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         companies=[[Thorsoft of Letchworth]]|
         companies=[[Thorsoft of Letchworth]]|
         usedBy=[[Lord Avalot d'Argent]]|
         usedBy=[[Lord Avalot d'Argent]]|
         dateAdded=Not Yet|
         dateAdded=October 17, 2013|
         release=N/A|
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The Avalanche engine was used in [[Lord Avalot d'Argent]].
The Avalanche engine was used in [[Lord Avalot d'Argent]].


This engine is being added by the GSoC student [[User:uruk|uruk]] to ScummVM as part of the GSoC 2013.  The source code was provided by the authors, Mike, Mark and Thomas Thurman, who released it under the GNU GPL version 2 license.
This engine was added by the GSoC student [[User:uruk|uruk]] to ScummVM as part of the GSoC 2013.  The source code was provided by the authors, Mike, Mark and Thomas Thurman, who released it under the GNU GPL version 2 license.


==Status==
==Status==
A couple of missing optional mini-games, completable
A couple of missing functions in the main menu, working mini-games, completable


==TO-DO==
==TO-DO==
*Class refactoring (WIP)
*Class refactoring (WIP)
*Help
*Main menu
*Control of the drop-down menu with keyboard shortcuts
*Control of the drop-down menu with keyboard shortcuts
*Status leds and buttons on the toolbar
*A shoot-em'-up mini game after the first encounter with Robin Hood.
*Demo mode (If the player doesn't start playing and being idle for a certain time in the main menu, the games starts to demo itself.)
*Demo mode (If the player doesn't start playing and being idle for a certain time in the main menu, the games starts to demo itself.)
*Some sections of the main menu
*Intro animation (Not sure if we have the sources for that one.)
*Outro screens (See Closing!)
*Some Easter Egg connected to the display of scrolls
*Sound options in-game and keeping them in sync with ScummVM's options
*Fix Shoot 'Em Up minigame


==Differences from the original==
==Differences from the original==
*The ScummVM version uses a different font for some of the texts in the game. (For example: Nim.) Maybe they'll be replaced later.
*The ScummVM version uses a slightly different font for some of the texts in the game. (Nim, Help, ShootEmUp's instuctions, Boss key.) Maybe they'll be replaced later.
 
==Outstanding bugs==
*The global 'mute all' option in ScummVM is not always working.


==Outstanding original bugs==
==Outstanding original bugs==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://github.com/urukgit/scummvm/tree/avalanche Current WIP for the avalanche engine, on a git fork from ScummVM]
*[https://github.com/tthurman/avalot Repository of the original sourcecode, licensed under GPL v2]
*[https://github.com/tthurman/avalot Repository of the original sourcecode, licensed under GPL v2]


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