Remember you can submit your high scores to the high score table! See below for details and click the link to check out the current high scores. Can you beat them?
Version 1.0 - 13/09/2001
By
Robert Bennett
Rob@UselessCreations.com
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SETTINGS
To get to the settings screen go to Display options in Control Panel and
in the Screen Saver section click on Settings.
From here you can turn the level detail on and off and the lighting FX
on and off. Turning them off should speed up the game but it also makes
it look pretty bad. You may want to the turn the lighting FX off if
flickering lights cause you problems.
From the settings screen you can also submit your high score to the
official high score table on www.UselessCreations.com. Once you've
reached a high score that you think it competitive connect to the
Internet, come to the settings screen and click on the Submit Score
button. The score will be uploaded to the website and you can see if
you're the best in the world!!
WHY A PLAYABLE SCREEN SAVER AND NOT A STAND ALONE GAME?
A game has to be downloaded and run separately to play it. A playable
screen saver pops up when you're idle and gives you something better
to do!
I find that my screen saver turns on when I'm stuck staring at the
screen trying to think of something. So now when this pops up I have a
quick game to get my brain ticking again!
HOW TO PLAY!
The aim of the game is to avoid the rolling barrels and get to the top.
Once at the top jump across to grab the swinging rope! By pulling the
rope you'll raise the cage and release the person who's captured!
You score points for jumping barrels and a big bonus for successfully
raising the cage. The quicker you get to the top and pull the rope the
more points you'll get!
To control you're character use the arrow keys. Left and right to run
left and right, up and down to climb stairs, and space bar to jump!
To climb stairs walk to the bottom of them and face them, then press up
and you'll be on the stairs. To climb down stairs to the same at the
top of the stairs, make sure you're facing them and press down. Easy!
Remember, if you get a high score enter your name and submit the score
to the website! Can you be the best in the world?
See what scores other people are getting. Go to:
http://www.UselessCreations.com/pota
RELEASE NOTES
As a fan of the old Planet of the Apes movie I was really looking
forward to the new version, and just had to do a screen saver for it!
Unfortunately, I couldn't think of anything! I couldn't think of an
interesting way just to display pictures or anything. Nothing that was
Ape related anyway.
So I racked my brains trying to think of something Apey to do. And all
I could think of was the old Nintendo hand held game of "Donkey Kong"!
So I decided I'd make a screen saver that had a cool display of
pictures from the new movie, aswell as a Planet of the Apes game
inspired by Donkey Kong that you could play whenever the screen saver
popped up!
And here it is! I never realised how much time it would take to make
even a simple game like this! It's probably taken longer than anything
I've ever done before. I started a month before the movie was released
and now it's finished its a month AFTER the movie was released.
But it was worth it! I love the result, and I hope you do too!
If you've got an old version of Windows 95 and you get errors about
missing DLLs you probably need this:
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/opengl95.exe
If you use/like/hate/sniff/spot bugs in/thoroughly enjoy this screen
saver drop me an email! I'd love to hear what you think!
Enjoy!
VERSION HISTORY
1.0 13/09/2001 Original Release
- Planet of the Apes game.
- Starry picture display.
- Online high score table so you can see how good you really are! Can you beat everyone else's score?
- 3 playable characters (Leo, Daena and Thade)
The screen saver itself is Copyright © Robert Bennett 2001.
This screen saver is meant as a tribute to the Planet of the Apes,
no copyright infringement is intended.
This software is FREE and may not be used for profit.
If you like and use it, send me an email!
This screen saver is provided as is. The author takes no responsibility
for any damage that is done to your system thru it's use.
It works fine for me! If it doesn't for you, it aint my fault!
This product is not guaranteed to save your screen from burn in or any
other form of damage. (eg. sending it to a planet infested by monkeys!)
If flashing lights cause you problems you may want to turn lighting FX
off or avoid playing for extended periods of time.
Brought to you thru the endless magic of OpenGL!
;)
;)
