This is SatelliteRushTest, a "technical test version" of the upcoming game SatelliteRush.
Don't expect it to be too good-looking or easy to use.

SatelliteRushTest is made by Thomas Padron-McCarthy (padrone@lysator.liu.se).
Latest change to this file: August 7, 2008
No copyright. No warranty. No nothing. Share and enjoy!



Short instructions:

Start by selecting 'Satellite mode' or 'Boring mode'. If using
Satellite mode, then go to the two corners of the baseline and give
commands to set the left corner and the right corner. Then save the
configuration, and start playing. Run fast!



More detailed instructions for Satellite mode:

1. Find an open space. Avoid trees and tall buildings, since they
block the GPS satellites. You should be able to move along a straight
line for 50 to 150 meters (yards). Preferably without crossing roads
and railroad tracks.

2. Start the program.

3. In the 'Preferences' screen, you might want to change the speed of
the ball or the size of the paddle.

4. Give the command 'Start listening'. The device might show a
dialogue to confirm that the program can use the GPS.

5. Go to one end of the line you want to use as baseline.

6. Give the command 'Left corner'.

7. Stay there, until the text after 'Left corner' in the 'Preferences'
screen changes from 'null' to coordinates with a latitude and a
longitude.

8. Go to the other end of your baseline.

9. Give the command 'Right corner'.

10. Stay there, until the text after 'Right corner' changes from
'null' to some coordinates.

11. Give the command 'Save'.

12. You might want to move towards the middle of the baseline before
starting to play.

13. Give the command 'Play'.

14. Run!



Tips:

1. Use a long baseline, at least 100 meters (yards). The error in GPS
locations can be (much) more than 10 meters, and the longer the
baseline, the less this error matters.

2. Hurry to (approximately) the right position to meet the ball, and
wait there. It can take a number of seconds for the GPS to update the
location.