asciipat - A retro ASCII art game inspired by Moon Patrol.

Author

       Raul Cheleguini <raul.cheleguini@gmail.com>
              Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

Bugs

       The  program  is currently limited to workaround some issues please refer to the following upstream Prob‐
       lems section at https://github.com/msokalski/ascii-patrol/tree/1.7#problems

Copyright

       Copyright © 2023 Raul Cheleguini

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

       Permission  is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, Version 3 or (at your option) any later version published by the  Free  Software  Founda‐
       tion.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses/GPL.

                                                 “June 20 2023”                                      asciipat(6)

Description

asciipat  is a command-line game that brings back the nostalgia of retro ASCII art games.  It is inspired
       by the classic Moon Patrol game.  Guide your character through a treacherous terrain, avoiding  obstacles
       and shooting down enemies.  Survive as long as possible to achieve a high score.

       After  finishing game you may notice there is “asciipat.rec” file in your home directory.  It can be used
       to replay game or to validate your score.

       This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program  does  not  have  a
       manual page.  Instead, it has documentation in the GNU info(1) format; see below.

Environment

ASCII_PATROL_CONFIG_DIR
              If  used,  the  defined  directory  is used to store the asciipat.cfg (see also the section called
              “FILES”).

       ASCII_PATROL_RECORD_DIR
              If used, the defined directory is used to store the asciipat.rec  (see  also  the  section  called
              “FILES”).

Files

       ${HOME}/asciipat.cfg
              This file is created when you change your player name, avatar, or key bindings.

       ${HOME}/asciipat.rec
              This file is created when you start playing the game, and get a score.

Name

       asciipat - A retro ASCII art game inspired by Moon Patrol.

Options

0 [.rec file]
              Score validation (no graphics) - this is used by hi-scores server.

       1 [.rec file]
              Time lapsed (fast) playback.

       2 [.rec file]
              Normal playback - Used it to capture videos.