3 <http://supertux.lethargik.org/>
5 Last update: February 26, 2010
9 SuperTux is a jump'n'run game with strong inspiration from the
10 Super Mario Bros. games for the various Nintendo platforms.
12 Run and jump through multiple worlds, fighting off enemies by jumping
13 on them, bumping them from below or tossing objects at them, grabbing
14 power-ups and other stuff on the way.
20 - Penny gets captured! -
22 Tux and Penny were out having a nice picnic on the ice fields of Antarctica.
23 Suddenly, a creature jumped from behind an ice bush, there was a flash, and
26 When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny is missing. Where she lay before now
27 lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!" says the letter. "I have captured your
28 beautiful Penny and have taken her to my fortress. The path to my fortress
29 is littered with my minions. Give up on the thought of trying to reclaim
30 her, you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
32 Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in the distance. Determined to save his
33 beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
38 Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
41 INSTALL - Requirements, compiling and installing.
42 README - (This file.) Game story, usage, rules and controls.
43 WHATSNEW.txt - Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
44 COPYING - The GNU General Public License, under whose terms
45 SuperTux is licensed. (Most of the data
46 subdirectory is also licensed under CC-by-SA)
47 docs/levelguidelines.txt - Very useful information for those that want to design
49 data/credits.txt - Credits for people that contributed to the creation
50 of SuperTux. (You can view these in the game menu
52 data/README - Licensing information about the data.
57 SuperTux makes use of proc to see where it is. In other words, it does not
58 have any need to be installed and can be run from anywhere. This makes
59 it possible to click in the executable in your filemanager (i.e. Konqueror or
60 Nautilus) as opposed to many other Linux games.
62 Options can be reached from the menu, so you don't need to specify arguments,
63 but if you want, type 'supertux2 --help' to check the ones that are available.
64 Also, notice that SuperTux saves the options, so it's often enough to
65 specify them once. For example, fullscreen mode causes problems on some setups,
66 so just run 'supertux2 --window' and you should be set.
68 The game uses OpenGL to render the graphics. You will either need a CPU
69 with about 10 GHz or an accelerated video card with the vendor's drivers.
70 (On Linux, the team recommends using cards from NVidia with the proprietary
71 drivers, but ATI or another vendor should do.)
78 Both keyboards and joysticks/gamepads are supported. You can change the
79 controls via the Options menu. Basically, the only keys you will need to
80 use in-game are to do the following actions: jump, duck, right, left, power
81 and 'P' to pause/unpause the game. There isn't much to tell about the first
82 few, but the "action" key allows you to pick up objects and use any powerup
83 you got. For instance, with the fire flower, you can shoot bullets (note
84 that this is the only power currently implemented).
86 Other useful keys include the Esc key, which is used to go to the menu or
87 to go up a level in the menu. The menu can be navigated using the arrow
90 In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to enter
96 This version of SuperTux is still under development, even though the
97 0.3 line of versions is somewhat aged. This means that badguys, features,
98 levels, graphics or anything else may be removed in the future.
100 Especially the Forest world included in this package may be subject to
101 drastic changes. These changes may go as far as removing the world
102 altogether. Currently (February 2010) there is no consensus within the
103 SuperTux development community regarding the fate of the Forest. Don't get
104 too attached to it ;)
109 Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
111 If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the Linux Game Tome:
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119 The SuperTux development team