wxAsteroids
===========
A demonstration of how to use wxHaskell
---------------------------------------
Your space ship enters an asteroid belt, try to avoid
collisions!
wxAsteroids is a game demonstrating the wxHaskell GUI.
To run the game, you will need wxHaskell, see:
<https://wiki.haskell.org/WxHaskell#Documentation>
If wxHaskell is installed, and you have cabal-install
on your system, give the folllowing command to install
wxAsteroids:
```sh
cabal install wxAsteroids
```
Another option is, to download the wxAsteroids tarball from
[Hackage](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/wxAsteroids)
and unpack it; go to the directory with the game code
and enter the commands:
```sh
runhaskell Setup configure
runhaskell Setup build
runhaskell Setup install
```
You will get a message about the directory in which the
executable is installed; this directory must be in the
search path.
Give the following command to start the game:
```sh
wxAsteroids
```
Controls:
* Use the left and right cursor keys to move the ship sideways.
* Ctrl-n creates a new window with a new Asteroids game.
* Ctrl-p pauses/resumes the game.
* To increase the speed of the space ship, press '+';
* to slow down, press '-'.
For a detailed description of wxHaskell and the program, see:
[wxHaskell, A Portable and Concise GUI Library for
Haskell](http://legacy.cs.uu.nl/daan/download/papers/wxhaskell.pdf)
Further information about wxHaskell can be found at:
<https://wiki.haskell.org/WxHaskell>