Author: pdewacht-guest Date: 2008-02-07 22:24:06 +0000 (Thu, 07 Feb 2008) New Revision: 5687
Modified: packages/trunk/alex4/debian/alex4.6 Log: Revised the manpage. Modified: packages/trunk/alex4/debian/alex4.6 =================================================================== --- packages/trunk/alex4/debian/alex4.6 2008-02-07 22:11:18 UTC (rev 5686) +++ packages/trunk/alex4/debian/alex4.6 2008-02-07 22:24:06 UTC (rev 5687) @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .if \n[.g] .mso www.tmac .\" End of recipe. . -.TH alex4 6 "2008-01-23" +.TH alex4 6 "2008-02-07" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. . .SH "NAME" @@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ Guide Alex the Allegator through the jungle in order to save his girlfriend Lola from evil humans who want to make a pair of shoes out of her. -. +.PP +Alex the Allegator 4 is a platform game in the style of old Gameboy +games. You can play the game with a keyboard or a joystick. On the keyboard the following keys are used: -.IP "Arrow keys" 15 +.IP "Arrow keys" 13 Movement .IP "Alt" Jump @@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ .PP When you're on the menu screen, you can choose the window size with the following keys: -.IP "1" 15 +.IP "1" 5 160x120 window .IP "2" 320x240 window @@ -65,24 +67,26 @@ .IP "4" full-screen . -.SH "CUSTOM GAMES" +.SH "CUSTOM MAPS" . -To play a custom game, start alex4 with the gamefile as argument. -The game's homepage links to several custom games. +The Alex the Allegator homepage links to many user-contributed maps. +Each set should contain several ".map" files and a text file +describing the collection. +To play the maps, simply start alex4 with the name of the text file +as argument. .PP -You can create custom maps using the map editor (see below). -To play your maps, you also have to create a gamefile. -In that file, you must list the file names of your maps +If you want to create your own maps, you can use the built-in map +editor (described below), +but you'll need to create the description file yourself. +This is a plain text file that needs to list the file names of your maps between "#start#" and "#end#" markers (these markers are not optional). -You should also include a description of your game. -For example: +You can include a description of the maps outside these markers. +For example, for a collection of three maps: .RS .PP In this game, Alex must rescue the Yellow Tetris Piece from the pirates of Ching Shih. .br - -.br #start# .br journey.map @@ -98,8 +102,9 @@ . Use the map editor to create your own maps. You can enter the map editor from the menu screen or by pressing F1 -while playing a custom map. The basic editor commands are: -.IP "Shift+L" 10 +while playing a custom map. +The basic editor commands are: +.IP "Shift+L" 20 load an existing map .IP "Shift+S" save the map @@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ . .PP Use the following command to place items and enemies: -.IP "1" +.IP "1" 10 extra life .IP "2" star bonus _______________________________________________ Pkg-games-commits mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-games-commits
