Plasma Arena

Plasma Arena

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overall: 3.26
fun: 3.23
innovation: 2.49
theme: 2.45
graphics: 3.67
audio: 2.78
humor: 1.98
mood: 3.65

Plasma arena is a mini arena shooter using quake 3 style movement (air strafing, explosion jumping, strafe jumping).

HOW TO CHANGE SETTINGS/ MOUSE SENSITIVITY!:
1. Go to to the directory `fn1` and open the file `config.lua`.
2. `mousesens` a smaller value means less sensitivity negative inverts movement on both axes. Set closer to 1 for increased sentsitivity
3. `viewportscale` 1/x scales window up from 1/x of the window resolution, set to 1 for maximum graphics quality
4. `invmouse` invert mouse

Watch this video for strategies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJuqCPlZ2jU

READ THESE TIPS BEFORE YOU PLAY

1.Shoot the ground at an angle to go flying in a direction, not just straight up

2.Strafe in midair to controll your turns and avoid falling into the void.

3.Jump repeatedly to preserve momentum from bosting in a direction or strafe jumping

Strafe jumping Guide

1. Jump while moving forward

2. *While in midair*, hit the D key and move your mouse slightly to the right (keep holding forward through all of this)

3. Hit the ground while holding Space

4. *While in midair*, hit the A key and move your mouse slightly to the left

5. Repeat in succession to gain speed.

Here is a video showing some strafe jumping:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSNNhUAVRuA

LINUX USERS
INSTALL LIBSDL2 FROM YOUR PACKAGE MANAGER
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