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Experimental Java Tank Game

The code for this game is still alpha and there are known bugs, but you are welcome to play with it. :-)

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The following are the commands for the game:
bullet N - New Game
bullet Q - Quit Game
bullet UP - Go forward (accelerate)
bullet DOWN - Go backward
bullet LEFT - Turn left
bullet RIGHT - Turn right
bullet SPACE - Step on breaks
bullet TURRET LEFT - A
bullet TURRET RIGHT - D
bullet S - Fire
bullet O - Choose a new color for your tank
bullet H - Show help screen
bullet V - Toggle Health bar
bullet R - Toggle Frame Rate
bullet B - Toggle Background
bullet M - Toggle debug mode (i.e. prints debugging comments)
bullet P - Show Network Control Panel

Be patient. If the tank seems to be responding a little slowly, it's because it's a tank! :-)

Get your friends to join you online! If the frame rate is too low, you can try to resize the window to a smaller size or turn off the background. If you have comments, please send them to us.

$Date: 2008/01/01 06:35:12 $