############################################################################## Games::Console - draw a Quake-style console which allows input and logging

DESCRIPTION

This package provides you with 2D console, which can accept user input and display messages from the application. The console works very much like in the popular ID games.

For some background information, as well reasoning why this was developed and why in this way, browse to:

http://bloodgate.com/perl/sdl/game.html

See the above URL for examples on how to use this code. The distribution contains an example, this uses SDL::App::FPS as a framework. So you will need SDL::App::FPS for the example, but you could also use this module stand-alone.

Prerequisites

You need SDL, SDL_image and SDL_perl v1.20.3 to use this. See

http://bloodgate.com/perl/sdl/sdl_perl.html

on how to get the latest version of SDL_perl.

Installation

• untar/ungzip the package (replace 0.02 with the version you got)

tar -xzf Games-Console-0.02.tar.gz

• Check the signature. Download my key from http://bloodgate.com/tels.asc or from my CPAN directory. Then do in the build directory (where you unwrapped stuff):

cpansign -v

• if the signature verifies OK, proceed. Otherwise NOTIFY ME IMMIDIATELY. Do NOT INSTALL THE PACKAGE! Your system might get compromised!
• Build the make file:

perl Makefile.PL

• Make the project

make

• Run the tests:

make test

• If some tests fail, please notify me.
• If all tests pass, install as root:

        su
        [enter password]
        make install
        exit

Please send me test-reports, your experiences with this and your ideas - I love to hear about my work!

Tels <http://bloodgate.com/>