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From: Scott Cartier <scartier@vmlabs.com>
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Subject: Decaying Orbit
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 09:37:55 -0700
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At long last, here it is.

What began as a simple test of my sprite-handling abilities soon 
blossomed into a full game.  Those of you that have been here a while
might remember this game when it was called Planet Graviton.  I then
changed it to Escape Velocity since it fit so nicely.  Unfortunately
that name is taken so it's now Decaying Orbit.

This demo has the first of five planned galaxies (each comprising 
20-25 levels).  Unfortunately, unless response is overwhelming, I 
won't be finishing the other four any time soon.  I've been stuck in
2D for so long I need to move on to another (3D) project.

You can get the NTSC or PAL version of the game here:

  http://www.dragonshadow.com/downloads/do_ntsc.zip
  http://www.dragonshadow.com/downloads/do_pal.zip

I'm sorry I didn't do a proper port from NTSC to PAL.  By the time
I realized I needed to do it my code was firmly entrenched in NTSC.
Still, it's playable.

I want to thank both Bob Shand and Nick F for taking the time to help
me with testing before the release.

If you want to get more info about the game, I've made a website for
it:

  http://www.dragonshadow.com/decayingorbit

It has an online manual, information about the levels, and some help
on using the level editor.  I'll be adding more stuff over the next 
few weeks - like cheats/secrets and diagrams of all the levels.

Also, I packaged up the online-manual portion of the website and have 
it available for download (and subsequent offline-reading) here:

  http://www.dragonshadow.com/downloads/do_manual.zip

About all that's left to say is WHEW!

Can I take a nap now?

Scott