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From: raj@pollux.geog.ucsb.edu (Richard A Johnson)
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Subject: Space - a 3D, realtime, multiplayer, networked space warfare game
Keywords: space, 3D, realtime, multiplayer, warfare
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Date: 6 Sep 91 18:30:11 GMT
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Space, the first (of the author's knowledge) multiplayer, 3 dimensional,
real time space warfare game (with an X11 interface) on which individual
players can be located on different machines across the network, is now ready
for initial release!  The game can be played on any terminal (via the curses
library) , however it's best played on an X Window system.

The game consists of a galaxy of 30 sectors cubed, each sector of which is
100,000 units across.  Top speed for ships is about 20,000 units/second so
that means the galaxy is quite large!  There are 10,000 stars and 100 planets.
Players can "own" planets, dock to them, allow other players to dock to their
planets in order to transfer power and for safety from others.  Ships can fire
torpedos, phasers, and lay mines.  

Since all players are in the same game no matter where on the Internet they
play, each player must be able to communicate to the central server (the
"Galactic Coordinator").  This being the case, in order to play the game you
must have Internet access to "ncgia.ucsb.edu".  Thus, there is little
motivation to post the sources since if you can play the game, you can FTP
them yourself!  Just FTP to "ncgia.ucsb.edu" (128.111.254.105 or
128.111.105.65) as user "anonymous" and login with any password.  Grab a copy
of either "space.tar" or "space.tar.Z" (uncompressed and compressed versions
respectively), untar it into a new subdirectory, and follow the instructions
in the README file.

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Richard A. Johnson                             raj@ncgia.ucsb.edu  (Internet)
NCGIA Computing Resources Manager              ucbvax!ucivax!raj       (UUCP)
U. C. Santa Barbara                            raj@VOODOO        (via BITNET)