
Zot/GP
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Zot is a portable highly moddable simple game engine. Or more specifically,
people can play Zotscript games on any Zot engine, and virtually anyone can
write Zotscript games -- no programming experience is necessary!

This first release is made for GBAX.com 2004 competition :)

Jeff Mitchell
http://www.codejedi.com

Links
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If you wish to start writing your own Zot games, or join into the Zot
message board or mailing lists, etc, just head over to the website:

http://www.codejedi.com/zot

Install
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Send Zot.fxe to your GPMM directory on your MMC card; use the Gamepark
install tool or a card writer.

Send the Zot directory from this distribution, including all of its
contents, to be within your GPMM directory on your MMC. This is to say that
you will have a Zot directory in GPMM, and inside of Zot will be more
directories and a pile of files:

gp:
\GPMM
\GPMM\Zot.fxe
\GPMM\Zot\
\GPMM\Zot\Topdown
\GPMM\Zot\Topdown\lots-of-files
..etc..

Running
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Simply run Zot.fxe with your favourite launcher tool (Freelauncher, whatever),
and it'll chug for a moment while it loads up the files needed. Use your
d-pad to select the game to fire up (there are a few simple Zotscript demo
levels included) and hit A or B to start it up.

After a game has loaded, you'll start playing; how it plays is up to the
scripter, but essentially..

The D-pad does movement (either pushing the player in some direction,
or rotating him, or otherwise adjusting the location/movement). The B button
acts as fire-1 which is usually to shoot. The A button is fire-2, which is
usually to activate a button or other Action.

Scripting
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You too can mod Zot; it is easiest to build your scripts on a desktop and
then copy them to your handheld, but you can build them on your handheld if
you wish. Just create another directory (easiest to copy one of the existing
ones), and start hacking away!

Enjoy!

jeff
