PIXELCITY(1)

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version 0.9.1 · 2 versions
, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 PIXELCITY(1) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Really Sli...creenSavers manual, general commands edition 🎀 this one's about pixelcity, and it's genuinely one of the cutest little screensavers in the whole collection, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

pixelcity — a procedural city fly through. 🏙️✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

plasma [--root/-r] [--maxfps/-x number] [--vsync/-y number] [--dpms/-M
number] [--effect_none/-n] [--effect_bloom/-b]
[--effect_bloom_radial/-B] [--effect_glass/-g] [--effect_color_cycle/-c]
[--wireframe/-w] [--letterbox/-l] [--no-fog/-F]
yes the synopsis literally says plasma, we do not question the ancestors, we simply respect the lore 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Straight from Shamus Young (http://code.google.com/p/pixelcity/), it's a screensaver for Windows which generates and performs a fly-through of a nighttime cityscape. 🌃 like, it MAKES the city. from nothing. main character energy fr.

  • There are no art assets. All content is generated at runtime. 🪄 (not a single png in sight, we love a self-made queen)
  • Aimed at older graphics hardware. The goal is for the program to perform acceptably on machines "five years old or less". 🧸 (she's lowkey humble about it but she runs on your grandma's tower, periodt)
  • Written in C++ using OpenGL. No fragment or vertex shaders are used. 💀

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali. 🫶 (thank you for the port king)

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --root, -r — Draw on the root window. 🪟 (she IS the wallpaper now)
  • --maxfps number, -x number — Set maximum frame rate. 🏃‍♀️💨
  • --vsync number, -y number — Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes. Range is 0 - 100. Default: 1. 🔄
  • --dpms number, -M number — Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on. Range is 0 - 1. Default: 1. 😴 (she knows when you've walked away, respectfully)
  • --effect_none, -n — No scene post processing. 🚫
  • --effect_bloom, -b — Apply bloom filter to scene. This is the default. 🌸✨
  • --effect_bloom_radial, -B — Apply radial bloom filter to scene. 🌀
  • --effect_glass, -g — Ethereal rendering of buildings. 🫧 (ethereal!! she said ethereal!!)
  • --effect_color_cycle, -c — Buildings glow with alternating colors. 🌈
  • --wireframe, -w — Render building outlines. 📐
  • --letterbox, -l — Wide screen the scene with letter boxing. 🎬
  • --no-fog, -F — Disable distance fog. 🌫️❌

🌿 ENVIRONMENT 🌿

  • DISPLAY — to get the default host and display number. 👀

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • X(1),

Copyright © 2009 by Shamus Young and Tugrul Galatali.

Pixel City is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation. 📜

Pixel City is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. 🫣 (she comes with zero promises, bestie, take her as she is)

🧚 AUTHOR 🧚

Shamus Young <shamus -at- shamusyoung dot com> and Tugrul Galatali <tugrul@galatali.com> 💌

and that's the whole page!! X Version 11, from the Really Sli...creenSavers(1) collection — go run her, she's iconic, bye bestie 💖🦋✨

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