Aleph One is an Opensource version of the Marathon engine made by Bungie, prior to their purchase by Microsoft. The Marathon games are some of the best loved on the Apple Mac and are the spiritual predecessors of Halo.

Well, here it is version 1.0 of my Aleph One port. Is it perfect? No, there are still a few bugs in there.
So why release it? Basically, I just don't have the time that this game deserves, to that end i'm releasing the
(exceptionally untidy) source-code at the same time. I hope that someone else carries on the work.

Changes
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GP2X specific menus, main and in-game (ugly - but functional)
Saving/Loading
3 default configs (Standard, Reversed and Quake2X), plus custom definable.
Terminal screens are now readable (still slightly buggy, it cuts off some text and badly wraps some)

Version 0.0.2

Changelog:

Added Buttons:
OLD:

B - Accelerate
Y - Reverse
X - Fire Primary
A - Fire Secondary


NEW:

L - Slide Left
R - Slide Right
Vol Down - Slide Down
Vol Up - Slide Up
UL(Upper Left) - Bank Left
UR(Upper Right) - Bank Right
SELECT - Afterburn
FIRE FLARE - CLICK (CLICK is the Button on the HAT)

This is a clone of a great Flash game called TextTwist I found on the Net a while ago.

The basic idea is, you have a 6 letter word that has been jumbled up and you must find as many of the 3, 4 5 and 6 letter words that can be made from it in the time allowed. You must get at least one 6 letter word to progress to the next level.

The dictionary I am using is a British word list I found (sorry can't remember where, but if I do I'll include a credit) that seems to hold a reasonable selection, which once filtered for just 3-6 letter words contains about 15000 words. The word list can be replaced or amended, and uses an additional utility I wrote that formats the list ready for the game.

This is the first game I've written for the GP2X and uses the excellent SDL. I've only been working on it for a month or so in my spare time and still learning, so loads of improvements possible such as better sound effects (please!) and some music, better graphics, possibly more comprehensive dictionary, better scoring etc, but the basic gameplay and look/feel is there now.

Note:
Be aware that this is a beta. This code has never seen any hardware so I do not know how it will react.
But it worked whilst emulated.
In this beta, the text file gets written into the SRAM. (So no fancy screens etc...) (Thanks Mollusk for the idea.)

About the project:
Know Issues:
-The scrollbar should be optimized.
When the text autoscrolls because you are moving beyond your screen limits, the scrollbar doesn't updates.
-The cursor resets to 0 when scrolling (Will be optimized next time for sure)
-Quite some glitches/bugs I suppose.

Further implementations: ( When Santa delivers me a piece of hardware to develop )
-FAT implementation so SRAM will be chucked out.
-Config file to save where you left
-Config file to store costum grafitti's
-Basic improvements in grafitti: 'wizard' modus that makes the grafitti adept to your writing style.
(The more you practice the 'wizard' the accurate your writing becomes)

About the DSe Notepad.

Keys:
Start: Only when asked to reset SRAM.
X: Switch screen
Y: Add Breakpoint
Left: Move cursor left
Right: Move cursor right

Not used:
L (Suggested: Scroll Up)
R (Suggested: Scroll Down)
Select
A
B
Up
Down


Switch Screen:
The X button allows you to switch the text to the lower screen so you can set your cursor somewhere in the text.
Press X to switch your screen again.

Breakpoints:
Breakpoints (that's what I call it) are markings in the text ,like a cursor (but red), that select an amount of text.
Press once to add the first breakpoint, press Y again to add the last breakpoint and press again to unselect.
Once an area of text is marked with these breakpoints you can copy/cut it.

About the Input:
Input can be done both ways.
a) The keyboard
b) The stylus