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by nkk (June 2008)
version 1.1
 
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Take Tetris. Add some excitement and panic. Mix up some exploding bombs.
And you get Explode!
Soldier! we've been attacked by so called "Three-celled aliens"!
your job is to blast them apart before they reach the earth!
Using our technology, we can make them change their body structure but we can't stop them from falling on earth.You've to rotate those three-cell long blocks to blast them by putting three of them together!(er..why?? well they get unstable on touching two of their kins :P)
Or you can create "Explode" and blast the hell out of them!
Help out Boom The Bomb to burst and avoid them from 
There're infinite number of these "Three-Celled aliens".
So,all i can say is
Good Luck!

(yes, I know..lame story...but wth..do we really need a story in an arcade game? :P)

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Up Key : To rotate the cells
Down Key : To make the block fall faster
Left & Right Key : To make the block move left and right
P : to pause the game
Escape Kay : To exit the game
[x] button : To exit the game at any time...
H on Main Menu : To Show The HighScores

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Just like tetris/arcade games, this game has no end. The objective of the game is to create highscores and have fun ^_^.
If you put three or more same coloured/named blocks together, then they'll get blasted off.
But the spice here is the "Explode" thingy.
If you create "Explode" with the blocks, it can be life saver in high levels and essential for high scores ;]
Ofcourse, The Horizontal gives least points and Vertical,Diagonal gives points in succession.

The two different coloured "E"'s in "Explode" are NOT interchangeable. You need to make "Explode" In proper order (Blue E must come first).

Time Trial mode is for excitement junkies. Those who like a quick and challenging game can choose this mode.

Ofcourse, there is this another challege mode called Explode Challenge. In which you MUST create atleast one explode in a level.

Also, You can set the block fallspeed in the options menu, if you feel the block is falling too slow/too fast. Ofcourse, The more the fallspeed, the more the score obtained.

For running the game at optimum speed on slower computers, I've put Alpha,Background and Music On/off option. Turning off Alpha helps greatly but it reduces many graphic effects.

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_|Compiling the Source :  _|
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Copy all the files in Src folder to the main folder and run the start_shell command from FB directory and type in the following command without quotes.

"fbc -s gui explode.bas explode.rc"

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_|Credits : _|
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LukeL,Mysoft,hexdude,KIsoE,Dr_D,LachieD
	
	for Beta-Testing

v1ctor and FB dev team 

	for their awesome FB compiler (www.freebasic.net)

KetilO And FBEdit dev team 

	for awesome FBEdit (http://www.radasm.com/fbedit/)

yetifoot 

	for his FBPNG library (http://www.freebasic.net/arch/file.php?id=23)

Mysoft And LukeL 

	for always helping me out and being my good freinds.

LachieD 

	for his font routines

[0x44616E](aka Arenth) 

	for helping me out with the Boom character.

Everyone on FBGD,C0de,Fb.net forums and FBReport site 

	for being a warm and friendly community.

Mod Archive(http://modarchive.org/) and respective artists for giving me following cool music

Born again from dustbin
Turbo Styrox from raina

24bitFNT2.BMP : Chris Chadwick's CHARSET1 font which was extracted from Pixel Plus 256, his sprite editing program for QuickBasic. Converted to 24 bit by LachieD. Which was further converted to 24 bit Png by nkk.

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You can send fan mails,hate mails,suggestions,criticisms etc etc on 
nkk_kan[at]yahoo[dot]com
Or just add me on messenger under same ID
Or get me on ##freebasic/#RedBall on Freenode IRC server
Or get me on http://games.freebasic.net/forum forums
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