Slingshot v0.9

http://github.com/ryanakca/slingshot

This package contains the python source which can be executed with the python interpreter (also requires python-pygame).

Report any bugs, read the documentation, comment, submit ideas or get involved at http://github.com/ryanakca/slingshot

--- Changelog ---

See http://github.com/ryanakca/slingshot/commits/master for a detailed listing.

v0.9r1:

• Fix bug in network games (disappearing planets)

v0.9:

• Fix deprecation Python warnings and errors
• Introduce networking support
• Introduce black holes (very experimental, especially with networking)

--- Requirements ---

python 2.4 (or higher) http://www.python.org/ python-pygame 1.7.1 (or higher) http://www.pygame.org/

--- Installation ---

Run: python setup.py install

--- Credit/History/Contact ---

Slingshot was created by Jonathan Musther and Bart Mak. The old website used to be www.slingshot-game.org

Slingshot was unmaintained by 2008 and the old website had disappeared by 2008/2009.

It was later extended in 2009 by Marcus Dreier m-rei@gmx.net. He:

• Added network support
• Fixed crashing when pressing cursors at welcome and help screen
• Added fine adjustments for all keyboard bindings (shift, ctrl, alt)
• Replaced the deprecated range function with xrange
• Removed some of pygame's deprecation warnings
• Switched to a more consistent code format

Slingshot is currently maintained by Ryan Kavanagh ryanakca@kubuntu.org. If someone is interested in helping with upstream maintainership and give slingshot some love, please feel free.

--- Copyright/Licensing ---

Slingshot is a two-dimensional strategy game where two players attempt to shoot one another through a section of space populated by planets. The main feature of the game is that the shots, once fired, are affected by the gravity of the planets.

Copyright:

Slingshot itself:
  Copyright (C) 2007 Jonathan Musther <jmusther@gmail.com>
  Copyright (C) 2007 Bart Mak
  Copyright (C) 2009 Marcus Dreier <m-rei@gmx.net>
  Copyright (C) 2010 Ryan Kavanagh <ryanakca@kubuntu.org>
  Copyright (C) 2019 H. A. L. <hans.liegener@fau.de> (contributions to v0.9r1)
slingshot/data/FreeSansBold.ttf:
  Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 Free Software Foundation

License:

Slingshot is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

Slingshot is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Slingshot; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.