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SuperTux
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<http://supertux.lethargik.org/>
Last update: February 26, 2010
DESCRIPTION
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SuperTux is a jump'n'run game with strong inspiration from the
Super Mario Bros. games for the various Nintendo platforms.
Run and jump through multiple worlds, fighting off enemies by jumping
on them, bumping them from below or tossing objects at them, grabbing
power-ups and other stuff on the way.
STORY
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- 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
beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
DOCUMENTATION
-------------
Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
Please see them:
INSTALL - Requirements, compiling and installing.
README - (This file.) Game story, usage, rules and controls.
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.
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
----------------
SuperTux makes use of proc to see where it is. In other words, it does not
have any need to be installed and can be run from anywhere. This makes
it possible to click in the executable in your filemanager (i.e. Konqueror or
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 '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. 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 vendor should do.)
PLAYING THE GAME
----------------
Controls
--------
Both keyboards and joysticks/gamepads are supported. You can change the
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 "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).
Other useful keys include the Esc key, which is used to go to the menu or
to go up a level in the menu. The menu can be navigated using the arrow
keys or the mouse.
In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to enter
the current level.
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.
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 ;)
THE END
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Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the Linux Game Tome:
http://www.happypenguin.org/
Search for "SuperTux"!
Thanks!
The SuperTux development team
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