abstreet/docs/INSTRUCTIONS.md

A/B Street Instructions

This is an alpha-quality demo. Please email dabreegster@gmail.com or file a Github issue if you hit problems.

Installing the game

Grab a pre-built binary release -- updated every Sunday, announced at r/abstreet:

• Windows: https://github.com/dabreegster/abstreet/releases/download/v0.1.36/abstreet_windows_v0_1_36.zip
• Mac: https://github.com/dabreegster/abstreet/releases/download/v0.1.36/abstreet_mac_v0_1_36.zip
• Linux: https://github.com/dabreegster/abstreet/releases/download/v0.1.36/abstreet_linux_v0_1_36.zip

Unzip the folder, then run play_abstreet.sh or play_abstreet.bat. On Windows, you'll probably get a warning about running software from an unknown publisher.

Or you can build from source.

Playing the game

• Use the tutorial to learn the controls.
• Play the challenges for directed gameplay. As of April 2020, these're under active development.
• Try out any ideas in the sandbox.

Data source licensing

A/B Street binary releases contain pre-built maps that combine data from:

• OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright)
• King County metro (https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/transportation/metro/travel-options/bus/app-center/terms-of-use.aspx)
• City of Seattle GIS program (https://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/)
• https://github.com/seattleio/seattle-boundaries-data (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
• Puget Sound Regional Council (https://www.psrc.org/activity-based-travel-model-soundcast)
• USGS SRTM

Other binary data bundled in:

• Overpass font (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Overpass, Open Font License)
• Bungee fonts (https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bungee, Open Font License)