AstroRides Windows game

AstroRides

slu4 | Released 2018

The idea of AstroRides is simplicity. What is the bare minimum that makes a 3D online multiplayer game fun to play with others? For me, the answer is: it's the people playing that game! So AstroRides provides a platform to try your skills as a pilot of a tiny space ship against other players, fighting your way around an asteroid field. Watch out and dodge those laser shots!

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How to install and play AstroRides

Welcome to AstroRides. The Installation is dead easy: Just download and unpack the .zip archive, and the game is ready to play. No files are installed onto your system. I like it clean ;-) Please note that the file 'OpenAL32.dll' needs to be in the game's directory.

Main Menu

After starting AstroRides you can chose your ship's name and color for this session (currently there are no permanent user accounts).

AstroRides main menu

By clicking the 'Connect' button you establish a connection to the multiplayer server and get to the client menu.

Client Menu

Once you are connected you see the client menu shown below. The screen is devided into four parts:

AstroRides client menu

Top-left: Information about ongoing games on the server. Join a game by clicking the game's name and you are in! If there are no games running right now you can start a new game on the server (see below).

Bottom-left: Post your own game to the server so others can see it and join. Choose between the modes 'PvP' (player versus player) or 'TvT' (team versus team) and input a name of your game. Set the maximum number of players and duration of the game.

Top-right: There is some chat going on in the lobby? Well, here you see it. Please be friendly in the chat.

Bottom-right: Shows all players currently logged in. So bring some friends...

Game

Joining a game teleports you right inside the asteroid field arena. Control the direction of your ship using the mouse. Fire the laser by pressing the mouse button. Accelerate or decelerate by pressing the keyboard 'W' or 'S', respectively. 'T' enables the in-game chat. 'ESC' brings you back to the client menu.