DragonFly On-Line Manual Pages

Search: Section:  

trackballs(6)                        Games                       trackballs(6)


NAME

       /trackballs/

       A marble game for Linux that is similiar to the classic arcade game
       'Marble Madness'.


SYNTAX

       trackballs [-w, -m] [-e, -l <level>] [-r <width>] ...

         -h  --help         Display this usage information.
         -e  --edit         Start as level editor.
         -l  --level        Start from level.
         -w  --windowed     Run in window (Default is fullscreen)
         -m  --mute         Mute sound.
         -r  --resolution   Set resolution to 640, 800 or 1024
         -s  --sensitivity  Mouse sensitivity, default 1.0
         -f  --fps          Displays framerate

       The last 5 options are all but obsolete as these can now be accessed
       through the games menu system.


DESCRIPTION

       Trackballs is a simple game similar to the classic Atari 1980's arcade
       game 'Marble Madness' (later released by Electronic Arts for the Amiga
       and other platforms).

       By steering a marble ball through a labyrinth filled with vicious
       hammers, pools of acid and other obstacles the player collects points.
       When the ball reaches the destination it continues to the next, more
       difficult track - unless the time runs out.

       It should be noted that this game is _not_ intended to be a replica of
       Marble Madness but rather merely inspired by it. For instance the game
       uses 3D graphics even though the original game had no real use for it.
       Also we aim at making the game highly configurable by a scripting
       extension (Guile) and provide a simple editor by which new levels
       easily can be created.


FILES

       Binary:                  /usr/local/bin/trackballs
       Shared files directory:  /usr/local/share/trackballs/
       Settings directory:      ~/.trackballs/


ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       GUILE_LOAD_PATH
              Specifies the directory where the guile files are


EXAMPLES

       To run this program the standard way type:

           trackballs

       Alternativly you edit a level using this command:

           trackballs -e steep

       Alternativly you can test a level with:

           trackballs -l steep


AUTHOR

       Mathias Broxvall <matbr@home.se>


CONTRIBUTORS

       Music and UI Graphics - Dietrich Radel <radel@inet.net.nz>
       Sound Effects - Benoit Rouits <brouits@free.fr>

       Packagers:
       Mandrake - Guillaume Bedot <guillaume.bedot@wanadoo.fr>
       Debian - Ari Pollak <ari@debian.org>


SEE ALSO

       Full documentation for the game and the editor can be found in the
       README.html file included in this package.

Mathias Broxwall                                                 trackballs(6)

Search: Section: