pipenightdreams - Man Page

Just another pipe trip (PipeDream clon).

Synopsis

pipenightdreams [--datadir <DATADIR>] [--fullscreen]

Description

pipenightdreams is a puzzle-game where the objective is to carry liquid from some point to the exit using different kinds of pipes. On each level there is a minimum number of required pipes that should be at least reached for it to be completed.

The score is increased by using as many pipes as possible an by collecting various bonus tokens making the liquid pass through their pipes. There are also life bonus and, hopefully soon, "freeze tokens".

Keys

The game is entirely played using the keyboard and the key layout is as follows:

SPACE

Puts the next pipe where the pointer is.

CURSOR KEYS

Move the pointer.

ENTER

Speeds up the liquid (Avoids skillful players to get bored).

ESC

Goes back to the main screen or exits.

Bonus Types

The various types of bonus tokens are the following:

LIFE BONUS

The purple one with a "L" on it.

SUPER BONUS

The red one with a "B" on it.

ULTRA BONUS

The blue one.

HYPER BONUS

The green one.

Options

--datadir <CUSTOM DATA DIR>
is used when the data directory is not the default one (/usr/share/pipenightdreams).

--fullscreen switchs to fullscreen mode.

Bugs

Not known.

See Also

Pipenightdreams home page at

http://www.libsdl.org/projects/pipenightdreams

Authors

Waldemar A. Baraldi <baraldi@lacasilla.com.ar>

Info

23rd May 2002