1 Hedgewars - a turn based strategy game. |
1 Hedgewars - a turn-based strategy game |
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4 Description |
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6 This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play—hilarious fun |
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7 that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. **Hedgewars** is a **turn-based strategy |
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8 game** but the real buzz is from watching the **devastation caused by those |
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9 pesky hedgehogs** with those fantastic weapons—sneaky little blighters with a |
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10 bad attitude! |
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12 Each player controls a **team of up to 8 hedgehogs**. During the course of |
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13 the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use |
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14 whatever tools and weapons are available to **attack and kill the opponents' |
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15 hedgehogs**, thereby winning the game. Hedgehogs may move around the terrain |
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16 in a variety of ways, normally by walking and jumping but also by using |
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17 particular tools such as the rope or parachute, to move to otherwise |
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18 inaccessible areas. Each **turn is time-limited** to ensure that players do |
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19 not hold up the game with excessive thinking or moving. |
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21 A large **variety of tools and weapons** are available for players during |
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22 the game. Hedgewars features the standard artillery-genre classics (such as |
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23 grenade, cluster bomb, bazooka, shotgun), but also boasts a host of other |
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24 weapons quite unique to it alone. |
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26 Most weapons, when used, cause **explosions that deform the terrain**, |
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27 removing circular chunks. Hedgehogs can die by drowning, being thrown off |
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28 either side of the arena, or when their health is reduced to zero. |
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30 Getting started |
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32 For complete beginners we recommend to start with the the first 2 or 3 |
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33 missions of the campaign “A Classic Fairytale” in the singleplayer menu. |
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34 It explains the basic controls and gameplay. |
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36 Note that Hedgewars doesn't have a *complete* tutorial yet, but it is |
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37 planned to create one in future versions. |
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39 In-depth information about the game can be found online: |
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41 * <https://hedgewars.org/start>: Getting Started |
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42 * <https://hedgewars.org/wiki.html>: Hedgewars Wiki |
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44 Default controls (excerpt) |
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46 The most important default controls are: |
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48 * Cursor keys: Walk and aim |
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49 * Mouse: Move camera |
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50 * Right mouse button: Open ammo menu |
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51 * Left mouse button: Select target or weapon |
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52 * Space bar: Shoot |
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53 * Left shift: Precise |
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54 * Left shift + Up/Down: Precise aiming |
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55 * Enter: Jump |
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56 * Backspace: High jump |
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57 * Backspace ×2: Backjump |
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58 * Tab: Switch hedgehog (after activating the utility) |
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59 * 1-5: Set weapon timer |
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60 * F1-F10: Weapon shortcuts |
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61 * P: Pause (also shows mission panel) |
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62 * Esc: Quit with prompt (also shows mission panel) |
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63 * T: Chat |
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65 For the full list, go to the Hedgewars settings. Also read the weapon tooltips |
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66 for weapon-specific controls. |
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68 ### Special controls |
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70 These are lesser-known controls of Hedgewars, they are based on your |
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71 configured controls: |
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73 * Confirm: Team chat (if not confirming quit) |
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74 * Hold down Precise: Prevent slipping on ice |
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75 * Precise + Left/Right: Turn around |
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76 * Precise + Toggle team bars: Change hedgehog tabs |
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77 * Precise + Toggle team bars + Switch: Toggle HUD |
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78 * Precise + Screenshot: Save current map + mask in Screenshot directory |
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80 Installation instructions |
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82 See the `INSTALL.md` file. |
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84 Or see our wiki at <https://hedgewars.org/kb/BuildingHedgewars>. |
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86 Source code |
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88 Our main repository is located at <https://hg.hedgewars.org/hedgewars/> using |
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89 Mercurial as DVCS. A Git repository is also available (mirrored daily) |
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90 at <https://github.com/hedgewars/hw>. |
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4 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hedgewars/hw.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/hedgewars/hw) |
92 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hedgewars/hw.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/hedgewars/hw) |
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6 Copyright 2004-2015 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com> and others. |
94 Contribute |
7 See QTfrontend/res/html/about.html and CREDITS for a complete list of authors. |
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9 Licence: |
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11 Source code is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence |
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12 version 2; images and sounds are distributed under the terms of the GNU Free |
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13 Documentation Licence version 1.2. See the COPYING file for the full text of |
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14 the licenses. |
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16 Instructions: |
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18 See our wiki at: https://hedgewars.org/kb/BuildingHedgewars |
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20 You can find an outline of the necessary dependencies in the INSTALL file. |
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22 Source code: |
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23 ------------ |
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24 Our main repository is located at https://hg.hedgewars.org/hedgewars/ using |
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25 Mercurial as DVCS. A Git repository is also available (mirrored daily) |
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26 at https://github.com/hedgewars/hw |
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28 Contribute: |
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30 If you see a bug or have any suggestion please use the official bug tracker at |
96 If you see a bug or have any suggestion please use the official bug tracker at |
31 https://hedgewars.org/bugs or the integrated feedback |
97 <https://hedgewars.org/bugs> or the integrated feedback button. |
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34 If you want to help or get to know the sources better you can do that with some |
99 If you want to help or get to know the sources better you can do that with some |
35 easy tasks from https://hedgewars.org/kb/TODO. We also have an |
100 easy tasks from <https://hedgewars.org/kb/TODO>. We also have an extensive API |
36 extended API in LUA to customize your adventures in our wiki at |
101 in Lua to customize your adventures. See our wiki at |
37 https://hedgewars.org/kb/LuaAPI. |
102 <https://hedgewars.org/kb/LuaAPI>. |
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39 If you know your way through the code feel free to send a patch or open a pull |
104 If you know your way through the code feel free to send a patch or open a pull |
40 request. The best LUA scripts get released in the official DLC page and later |
105 request. The best Lua scripts get released in the official DLC page and later |
41 integrated in the next version. |
106 integrated in the next version. |
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108 Licence and credits |
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110 This game is free software (“free” as in “freedom”). Source code is |
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111 distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 2; |
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112 images and sounds are distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation |
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113 Licence version 1.2. See the `COPYING` file for the full text of the licenses. |
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115 Copyright 2004-2015 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com> and others. |
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116 See `QTfrontend/res/html/about.html` and `CREDITS` for a more complete list of |
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117 authors. |
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119 Contact |
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121 * Homepage - https://hedgewars.org/ |
45 * IRC channel - irc://irc.freenode.net/hedgewars |
122 * IRC channel - irc://irc.freenode.net/hedgewars |
46 * community forum - https://hedgewars.org/forum |
123 * Community forum - https://hedgewars.org/forum |
47 * mailing list - https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/hedgewars-dev |
124 * Mailing list - https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/hedgewars-dev |
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