+SuperTux
+========
+<http://supertux.lethargik.org/>
-- An introduction for SuperTux -
-http://supertux.berlios.de/
-
-Last update: October 13, 2005
+Last update: February 26, 2010
DESCRIPTION
-----------
- Penny gets captured! -
- Tux and Penny were out having a nice
- picnic on the ice fields of Antarctica.
- Suddenly, a creature jumped from
- behind an ice bush, there was a flash,
- and Tux fell asleep!
-
- When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny
- is missing. Where she lay before now
- lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!"
- says the letter. "I have captured
- your beautiful Penny and have taken her
- to my fortress. The path to my fortress
- is littered with my minions. Give up on
- the thought of trying to reclaim her,
- you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
-
- Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in
- the distance. Determined to save his
+ Tux and Penny were out having a nice picnic on the ice fields of Antarctica.
+ Suddenly, a creature jumped from behind an ice bush, there was a flash, and
+ Tux fell asleep!
+
+ When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny is missing. Where she lay before now
+ lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!" says the letter. "I have captured your
+ beautiful Penny and have taken her to my fortress. The path to my fortress
+ is littered with my minions. Give up on the thought of trying to reclaim
+ her, you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
+
+ Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in the distance. Determined to save his
beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
Please see them:
- AUTHORS - Credits for people that contributed to the creation
- of SuperTux. (You can view these in the game menu
- as well.)
- NEWS - Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
- COPYING - The GNU General Public License, under whose terms
- SuperTux is licensed.
- INSTALL - Instructions on requirements, compiling and installing.
+ INSTALL - Requirements, compiling and installing.
README - (This file.) Game story, usage, rules and controls.
-
- The following documents can be found and read in the docs/ directory:
-
- levelguidelines.txt - Very useful information for those that want to design
+ WHATSNEW.txt - Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
+ COPYING - The GNU General Public License, under whose terms
+ SuperTux is licensed. (Most of the data
+ subdirectory is also licensed under CC-by-SA)
+ docs/levelguidelines.txt - Very useful information for those that want to design
levels for SuperTux.
- fileformats.txt/htm - Documentation on the various file formats used by the
- game.
- scripting.txt/htm - Reference to the scripting language used by SuperTux.
+ data/credits.txt - Credits for people that contributed to the creation
+ of SuperTux. (You can view these in the game menu
+ as well.)
+ data/README - Licensing information about the data.
RUNNING THE GAME
Nautilus) as opposed to many other Linux games.
Options can be reached from the menu, so you don't need to specify arguments,
- but if you want, type 'supertux --help' to check the ones that are available.
+ but if you want, type 'supertux2 --help' to check the ones that are available.
Also, notice that SuperTux saves the options, so it's often enough to
- specify them once.
+ specify them once. For example, fullscreen mode causes problems on some setups,
+ so just run 'supertux2 --window' and you should be set.
The game uses OpenGL to render the graphics. You will either need a CPU
with about 10 GHz or an accelerated video card with the vendor's drivers.
(On Linux, the team recommends using cards from NVidia with the proprietary
- drivers, but ATI or another verndor should do.)
+ drivers, but ATI or another vendor should do.)
PLAYING THE GAME
controls via the Options menu. Basically, the only keys you will need to
use in-game are to do the following actions: jump, duck, right, left, power
and 'P' to pause/unpause the game. There isn't much to tell about the first
- few, but the "run" key allows you to run and use the power of the powerup
+ few, but the "action" key allows you to pick up objects and use any powerup
you got. For instance, with the fire flower, you can shoot bullets (note
that this is the only power currently implemented).
In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to enter
the current level.
-SCREEN LAYOUT
--------------
- Status
- ------
- The amount of time you have left to complete this level as well as the
- number of coins and lives you have collected is displayed on the right
- at the top of the screen. (Note: the time is NOT written in seconds!)
-
-OPTIONS FILE
-------------
- When SuperTux starts up, it looks for an options file.
+DEVELOPMENT STATUS
+------------------
+ This version of SuperTux is still under development, even though the
+ 0.3 line of versions is somewhat aged. This means that badguys, features,
+ levels, graphics or anything else may be removed in the future.
- On Linux, this file is "config" in your directory (~/.supertux/). On
- Windows, this file is "supertux.dat" in the SuperTux folder.
+ Especially the Forest world included in this package may be subject to
+ drastic changes. These changes may go as far as removing the world
+ altogether. Currently (February 2010) there is no consensus within the
+ SuperTux development community regarding the fate of the Forest. Don't get
+ too attached to it ;)
- This file records program's settings using the syntax of Lisp. There
- should be no reason to edit this file by hand.
THE END
-------
Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
- If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the
- Linux Game Tome:
+ If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the Linux Game Tome:
http://www.happypenguin.org/
Thanks!
The SuperTux development team
+
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