Each plasma inflicts approximately 20 points of damage, and the impact can generate a very small amount of splash damage. It fires slow bursts of blue iron plasma. This highly precise weapon is very popular due to its attack rate that can quickly deplete an enemyвЂ™s health. The beam eats up ammo very fast, and is limited in range so distant enemies can get away unharmed. It fires a powerful stream of lightning at a target that inflicts about 80 points of damage for each second a player is hit by the beam. Littering the floor with grenades on a retreat can be very helpful when trying to escape from an enemy, and is lethal in a closed-combat situation. The Grenade Launcher is more of a utility for close range area denial. Each grenade can inflict up to 100 points of damage, thus inflict splash damage when the enemy is within range. It fires grenades that bounce around for about three seconds before they explode. It can inflict 50 points of damage when successful hit a close enemy and can usually kill opponents in less than 3 strikes. The weapon doesnвЂ™t require any ammunition and is meant for close combat. It is a circular-saw melee weapon with a spinning blade that can be accessed by default. It is usually used to preserve the ammo of the other weapons so that anyone can kill a weaker enemy without wasting valuable ammo. The machine gun has a quite high rate of fire and is pretty accurate at long-range distance. Its automatic fire inflicts between 5 and 7 points of damage per bullet. Despite of its power and effectiveness, its ammo is limited and the rocket can harm the player who fired it as well. When the rocket explodes near a player it will still inflict splash damage. It fires rockets that inflict around 100 points of damage on impact. It is one of the most lethal weapons in the game. It is important to understand the strength and weakness of each weapon, and knowing in which circumstance to use them is what it makes the difference on the player performance. The player needs weapons to defend himself or to attack an enemy, and they can be picked up at different locations in the level. A typical duel match gameplay requires of map knowledge to read opponents and figure out when to pressure, keep distance or retreat altogether while timing the needed items to control the map.ДЄfter a player has been fragged, that is the playerвЂ™s health points has reached zero, the game can continue by respawning the player in a new position with health points restored, but without any weapons or power-ups previously gathered. This can be accomplished by shooting the enemy using the available weapons while navigating and collecting items such as ammunitions, healths, armors, weapons and powerups throughout the map which are meant to aid during the combat. The game mode consists on a duel against an AI agent which has equal strength and abilities than the player avatar and the main goal is to score points by killing or fragging the opponent. In this game, a player moves around a real-time 3D virtual world with a familiar mixture of gothic and technological architecture viewed from a third-person perspective. The game is a third-person shooter simplified version of the Quake III Arena which has been developed for educational purpose.

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