SLUDGE-ENGINE(1)

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version 2.2.2 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing

✨ SLUDGE-ENGINE(1) ✨ — the SLUDGE Engine User Manual, bestie edition 💅

okay so you wanna play SLUDGE games?? say less. this is the whole rundown, no gatekeeping 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

sludge-engine — the runtime engine for SLUDGE games. it's literally the thing that makes them go. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sludge-engine [-f | --fullscreen | -w | --window]
              [{-l | --language=} number]
              [{-a | --antialias=} {-1 | 0 | 1}]
              [{-d | --debug=} {0 | 1}] gamefile

sludge-engine [-h | --help]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is here to give you the brief little rundown of the sludge-engine command. that's the vibe. 📖

it was written for the Debian distribution because the original program straight up does not have a manual page, bestie. not one. instead it's got documentation in the html format, and you can peek at that down in SEE ALSO. go look, it's fine, we'll wait. 💖

sludge-engine is a runtime engine — meaning it's the whole entire thing you need to actually play SLUDGE games. no engine, no game. it's giving essential. periodt. 👑

✨ OPTIONS ✨

this program keeps it classic: the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-`). here's the full menu of what you can throw at it. 🍓

  • -f, --fullscreen — puts the display mode in fullscreen. all of it. the whole screen is the game now. 🔥
  • -w, --window — puts the display mode in windowed instead. cozy little box energy. 🪟
  • *-l *number, --language=number — sets the language to number, and that number has to be >=0. lowkey important: non-negative only. 🔢
  • -a number, --antialias=number — antialiasing controls! turn it **on with 1, off with 0, or choose linear interpolation with -1. three options, pick your fighter. 💫
  • -d number, --debug=number — debug mode: **on with 1, off with 0. that's it, that's the range. 🐛
  • -h, --help — prints the help message. the classic. when in doubt, ask for help. 🙋

⌨️ KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS ⌨️

these are the little cheats that let you switch up some options at any time. mid-game. whenever. iconic behavior honestly. 💅

  • Alt+Enter — toggles you back and forth between fullscreen and windowed mode. main character can't be contained by one display mode. 🌈
  • Alt+A — toggles antialiasing on or off. smooth pixels, crunchy pixels, your call. ✨

📁 FILES 📁

  • ${HOME}/.sludge-engine/ — games store their configurations in subdirectories of this directory. so like, each game gets its own little folder in here. cute. 🗂️

💀 BUGS 💀

found a bug? don't suffer in silence bestie, please report bugs in the SLUDGE forum at http://opensludge.sourceforge.net. tell them everything. they wanna know. 🐞

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

the full SLUDGE documentation is included in the package sludge-doc. it gets installed to /usr/share/doc/sludge/SLUDGE_Help.html. go read it, it's the whole lore. 📚

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Tobias Hansen <tobias.han@gmx.de>

  • Wrote this manpage for the Debian system. 🫶

Copyright © 2011 Tobias Hansen

this manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others). no cap.

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 Foundation. that's the real deal, read it properly. 📜

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

and that's the whole page!! this one's from the SLUDGE Engine User Manual, dated 04/01/2024, version sludge-engine — go play something good, bestie, you deserve it 💖🎀🦋

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