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RACING PITCH
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Version 1.0.0

Copyright 2006 Skinflake
Copyright 2006 Jetro Lauha

Note that although this is labeled as version 1.0.0, we haven't yet
been able to test the game as thoroughly as we wanted before a release.
For example, the exhaust pipe award times are prone to change in the
forthcoming releases.


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Introduction
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Racing Pitch sets you to be the engine for a racing car!
You must use a microphone to mimic the engine sound, which
the game will listen and set you blazing forward accordingly.
Different driving characters, eleven tracks and exhaust pipe
awards are just waiting for you. It leaves you breathless!


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Notes
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REQUIREMENTS:
* Sound card with a working MICROPHONE connected to it.
* Requires a graphics adaptor supporting OpenGL graphics.
* Minimum of 500 MHz computer, at least 128 MB total memory.


Use mouse to navigate menus and play the game.
You can press pause button or ESC to pause the game.
If you press ESC while game is paused, it will return to main menu.


Please read throught the "Tips" listed in the level selection screen.


If you want to hear your own voice, press key X in main menu. Then you
will see a slider, which you can use to control the volume which is
used to play back your own voice. Be careful not to create a feedback
effect with the sound output by the game itself. This can happen by
using loud volume or placing microphone near loudspeakers, for example.


You can start the game with parameter "w" to force the game in windowed
mode, or parameter "f" to force the game in fullscreen mode. This can
be done in command line, e.g. with command "Pitch w". Or alternatively,
you can create a shortcut to the Pitch.exe, and modify the shortcut
so that the Target of it ends e.g. with "Pitch.exe w".


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Contact
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http://www.skinflake.com


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Credits
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Design, Programming, Music
    Jetro Lauha

Graphics, Tracks
    Jetro Lauha
    Sara Kapli

Sound Effects
    Jetro Lauha
    ... and YOU

Test Voices

    Jetro Lauha
    Sara Kapli
    Cecilia Lauha
    Jari Komppa
    Jussi Mäki
    Joona Poikonen
    Minja Poikonen
    Netta Poikonen

Introduction Video (Presented at Assembly'2006 Event, where the game debuted)
    Joona Poikonen
    (and others, seen in the video)

Testers
    Joona Poikonen
    Lauri Mäki
    Antti Tiihonen
    Simo Virokannas
    Jyri Ullakko
    Maija Parjanen
    Sami Itänen
    Mikko Tuomela


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Version History
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1.0.0   - Initial release


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HEALTH AND SAFETY - MEDICAL WARNING AND DISCLAIMER
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Playing this game needs careful attention to your medical condition and
health. You take the full responsibility of playing this game.

Some people may experience seizures or blackouts after seeing light
flashes or patterns. When experiencing any suspicious symptoms, stop playing
immediately and consult a doctor.

Playing this game is done using your own voice. It is recommended that you
play only for a short time at once and keep pauses between the playing
sessions. Do not use too loud volume when playing the game. Playing the
game for extended sessions or using too loud volume may cause illness,
such as limited ability to use your voice.


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LEGAL TEXT - DISCLAIMER AND COPYRIGHT LICENSE
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This material is not freeware. You are allowed to copy it without 
restrictions only for your personal non-commercial use.

No payment of any kind may be charged for this product or any combination
of products or services including this product without our authorization
and official written license.

Commercial use, especially the industrial manufacturing on any data
storage media and their distribution without the expressed permission of
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This program or the data files contained therein may not be altered or
modified without the permission of the author.

You take full responsibility for the operation of this software and any
consequences thereof. We the creators can not accept liability for damages
or failures arising from the use of this software.  

In case of dispute arbitration the place of arbitration shall be Helsinki,
Finland. The language of arbitration shall be Finnish.


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Acknowledgements
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Skinflake flaTILE Collision & Physics Engine Copyright 2004-2006 Jetro Lauha.
(Previously known as "volaTILE", but now re-named.)
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Turska UI library Copyright 2003-2006 Jetro Lauha.
http://turska.sourceforge.net
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distributed under the GNU LGPL license which is included in the LGPL.txt.
http://www.libsdl.org
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FMOD Ex library Copyright (c) Firelight Technologies, Pty, Ltd, 2004-2005
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zlib compression library Copyright 1995-2002 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
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Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger
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$Id: README.txt,v 1.15 2006-07-31 01:57:16 tonic Exp $
