. ..:_______.________________________________ _________ _________| | \_ _ \_ _ \/ _ \__________ \__ : _ | |______| | \ | | __/ .__\__ . | | __|___| _ / | : __/__. |::::\__ : | | | | | \ | . __/::::| |::::::\__| | | | | | \ | :__/::::::| `---------|_______|_______|____________|______|______/_________|zJ-------' `-------^-------^------------^------^------^---------' .·° [ Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation! ] °·. ----- -------------------------------------------- ---------- ---- --- - -- «==============================================» Info File for H.E.R.O., Level-ed and Enemy-ed And how to get the stuff to us! «==============================================» Text by WdW'95. C00l logo by Jazz (thnx) -- Introduction -- Hello H.E.R.O. Helpers!! (H.H.H. for short!!) Something is going to happen. A big interactive event is going to take place. This guide will tell you all about it. We are about to release a game which we had to miss for a long time now (too long if you ask me!) Coming soon is an Amiga version of the old Activision game H.E.R.O. And that's not all. You can be a part of its release. "How! How!" you ask. Here's how: In the archive you will find a level-editor and an enemy-editor to make levels for our game. You can make levels with the map editor and add the enemies later on. If you choose to do so, you will be given the change to actually play these levels in an actual H.E.R.O. game. Now here's the deal: If you choose to make levels, and they're fun to play, you can pass them on to us, and we'll implement them in the game! Or we'll keep them to use them in a future H.E.R.O.-deluxe release (or something like that)... The finished H.E.R.O. game can be registered and you will recieve a complete version. Hopefully an AGA version will be an option featuring fully rendered graphics and enhanced sounds and stuff.... For full details on how to contact us, read the section How to send levels -- What's all this H.E.R.O. stuff ?? -- It's all about a game made by Activision way back in 1983. It first appeared on the Atari 2600 VCS. Yuk! Monochrome and with beeps. But this changed in 1984. H.E.R.O. was released on the C64 (yes. yer olde C64!) And it was an instant classic! We loved it. It got a re-release in 1988 and still it was excellent. It's all about this guy (a H.E.R.O. actually) who has to resque these miners from a series of caves linked together. He only has a few bombs and a little laser in his helmet to kill the bugs and spiders living in the mines. With the bombs he can blow away any obstacles in his path. After resqueing the miner our H.E.R.O. moves on to the next, more difficult level. Well difficult. Just a bit. In fact, the game was a bit to easy. And that's what's great about this new Amiga version. You can all contribute to the game. Make cool levels and your level will be used. Read the section Introduction to get some info. Anyway, for this version I've used the C64 grafix for that good-old-time-feeling. EVO took special care programming the joystick-routine to make sure you'll feel right at home. Some extra music has been added by Soft Ice to make it a bit nice to listen to. (Wheh! We needed that!) And what a fun tune it is!!! Well, we hope you'll enjoy the preview provided in this archive. You can't actually kill stuff and blow things up, but that's all been taken care of as you read this. This version only has to show you how things will look when everything's finished... -- What's in the archive? -- In this archive you will find these programs: A Map-editor, Enemy-editor, Level-tester, some sample levels, some data-files, and a preview of the game! You design the level with the Map-editor and connect the screens and put in enemies with the Enemy-editor. The Level-tester is provided so you can see how your level handles while playing H.E.R.O. You can make some alterations and fine-tune your level after you've seen and played it. -- The Rules -- (Can't live with them, can't live without them) Make some cool levels and your level WILL be used. There are some rules though. 1> Don't make the level too long. It's boring, and it's not nessesary to make long levels. Just make what you have amusing and fun to play. Some simple obstacles can make a level real fun. Just check out the demo levels provided to see what I mean. 2> Make sure all screens interact. Which means that exits and entrances MUST be properly placed!! Fail to do so and we'll not use the level... That's it really. Can't think of anything else. Just use your imagination and everything will be ok.... -- How to send levels -- There are 3 ways to get the levels to us: 1> You can actually give the levels to us on the major computer-event of the year: SiH '95. There we will test them in real-time (yes!) and make the decision if we'll use it or not. Read the rules section to make sure we'll not have any arguements while we're trying to have a good time. You can reach us on the first 2 days of the event (8/9-7-'95) 2> Can't make it to SiH?? No problemo. You can upload levels to me by using the Netmail area's on NLA, AMY or FIDO. Just LhA the level and UUencode it. Then send it to me using the adress below. My NetMail adresses: :) --+ o ___.| \X/| | |+-.O! NlA:14:101/200.30 GfX:98:100/100.18 | +-'| | FidO: 2:286/407.30 AmY:39:153/201.30 `' `--+-' 3> Upload the level on TnT +31(0)515-430201/420758) where we'll DL it for inspection. Make REAL sure the rules are followed. There's a special area where you can upload your levels.... What more could you possibly want. :) -- Keys used in Map-editor -- SHIFT M: load a map. (made in Map-editor) SHIFT S: save a map. SPACE : switch between map screen and block screen. Select your blocks on the block screen. +/- : next/previous screen. CTRL c : quit Map-editor. That's it really. Ain't nothing to it. Make sure the entrances and exits are placed properly and ALWAYS make it possible for our H.E.R.O. to clear the screen. Please note that walls, lights and rafts are also enemies which you can edit in Enemy-editor. Map-editor wil ALWAYS save screen 0-99. Don't worry if your level has less screens, it will be taken care of in the Enemy-editor -- Keys used in Enemy-editor -- SHIFT M: load a map. (made in Map-editor) SHIFT L: load a level. (saved from Enemy-editor) SHIFT S: save a level. Make sure your current screen is the LAST screen in your level. Enemy-editor wil save screen 0 - current screen. +/- : next/previous screen. CTRL c : quit Enemy-editor. : next/previous enemy. Enemies are limited to 4 per screen. Don't worry, this is sufficient for H.E.R.O.. c : clear current enemy from the screen. 1-0,q,e: select enemy w : water on/off (for bottom screens) t : test the animation. Press t several times for different enemy-speeds. Press any other key to stop. How to define paths for the raft and the octopus: First, select the raft or octopus. Then click on the left-most postition and the select the right-most position. That's it!!! Press 't' to check the path. Now comes the tricky bit. Connecting screens. All screens are made in a specific order by you. To make sure they connect check exits and entrances and connect them using the CRSR-keys. Levels are placed behind each other and here's how to connect them. Say you had an entrance at the north side and your exit is at the west side. OK? Check out the compass at the bottom of the screen and use the CRSR-keys to make N -1 and W 1. Why? Well, if you moved North again (Up) you would go back 1 screen in the chain of screens. If you move West you'll move forward 1 screen in our chain. In the next screen East should be -1 and the exit's value should be 1. Geddit??? No? Then read it again. It's real simple. Or load up the example level provided... Ofcourse the first screen doesn't have an entrance and the last screen doesn't have an exit!! Just make sure the trapped miner is in the final screen (It would be very annoying for our H.E.R.O. not to have anyone to resque!!!) :) -- Disclaimer -- Amiga H.E.R.O. is programmed by EVO. Graphics by WdW. Music/FX by Soft Ice. H.E.R.O. logo by Jazz. Level design by EVO, WdW, Soft Ice and YOU!????? (Well, maybe!!) These editors are PD. Which means you may freely copy the files as long as the archive remains intact. THANX ACTIVISION FOR THE SUPER COOL ORIGINAL!!!! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!! WE'RE NOT WORTHY!!! 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