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# Lazarr!
Be a pirate and solve laser puzzles.
A pirate-themed 3D puzzle game by Wuzzy.
Current version: 1.4.0
**PLEASE NOTE**: THIS GAME IS INCOMPLETE!
It is playable, but the current levels are underwhelming.
Stay tuned for version 2.0.0!
## Gameplay
You're a pirate in the search of treasure.
Sail to different places of the world and find all shiny gold blocks
in treasure chests to advance to the next level.
But there's a catch! Most chests are locked by a mysterious mechanism
and the only way to unlock them is by solving a laser puzzle by
sending lasers to all detectors. Mirrors and other things will help you.
### Getting started
You start in the captain's cabin, the base of your treasure-hunting
operations. Use the book in front of you to select the first level.
The spinning information blocks will guide you through the levels.
## Installing
You need Minetest version 5.5.0 (or later) to play this.
Download Minetest from <https://www.minetest.net>.
Refer to Minetest documentation to learn how to install a game in Minetest.
Once installed, create a world and start. The world contains your game's
progress and custom levels.
## Level Editor
Lazarr! contains a level editor.
See `LEVEL_EDITOR.md` to read how it works.
## History
Originally, this game was hastily made for the Minetest Game Jam 2021 in the
final day of the competition.
Version 1.2 was the version that was rated by the jury and players.
This version only had 10 levels, and level 8 was broken.
There was no base ship or any in-game explanation of the game.
But the main laser game mechanic worked, something I am very proud of I actually
managed to hack this together in only in one day.
Unsurprisingly, the game ranked poorly, only at rank 13.
In the years after, this game has seen some improvements since then,
but I'm still not satisfied with it.
## Credits/License
Lazarr!, a pirate-themed laser puzzle game
Copyright (C) 2024 Wuzzy
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
The media files are released under a separate free cultural works license:
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
You can find a copy of both licenses here:
* GNU GPLv3: `LICENSE_GPLv3.txt`
* CC BY-SA 4.0: `LICENSE_CC_BY_SA_4_0.txt`
See CREDITS.md for credits and more details.