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1Blocks - a small tty based games using ncurses
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4 Written by marc welz (rather : kluged by marc welz) - Redistribution is
5 subject to the GNU public license.
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7Installation
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10 To Compile :
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12<make block> to make the game
13<make bed> to make the level editor
14<make install> to install the entire game on your system
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16 If you would rather use curses (instead of ncurses) do :
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18<make cblock>
19<make cbed>
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21 Some installations have trouble finding some of the #defines when
22 using curses - the only solution (I know of) to that snag is to use
23 ncurses ;-).
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25 Other options include :
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27<make nocolor> to disable colours
28<make old> to run with older versions of ncurses
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30 Have a look at the makefile -- it tries to be helpful.
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33Running the Game
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36 To run the game simply type <block>
37 To run the game with 'another' as level type <block another>
38 To edit level complex type <bed complex>
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40 Blocks comes with 4 levels (default, pyramid, complex and another, each
41 stored in a seperate file - they can be modified or new levels added by
42 using bed).
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44 For help try <block -h> or hit ? when in the game. When running bed you
45 can also try ?.
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47Notes
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50 Good idea to restrict file names to 20 chars.
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52 The editor tries to fill the entire screen - so if you write a level on
53 a big screen, you will not be able to play it on a small one. And
54 remember to save the game you are editing before exiting.
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56 Probably contains bugs - but if I knew what they were they would not be
57 there ...
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59Maps
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61 If you make the MAP for this game. Please send map to: ovis@ok.aiva.lt,
62 or sco@usa.net. Thanks.
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64AT&T UNIX PC
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66 I'm compiled this game on AT&T UNIX PC (UNIX v3.51) sucsess
67 If need this versions just write to me ovis@ok.aiva.lt
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69Thanks
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72 A big THANK YOU goes to Joey Hess (jeh22@conell.edu) who contributed
73 the pyramid level, wrote the man pages for the game and pointed out a
74 couple of minor bugs.
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76marc (marc@mbs.bch.uct.ac.za)
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