2 - An introduction for SuperTux -
3 http://supertux.lethargik.org/
5 Last update: December 20, 2007
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
23 picnic on the ice fields of Antarctica.
24 Suddenly, a creature jumped from
25 behind an ice bush, there was a flash,
28 When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny
29 is missing. Where she lay before now
30 lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!"
31 says the letter. "I have captured
32 your beautiful Penny and have taken her
33 to my fortress. The path to my fortress
34 is littered with my minions. Give up on
35 the thought of trying to reclaim her,
36 you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
38 Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in
39 the distance. Determined to save his
40 beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
45 Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
48 INSTALL - Requirements, compiling and installing.
49 README - (This file.) Game story, usage, rules and controls.
50 WHATSNEW.txt - Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
51 COPYING - The GNU General Public License, under whose terms
53 levelguidelines.txt - Very useful information for those that want to design
55 credits.txt - Credits for people that contributed to the creation
56 of SuperTux. (You can view these in the game menu
62 SuperTux makes use of proc to see where it is. In other words, it does not
63 have any need to be installed and can be run from anywhere. This makes
64 it possible to click in the executable in your filemanager (i.e. Konqueror or
65 Nautilus) as opposed to many other Linux games.
67 Options can be reached from the menu, so you don't need to specify arguments,
68 but if you want, type 'supertux2 --help' to check the ones that are available.
69 Also, notice that SuperTux saves the options, so it's often enough to
72 The game uses OpenGL to render the graphics. You will either need a CPU
73 with about 10 GHz or an accelerated video card with the vendor's drivers.
74 (On Linux, the team recommends using cards from NVidia with the proprietary
75 drivers, but ATI or another vendor should do.)
82 Both keyboards and joysticks/gamepads are supported. You can change the
83 controls via the Options menu. Basically, the only keys you will need to
84 use in-game are to do the following actions: jump, duck, right, left, power
85 and 'P' to pause/unpause the game. There isn't much to tell about the first
86 few, but the "action" key allows you to pick up objects and use any powerup
87 you got. For instance, with the fire flower, you can shoot bullets (note
88 that this is the only power currently implemented).
90 Other useful keys include the Esc key, which is used to go to the menu or
91 to go up a level in the menu. The menu can be navigated using the arrow
94 In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to enter
100 Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
102 If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the
105 http://www.happypenguin.org/
107 Search for "SuperTux"!
111 The SuperTux development team