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PROTOLOGIC designer of the 68000 DR.
4 PROGRAMS 6 VIRUSES 10 BUGS 11 STRUCTURES 12 TECH SUPPORT 14 CREDITS 15 REFERENCE 16 CONTENTS OVERVIEW 3
OVERVIEW Darwinia is a Virtual Themepark, built by Dr Sepulveda out of malfunctioning Protologic 68000s. Darwinia is populated by a sentient evolving life form called the Darwinians. Unfortunately, the systems of Darwinia have been overrun by an evil red Viral Infection. Your task is to destroy the Viral Infection and save the Darwinians. CAMERA Use the W,S,A,D keys to move the camera. You can move the camera up and down by scrolling your mouse wheel, or by pressing Q and E.
ENGINEERS To create an Engineer, hold ALT to access the Task Manager, then draw this gesture. Engineers can capture research, reprogram buildings and collect souls. RESEARCH From time to time you will find Research Items scattered around Darwinia. These may be captured by Engineers to provide new weapons and upgrades. BUILDINGS Most buildings in Darwinia are controlled by a nearby Control Tower.
PROGRAMS DARWINIAN These cute little fellows are the native life forms of the world, and the subject of a decades worth of research into digital life. What they lack in strength and speed is made up for in courage and spirit. It is Dr Sepulveda's dream to evolve the Darwinians into an intelligent species capable of sustaining themselves in a digital world.
OFFICER LMB Move RMB Set GOTO order RMB near the officer Toggle orders The Officer is used to directly control the nearby Darwinians. An Officer is created by promoting an existing Darwinian. To promote a Darwinian, draw the gesture for an Officer then Left Click on the Darwinian. Once promoted, an Officer can issue orders to the nearby Darwinians by waving specially designed signal flags. NONE GOTO FOLLOW ABSORB Not all of these orders are immediately available - they must be researched.
In his first interview for almost 20 years, the once infamous Dr Sepulveda talks exclusively to TMagazine. On the e-Sofa " All life begins with an accident. Some curious interaction occurs between lifeless chemicals, in the right conditions and under the right temperatures, and suddenly you have life. Darwinia is no different - it just happened in the digital domain, rather than the biological.
Dr Sepulveda Managing Director, Darwin Research Associates processing power increasing dramatically as units are added, each making use of quantum interference to share data with their neighbours. Realising he was standing on the brink of a digital revolution, Sepulveda founded Darwin Research Associates with what little money he could scrape together. He set to work creating a massive grid of computing power that was "more akin to a human brain than any form of supercomputer".
VIRUSES VIRII A destructive corruption of the native Darwinians, these evil creatures will attack anything that comes within range. They're fairly weak and don't do much damage on their own, but they can be found to have replicated in very large numbers, posing a much greater threat. Virii can replicate rapidly by fertilising Eggs (layed by Spiders and Spore Generators) with the Souls of dead Creatures. CENTIPEDE An early mutation of the basic Virii pattern caused them to expand into three dimensions.
BUG The Darwinians used to hunt these cattle-like creatures during the early years of Darwinia. The Bugs would just fumble around the landscapes, occasionally breaking the subsystems that made up the world or corrupting the textures they came into contact with. Until recently it was believed that the Bugs had all been eradicated from Darwinia. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE RITUALS AND HUNTING HABITS OF THE NATIVE DARWINIA by Dr.
STRUCTURES CONTROL 12 TOWER Almost all buildings in Darwinia can be reprogrammed using nearby Control Towers. Many of the buildings have been corrupted by the Virus and need reprogramming before they can be used. To do this you must create Engineers nearby and they will do the job. Control Towers will flash red if they are infected with the Virus, and Yellow if they have been successfully reprogrammed. RADAR DISH These buildings are used for short range transportation between islands.
THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CREATION OF A PURELY DIGITAL UNIVERSE By Tokugawa Iesuwa Written originally for The Weekly Philosopher Recently, it has come to the attention of the general populus that the previously affluent but now destitute Dr. Sepulveda has created what can be regarded as a purely artificial, yet completely self sustaining and learning digital universe.
TECH SUPPORT 14 PRIMARY SUPPORT PAGE http://www.darwinia.co.uk/support/ PROBLEMS GETTING THE GAME TO RUN Make sure DirectX9 or later is installed. DirectX9 is included on the CD. Alternatively you can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/directx/ Make sure you have the latest drivers for your graphics card: NVIDIA (GeForce range) http://www.nvidia.com ATI (Radeon range) http://www.ati.com Perform a Windows Update (from your Start Menu).
CREATED BY STARRING Chris Delay Andrew Bainbridge Peter Hutchison as Dr Sepulveda and Maddie the cat as the voice of the Darwinians PRODUCED BY Introversion Software Mark Morris Tom Arundel Chris Delay John Knottenbelt ADDITIONAL GRAPHIC DESIGN MAC AND LINUX PORTS SOUND DESIGN AND John Knottenbelt PRODUCTION Alistair Lindsay Michael Maidment ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND STORY MUSIC Jonathan Bender Jeremy Bender Trash80 (www.trash80.
REFERENCE Left Right Forwards Backwards Up Down A D W S E Q Zoom Camera Fast Camera Skip Message Chat Log Help Z SHIFT RETURN TAB H Task Manager Next Task End Task Deselect ALT ALT-TAB CTRL-C SPACE Squad Engineer Grenade Officer Rocket Armour Air Strike
