Kong is a freeware top-down shooter game featuring monkeys with a thirst for blood in a full 3D environment. The rules are simple, pick up as many health/armor packs and weapons as you can before blowing your enemies into smithereens.
The game currently features three game modes including deathmatch, team deathmatch and capture the flag with plans to introduce a number of new game modes. Computer controlled bots are provided as target practise but the real fun comes from playing in multiplayer over a local area network or the internet.
Gameplay modes
Death match
Compete against the other players to get as many frags as possible.
Team death match
Team version of the classic death match mode, in this mode you are restricted to killing players in the opposite team. The team with the most overall frags wins .
Capture the flag
This is a team based mode where each team tries to capture the enemy team's flag. Team coordination is required to ensure the home flag is kept safe while the offensive group strips the enemy of their flag. A point is scored when the enemy flag is returned home safely.
The default controls are listed below but can be customised through the settings menu to suit personal preference:
A,S,D,W - Move in the desired direction
R - Reload weapon
Q - Drop weapon
1,2,3,4,5,6 - Switch between available weapons
Left mouse - Primary fire
Space, Right mouse - Jump
Middle mouse - Alternate fire (only used for certain weapons)
Y, Enter - Send chat message
Tab - Show scoreboard
Mouse wheel - Next/previous weapon
Jumping off walls
Most of the controls are fairly self-explanatory however jumping off walls is perhaps not. This technique can be used to gain access to areas that are not accessible from a single jump.
To do it run towards a wall and before getting to the wall tap the jump key, then when in contact with the wall tap the jump key again. With a little practise this move is easy to pull off. Once you have mastered it try experimenting combining this with the primary fire of the katana.
Multiplayer
Playing Kong with your friends either over a LAN or the internet is easy. One player should create a server (usually the one with the fastest connection and most powerfull machine) while the other players look for it in the list of servers.
The server will appear provided that the computers are either all on the same local area network or all connected to the internet. In some cases the server may appear but clients are unable to connect; This is most likely because the server is behind a NAT (one internet connection shared between several computers through a router) or has a firewall enabled. In the case of a NAT it is necessary to configure the router to forward UDP network traffic to the server computer on the port the server is running (the default port is 5454).
