GRIDLOCK(6)

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🎀 GRIDLOCK — the Games Manual page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is GRIDLOCK(6) from the Games Manual section, and it's literally the cutest little grid-game hub. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

Gridlock — a whole collection of grid-based board games. like, a collection. plural. we love a bundle. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Gridlock

that's it. that's the whole synopsis. iconic, honestly. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this manual page is the brief little rundown of the Gridlock command. just the highlights. the vibe check, if you will. ✨

Gridlock is a collection of several grid-based strategy games. and when I say several, I mean these ones specifically:

  • Ataxx
  • Reversi
  • Gomoku
  • Connect Four
  • Breakthrough
  • Glass Bead
  • Hexapawn
  • Quad Wrangle
  • Cats and Dogs
  • Moray Eels

ten games. ten! the range is giving "I contain multitudes" fr fr. 🌈

once you launch the app, the game window shows up — main character entrance, obviously. 💖 pick which game you wanna play from the "Game" popup menu, which lives in the upper right. some games have different starting configurations (board size, grid layout, etc.); when one of those games gets selected, a "Configurations" popup menu appears so you can pick your configuration. choose your fighter, bestie. 🎮

down in the bottom right, you've got the color and status of the two players. each player's color is shown by a circle, and the player whose turn it is has a filled circle. so you always know who's up. the way that little circle fills in… obsessed. ⭐

for games where players have a score — that's Ataxx, Eeversi, Glass Bead — the scores show up right next to the player labels. 📊

and underneath each player's label there are popup windows that let you specify whether each player is human or computer-controlled, plus the difficulty of the computer players. so yes, you can absolutely set up bot vs. bot and just watch. no judgement. 🫶

⚠️ heads up though: "Hard" computer opponents may take a long time to make their moves. like, a long time. do not perceive them. go make a snack. 🍓

the rest of the window is the game board. to make a move, click on the cell where you wish to place a piece. simple. slay.

Ataxx and Breakthrough are the special ones though — they require that you move from one cell to another. to do that, first click on the cell you wish to move from, then click on the cell you wish to move to. two clicks, one move. you got this. ✨

for all games, cells that are legal moves will become highlighted when you move the mouse over them. free real-time feedback?? we love a hover state. 💜

if you're unable to make a move, you can pass by clicking the "Pass" button on the right. no shame in a pass, it's a strategic moment actually.

the "Restart" button will restart the game — but it requires confirmation if a game is in progress. so no accidental rage-quitting your own game, the app simply will not let you. protective behavior, honestly. 🛡️

you can also play these games over the network. and it is possible to save and load games. networking AND save states?? it's giving 2003 and yet somehow timeless. 🌈

💫 SEE ALSO 💫

💖 AUTHOR 💖

this manual page was written and updated by Gürkan Sengün <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). thank you for your service, Gürkan, fr fr. 🫡

and that's the whole page!! footer says it all: this is Gridlock(6) from the Games Manual, dated October 17, 2003. vintage but make it cute. 💅✨ go forth and play some Moray Eels, bestie. 🦋🎀

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