-= The Hunt =-

The Hunt is a concept considered sacred to the majority of the Yautja. 

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"When hunting, the Hunter must be sure that his prey is considered game, and lawful to kill.
Worthy game must fill the following criteria: can defend itself and/or is able to kill the hunter himself,
not linked to other lives, unwilling to be hunted.", Hunting Worthy Game - Yautja Honor Code
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* Game *

"The Hunt" is a turn based combat puzzle game for 8bit Atari computers. 
You control a young Predator on his first Hunt on the planet Earth.

The game requires at least 48KB of RAM and should work on all the versions of Atari OS.
When placed on disk (standard DOS) achievements are preserved from game to game.

* Game Screen *
The screen is divided into four parts:
- View on the map (left side of the screen)
- Statistics: health and energy
- Special actions and their energy costs: Jump, Throw Spear, Cloak
- Level number and Score (bottom right side of the screen)

* Controls *

The game is controlled by joystick.

Moving

To move your character choose a destination by pressing the joystick handle and confirm it with the fire button.
When a prey is around you can move only by one cell in one of six directions, otherwise the cursor freely moves on the map.

Attacking

There are two close combat attacks that you can perform:
- thrust attack - thrust an enemy by moving directly toward it into a tile adjacent to it.
- slice attack - slice an adjacent enemy by moving to another cell adjacent to that enemy.

It is not possible to attack enemy by moving your character on it.

When you kill an enemy in close combat you regenerate energy in amount depending on chosen bonuses.

Pressing the fire button when cursor is in "neutral position" on your character activates selection of special actions.
Each special action costs energy points and is available when you have enough of it. There are three special actions available:
- Jump - after jump close combat attacks are performed.
- Throw spear - spear can kill many enemies in line
- Activate cloaking device - makes you invisible for enemies. Still dog and knifer can attack you when you are near.

To skip your turn press "Esc" key.

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"Do not join another's hunt, or hunt in their territory, without their permission.
All trophies taken by this manner are stolen trophies, and shall be dealt with by the rightful owner." 
Joining Another Hunt - Yautja Honor Code.
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* Prey *

In this Hunt you can meet Earth-living prey:

1. Soldier with knife

Can attack you instantly when you are near him.
Can attack you when you are Cloaked, but sees you only on adjacent cell.

2. Soldier with rifle

Before shooting has to change to aiming position.
To change to aiming position has to be on a straight line to you.
His attack range is 2 to 5 cells, therefore he cannot attack when you are standing by.
Can shoot through other enemies.

3. Soldier with grenade

Can throw a grenade every 3 turns and does not care if the grenade will hurt anyone.
His attack range is 2-4 cells. The grenade damages everything around it.

4. Dog

Running speed is doubled.
Can attack instantly when you are near it.
Can attack you when you are Cloaked, but sees you only on adjacent cell.

5. Soldier with flame thrower

Fires a burst of flames when on a straight line to you. His attack range is 1 to 4 cells.
He does not fire when other soldiers are on the way, but he does not care about dogs.

* Bonus Box *
On each map there is a Bonus Box. Each time you can take only one of available bonuses.

- Greater health - increases your maximum and current health by 1 up to 8 points.
- Grappling hook - jump distance - increases jump distance by 1 but energy cost of this action is also increased by 1.
- Spear throwing distance - increases spear throwing distance by 1 but energy cost of this action is also increased by 1.
- Reduce cloaking cost - reduces cloaking energy cost by 1 to minimum 3 points.
- More energy per kill - increases energy regeneration by 1 energy point per close combat kill.
- Greater energy - increases your maximum and current energy by 1 up to 18 points.
- Gain health on triple close kill - available on Level V - killing three enemies in close combat kill in a single turn gives you greater healt bonus.
- Attack does not disable cloak - available on Level X - attacking enemies in close combat does not disable Cloaking.

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"If the Hunter fails in his Hunt he usually takes his own life, preferring to die than to live in shame.
However, some cowards prefer to live in obscurity rather than die. This is considered to be dishonorable
and suicide is then "assisted" by an Arbitrator.", Failing in the Hunt - Yautja Honor Code
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* Scoring *

For the highest score you have to kill all enemies on each map without taking Bonus Boxes and without receiving damage.
Close combat where you kill more enemies at once is additionally scored. 

+1 point for close combat kill increased with each kill this turn.
  Therefore killing 1 enemy gives 1 point, 2 enemies gives 1+2=3 points, killing 3 enemies gives 1+2+3=6 points and so on.
+1 point for each enemy killed any other way.
+2 points for leaving the Bonus Box on the map multiplied by the current level number.
-1 point for each damage received. Your score cannot be lowered below 0.
+10 points for each achievement in current game.

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"To take the trophy of another Yautja, living or dead, is considered to be a great insult."
Claiming the Kill of Another Hunter - Yautja Honor Code
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* Achievements *

To prove your skill and to get the highest score you can try to get some special achievements.
Gained achievements are stored on the disk if available therefore you keep them from game to game.
To clear collected achievements press Option key on the Title Screen.

List of available achievements:
"First blood" - kill at least one enemy.
"Young blood" - the "Young Blood" rank is given to anyone who reach level V.
"Blooded" - the "Blooded" rank is given to anyone who reach level X.
"Victorious" - win the game to get this achievement.
"Brawler" - kill three enemies at single turn in close combat.
"Veteran" - veterans do not need help so skip picking 8 bonuses during one game to receive this achievement.
"Pacifist" - get to level 5 without killing an enemy.
"No-Spear Win" - win the game never using your Spear.
"No-Jump Win" - win the game never jumping.
"No-Cloak Win" - win the game never disappearing with your Cloak.
"Nain-Desintje-De" - You have to reach the last level never loosing your health! 

* Authors *
Music: Michal 'stRing' Radecki
Testing: Michal 'GiM' Spadlinski
Graphics: Pawel 'ripek' Szewczyk
Code: Jakub 'Ilmenit' Debski

"The Hunt" is inspired by Android game "Hoplite" by Magma Fortress.
We do not own copyrights nor trademarks to "Alien" and "Predator" themes. The game is a fan game in "Fair Use" terms.
Yautja Honor Code is taken from http://www.angelfire.com/pa/CasteII/honor.html
