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Spacewar! is a 1962 space combat game developed by Steve Russell and collaborators for the DEC PDP-1 minicomputer at MIT, and one of the first video games to be played at multiple computer installations. Games::SolarConflict is a Spacewar! clone written in Perl using SDL, distributed as a Perl module via CPAN. Instructions for playing are included in its solar-conflict.pl script.
Getting started
Install the module via CPAN and run the included solar-conflict.pl script, which documents the game's controls.
History
The game was originally created as an entry for the SDL Perl Game Contest, an SDL-based game jam for Perl developers.
Additional notes
- Assets
- Its font and image assets (background, explosion, spaceships, sun) are credited separately in the README under CC and public-domain licenses, distinct from the code's MIT license.
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