FEATURES

SpeedX is a clone of old racing games in rear-view. The purpose of this project is to propose a quick multiplayer game under the X11 interface. The program can be freely modified and distributed under the GPL licence terms. Please let us know of any modification or suggestion.
SpeedX can be found at http://www.isty-info.uvsq.fr/~medernac/SpeedX.GNU.html

REQUIREMENTS

X11 headers files
zlib
libpng

HOWTO

To compile the game, execute the ./configure script, then do a 'make' on the game directory.
Run the game in the src/ directory with 'speedx' or 'speedx --help' to get some help.
You can move with the numeric keypad : 8, 4, 6, and 2

Good racing time !

WISHLIST

Better physics
Hills and vertical curve (Voxel ?)
Other cars
Make each opponents different color
Multi-car racing
Why not a mini ray-tracer to display cars ?
Menu, presentation screen with choice (keys, difficulty, d'adversaires ..)
Landscape around the road
Network gaming
High scores, other laps, etc ..
show the turns number
Bigger window
Game musics
Parameter for the behaviour of opponents
Different opponent style

BUGS

When in 2 players mode, it seems that the frame speed is not the same.
Shared Memory may stay persistant when killing speedx.
core dumped when data directories are not found.
if the speed is too fast the road seems to go in the opposite side ..

	NEWS
	0.1.3b (22-jun-2000)
	
	   - GNU Release 
	   - Panorama Cars Source

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Updated: 22 jun 2000

SpeedX

Table of Contents

FEATURES

REQUIREMENTS

HOWTO

WISHLIST

BUGS

NEWS

0.1.3b (22-jun-2000)