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1 Hedgewars - a turn-based strategy game |
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3 [](https://travis-ci.org/hedgewars/hw) |
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4 |
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5 Description |
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7 This is the funniest and most addictive game you'll ever play—hilarious fun |
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8 that you can enjoy anywhere, anytime. **Hedgewars** is a **turn-based strategy |
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9 game** but the real buzz is from watching the **devastation caused by those |
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10 pesky hedgehogs** with those fantastic weapons—sneaky little blighters with |
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11 a bad attitude! |
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13 Each player controls a **team of up to 8 hedgehogs**. During the course of |
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14 the game, players take turns with one of their hedgehogs. They then use |
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15 whatever tools and weapons are available to **attack and kill the opponents' |
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16 hedgehogs**, thereby winning the game. |
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18 To destroy your foes you can use one out of **over 40 weapons**! |
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19 Launch bazookas or homing bees, drop mines, dynamite or explosive rubber ducks, |
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20 throw grenades or watermelon bombs, poison them with stinky cheese, send them |
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21 flying with a baseball bat, and much more! |
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23 Most weapons cause **explosions that deform the terrain**, removing |
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24 circular chunks. Hedgehogs can die by drowning, being thrown off |
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25 either side of the arena, or when their health is reduced to zero. |
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27 Hedgehogs may move around the terrain in a variety of ways, normally by |
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28 walking and jumping but also by using particular tools such as the rope |
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29 or parachute, to move to otherwise inaccessible areas. Each **turn is |
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30 time-limited** to ensure that players do not hold up the game with |
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31 excessive thinking or moving. |
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32 |
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33 Getting started |
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35 For complete beginners we recommend to play in singleplayer mode first. |
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36 Start with the Basic Movement Training found in the training menu. |
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37 Proceed with the other training missions. |
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38 After completing the training, try to play some quick matches against the |
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39 computer (also found in the singleplayer menu). |
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40 Hedgewars has many weapons, so play a few matches to get a better feeling |
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41 for them. |
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43 In-depth information about the game can be found online: |
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44 |
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45 * <https://hedgewars.org/start>: Getting Started |
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46 * <https://hedgewars.org/wiki.html>: Hedgewars Wiki |
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47 |
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48 Default controls (excerpt) |
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49 -------------------------- |
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50 The most important default controls are: |
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51 |
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52 * Cursor keys: Walk and aim |
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53 * Mouse: Move camera |
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54 * Right mouse button: Open ammo menu |
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55 * Left mouse button: Select target or weapon |
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56 * Space bar: Shoot |
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57 * Left shift: Precise (this is a modifier key) |
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58 * Precise + Up/Down: Precise aiming |
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59 * Precise + Left/Right: Turn around without walking |
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60 * Hold down Precise: Prevent slipping on ice |
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61 * Enter: Jump |
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62 * Backspace: High jump |
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63 * Backspace ×2: Backjump |
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64 * Tab: Switch hedgehog (after activating the utility) |
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65 * 1-5: Set weapon timer |
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66 * F1-F10: Weapon shortcuts |
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67 * M: Mission panel / game mode information. Hold pressed to display, release to hide |
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68 * P: Pause, when playing offline, toggle automatic turn skipping when online |
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69 * Esc: Quit with prompt |
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70 * T: Chat |
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71 * U: Clan chat |
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73 For the full list, go to the Hedgewars settings. Also read the weapon tooltips |
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74 for weapon-specific controls. |
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75 |
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76 ### Special controls |
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77 |
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78 These are lesser-known controls of Hedgewars, they are based on your |
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79 configured controls: |
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80 |
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81 * Precise + Toggle hedgehog tags: Change visible hedgehog tags (team name/hog name/health) |
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82 * Switch + Toggle hedgehog tags: Toggle hedgehog tag translucency |
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83 * Precise + Toggle team bars + Switch: Toggle HUD |
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84 * Precise + Capture (screenshot key): Save current map + mask into Screenshot directory |
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85 * Precise + zoom in/out: Change zoom in smaller steps |
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86 * Precise + volume up/down: Change volume in smaller steps |
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87 * Precise + Reset zoom: Set zoom to 100% (instead of the zoom level in the settings) |
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89 System requirements |
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91 For PC or Mac: |
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93 * Mouse and keyboard |
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94 * Monitor, minimal resolution 1024×768 |
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95 * 200 MiB storage space |
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96 * Processor: 1 GHz (1 core is enough), 64bit recommended |
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97 * Video card: 250 MHz or so |
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98 (any decent card from the year 2004 or later should do fine) |
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99 * 1 GiB RAM minimum |
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100 * Operating system: Windows Vista/7/8/10, GNU/Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, others |
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102 Hedgewars has been ported to other operating systems in the past. |
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103 Check out <https://hedgewars.org/download.html> for the latest information. |
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105 Gamepads are supported partially (only in-game, not in the main menu). |
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106 |
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107 Installation instructions |
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108 ------------------------- |
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109 See the `INSTALL.md` file. |
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111 Or see our wiki at <https://hedgewars.org/kb/BuildingHedgewars>. |
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113 Source code |
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114 ----------- |
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115 Our main repository is located at <https://hg.hedgewars.org/hedgewars/> using |
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116 Mercurial as DVCS. A Git repository is also available (mirrored daily) |
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117 at <https://github.com/hedgewars/hw>. |
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119 Contribute |
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121 If you see a bug or have any suggestion please use the official bug tracker at |
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122 <https://hedgewars.org/bugs> or the integrated feedback button. |
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124 If you want to help or get to know the sources better you can do that with some |
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125 easy tasks from <https://hedgewars.org/kb/TODO>. We also have an extensive API |
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126 in Lua to customize your adventures. See our wiki at |
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127 <https://hedgewars.org/kb/LuaAPI>. |
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129 If you know your way through the code feel free to send a patch or open a pull |
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130 request. The best Lua scripts get released in the official DLC page and later |
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131 integrated in the next version. |
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133 Licence and credits |
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134 ------------------- |
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135 This game is free software (“free” as in “freedom”). Source code is |
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136 distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence version 2; |
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137 images and sounds are distributed under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation |
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138 Licence version 1.2. See the `COPYING` file for the full text of the licenses. |
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140 Copyright 2004-2018 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com> and others. |
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141 Click on the Hedgewars logo in the main menu and read the `CREDITS` text file |
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142 for a more complete list of authors. |
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144 Contact |
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145 ------- |
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146 * Homepage - https://hedgewars.org/ |
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147 * IRC channel - irc://irc.freenode.net/hedgewars |
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148 * Community forum - https://hedgewars.org/forum |
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