This is the offical README file for the game project

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                       orxOnox
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1.Manifesto:
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Orxonox is a open-source vertical scroller game programed
in c++ and OpenGL.
If we manage to be sober enough, this game shall definitly 
become _the_ open-source vertical scrolle ever.


2.Overview:
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1.Manifesto
2.Overview
3.Contributing To The Project


3.Contributing To The project:
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People who want to help us working on orxonox are always
welcome:) Feel free to chip in anything you like. Wine, beer, 
coffee... If you like to help us programming orxonox, you:
- join the developer community mailing lists
- read this README file
then you have multiple ways to get started. 
a) Read the hole source code and choose a topic you like
b) check the TODO file to get a knowledge of what we need
c) ask us for more information
To get more informations about programming and project specs
read the programming sections below.

To start programming on orxonox you first have to download the 
newest svn tree of orxonox. You can do this by enterning following
lines in the linux console (ensure svn to be installed):

svn co https://open.datacore.ch/pw/orxonox orxonox

now have fun!
PS: If you haven't got ssl support in you svn tool, recompile it
./configure --with-ssl
make
make install


Howto C++ Programming:
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If you are new to c/c++ programming, this project is probably
not the best starting place to learn it. For you and the rest who 
need "refreshment" check out these guides:

www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial
www.4p8.com/eric.brasseur/cppcen.html