This is a clone of the C64 game Paradroid with a new theme of modern robot graphics, written by Johan Berntsson in 2007. The game uses Rubygame and SDL packages.
STARTING THE GAME
The game is started by "ruby rubydroid.rb".
PLAYING THE GAME
Move your robot with the cursor keys. Fire your weapons by pressing SPACE while moving.
Either shoot the robots, or capture them. To capture a robot, press ENTER to enable capture mode. Then move into the robot you want to capture.
The game is over when all robots have been captured or destroyed.
THEMES AND CONFIGURATION
Customization is done by editing config.rb Two themes are supplied, c64 and modern. Feel free to design new themes by creating data files in the themes directory, and changing the config.rb file to use the new theme.