Welcome to The Skytunnel!
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This is the second alpha release.
For more information and updates:

http://www.indiedb.com/games/the-skytunnel

A full changelog is not available. 
The new things are the powerups.
(and lots of tweaks and optimisations)



Controls
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Arrow keys - move and accelerate
Z          - shoot
X	   - uses powerup
B          - boss key
F4         - fullscreen
F9         - screenshot
Esc        - exit!

The powerups are placed in a stack. 
You use the one you've most recently picked up. 
You can store vital powerups for later on.


The goal
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Go as far as possible. 
You don't have to shoot everything.
Survival is the key.



Recommended system:
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256 MB of ram
128 MB of video ram
1.8 Ghz CPU
Directx 8
Windows XP
The more, the better.



Settings
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The game can be configured via the default.ini file.
These settings are loaded when the game is run.
It's reccomended to set the resolution to your monitors native resolution.
If you have a hyper graphics card set Multisample to 1.
If you have an old graphics card set Resolution to 0.5, this will further downscale the resolution.
Increase world detail to make things look rounder.
Decrease maximum particles to lighten your cpu's load.
Sound and music volumes work. If you set them to a negative number the game doesn't even bother to load sounds and music.
Motion blur is subtle and only works if you have a fast gpu.
Frame interval affects motion blur.
Timewarp will stretch game time.


