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+# LibGDX Diablo II
+This is my attempt at rebuilding Diablo II from scratch. There is still a long
+ways to go, but a lot of the core is there. The game itself uses 100% original
+Diablo II assets which are not (and will never) be provided, i.e., you should
+already own a copy of the game to play this. I am going to do my best to remain
+faithful to the original game, however I am planning on changing and adding
+additional features as I think they become necessary. I will write articles in
+the future explaining how I was able to accomplish certain things, and how
+some systems work.
+
+Some important changes that I will note are that this version supports a 16:9
+aspect ratio (the original was 640x480 and expansion was 800x600), and will
+eventually support wider. Because I'm limited to the original game assets, the
+game will be upscaled to the desired resolution, and 480p seems to work well on
+a smart phone. This does run on Android, and I have been using a Galaxy Note 5
+as the min spec when testing, but older phones may work as well. I can already
+play Diablo II on PC, my goal is to be able to sit back and play it casually
+with my friends while also supporting cross-platform play. This game will one
+day support local play that can then be taken online (similar to Open
+Battle.net), with a more secure option being far beyond that.
+
+*NOTE: This is not playable yet, but the game runs and you can load save files,
+walk around a bit and look at your characters.* Game saves are not modified
+yet, and 1.13c+ saves are supported (support for some other versions may be
+added in the future, but it isn't a priority, and I expect most people to
+create new characters anyways). I do not plan on, or want to make this game
+compatible with playing with users using the original game client.
+
+# Features
+- Written using Java + LibGDX + OpenGL
+- Runs on PC, Android and eventually more (IOS, Linux, etc.)
+- Full console, including CVAR support and key bindings
+- TODO Controller support
+- TODO Platform-specific features (Android touch, PC mouse, etc)
+
+# Screenshots
+![In-Game](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/collinsmith/diablo/screenshots/Clipboard-1.png)
+![Create Character](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/collinsmith/diablo/screenshots/Clipboard-2.png)
+
+# MPQ Viewer
+Still a work in progress, but this allows you to look at the game's assets and
+is used to test my MPQ library implementation. Currently this does not allow
+for viewing all files that the game can load, but those should hopefully come
+in the future. This should be a replacement for DR Test in the future, at least
+in a general sense, since the UI I made is much more helpful when writing the
+game code.
+
+# Map Builder
+Used to test the map building algorithm. This is very basic at the moment.