Downloading the Lander Game


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1)  Right click the blue link above, and then select "Save Link Target As..." by left clicking.

2)  A message box will open asking you where you want to save the game.  Choose from the list of folders by double clicking on the folder that you want to save the game in.  If you want to save it in your home directory, you can just left click "save".

3)  Now cd into the directory that you saved the game.  On the command line type the following command:
chmod u+x main

You will only need to do this once (the first time).  You can close the other message box that opens (the one that says Download Manager).

4)  From now on, to run the game, you can just type "main" from the command line.


Instructions on Game Play

    The goal of the game is to safely land the moon lander on one of the four surfaces.  If the lander makes contact with the ground, and has a low velocity it will be safe, otherwise KABOOM!!!

    Every few seconds a prompt will ask yor for control instructions.  It will ask you to set the main, right, and left thrusters to either high, medium, low, or none.  The rockets will continue to fire at those settings until you are prompted again.  At each prompt, you can adjust the rockets accordingly.

"Main thruster" is a rocket motor under the ship that provides upward thrust.

"Right thruster" is a rocket motor on the right side of the lander that pushes it to the left.

"Left thruster" is a rocket motor on the left side of the lander that pushes it to the right.