Asteroid Cresta is a fast paced Open Source Asteroids
style retro game which features stunning two-color
vector graphics. Released with source code under the
GNU General Public License. Believing that the world
needed another asteroid re-make, I began this game in
2004 for a bit fun. I have used it at various times as
a testbed for developing skills in new programming
frameworks. Initially, it was written for Borland C++
Builder and while I used Borland's VCL for the front-
end, I wrote the back-end code in clean C++. This
meant I was later able to swap-out the front-end code
and replace it with a wxWidget implementation. I
initially released the game under the under the name
of "Celesteroids". With this version, as well as
changing the name, I swapped-out wxWidgets and
replaced it with Nokia's QT framework. I have also
improved the playability a little I hope.

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