'ZONE RUNNER' DEMO by PETER D. WARD
                    KIT 1 DATAFILE AND BORDER
Border:   ZONEDEMO.PC1
datafile: ZONEDEMO.KIT

     This file is a 'demo' of the ideas behind a forthcoming  full 
game 'Zone Runner'.  It is a complete game in itself,  in that you 
can try to beat your earlier 'score' (or that of a friend or other 
3Dkit user!) 'Zone Runner' is a 'shoot the robots' game.  The main 
idea in this demo is to be hit as few times as possible.  The full 
game will have a points scoring system.
     You are placed at the start of a special 'combat  simulation' 
zome.  The green arrows are to show you you are facing a wall with 
two  ways to turn!  You must stealthily patrol the zone and  track 
down wandering robots.  They only have one vulnerable spot - it is 
up to you to find out where!
     There are only two zones in this demo.  You MUST disable  all 
robots in one zone before the exit opens.(you will hear it when it 
does.) The 'Boss' robot in zone two was designed by Jason  Cobley, 
my eldest nephew (aged 10), and it's real tough!
     CONTROLS:  If  you  haven't  played any  of  my  environments 
before,  you may be confused by a lack of controls-with-arrows-on. 
My own control system is designed to be intuitive, and you'll soon 
get  used to it.  Picture it as a small version of the  main  view 
area, and you won't go far wrong. You just 'point the way you want 
to go'. See below for layout and controls.

         CONTROL LAYOUT                   MOUSE OPERATION
********************************  A:LEFT BUTTON - look up
*   *          A           *   *    RIGHT BUTTON- Stand up
*   ************************   *  B:LEFT BUTTON - TURN to left
*   *                      *   *    RIGHT BUTTON- Shuffle left
* B *          C           * D *  C:LEFT BUTTON - Move forwards
*   *                      *   *    RIGHT BUTTON- Move backwards
*   ************************   *  D:As B, but to the right.
*   *          E           *   *  E:As A, but down/crouch.
********************************
          In the view window, left button fires lasers.
     The fact that the two zones are identical is integral to  the 
gameplay of the full version: all zones will be identical, but you 
will be placed into them at random.  Thus you won't know which one 
you are in,  so you won't be able to predict the movement patterns 
of the robots in advance!  This will hopefully keep the game fresh 
and challenging,  and different every time! (This feature is not a 
part of this demo.)
     The  idea  for  the game came from a Virtuality  game  I  saw 
running at an arcade.  I think it was called 'Zone Hunter'. Having 
since seen and played 'Doom',  I think the virtuality game owed  a 
lot to this,  too.  Anyway, the idea of zapping lots of enemies on 
varying  levels of elevation and being shot at by them  came  from 
this.