Holy Kart 0.9.4 - Windows
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NO INSTALLATION NEEDED
  The game ships with everything it needs; the Godot engine is built into
  HolyKart.exe. Nothing to install, no admin rights, no registry entries:
  unpack this folder anywhere you like (e.g. Documents or Desktop) and
  start. To remove the game, delete the folder.

START
  Double-click HolyKart.exe.

WINDOWS SMARTSCREEN
  Windows shows a warning on first launch ("Windows protected your PC")
  because the game is unsigned (private family project, no commercial
  certificate). Click "More info", then "Run anyway".

REQUIREMENTS
  Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), graphics card with a current driver (Vulkan;
  practically every card since about 2015). Without Vulkan the game falls
  back to Direct3D 12 or OpenGL on its own. If the screen stays black or the
  game crashes on launch: run HolyKart_Kompatibilitaetsmodus.bat (OpenGL,
  simpler lighting, runs on almost any card).

SAVE GAME AND SETTINGS
  %APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\Holy Kart\ (savegame.json, settings.cfg).
  Delete that folder too when removing the game, if nothing should remain.

CONTROLS (Player 1, keyboard; gamepads are supported too, up to 4 players,
controller profile per player under Settings)
  W / Up arrow       Accelerate
  S / Down arrow     Brake
  A / D              Steer left / right
  Space              Drift
  E                  Use item
  Q                  Look back
  Esc                Pause

YOUR OWN MUSIC
  See user_music/README.txt.

LICENSE
  (c) 2026 Dr. Reiner Krapf. Freeware: private, non-commercial use
  and passing it on free of charge in unchanged form are permitted, until
  revoked. Wording: LICENSE.txt and in the game under Info > Legal Notice &
  Imprint. Third-party components (Godot Engine, fonts, soundfont) and their
  license texts: THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt and Info > Licenses. All content is
  original; an independent work with no connection to other kart racing games
  or their makers.
