests,
but doesn't have the aforementioned display glitches.
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