FUNNYBOAT(6)
๐ค FUNNYBOAT(6) โ the Games Manual page, bestie edition
okay so. we're in section 6 of the manual (that's the games section, iykyk) and today's main character is funnyboat โ an arcade boat game. yes. a boat. arcade style. get into it. ๐
โจ SYNOPSIS โจ
funnyboat [OPTIONS]
that's it. that's the whole vibe. boat, plus whatever options you feel like throwing at it. ๐ฅ๏ธ
๐ DESCRIPTION ๐
so this manual page is here to briefly document the funnyboat command. that's literally the job. brief. documented. done. ๐
real talk though: this page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. not a single one. so we made one. you're welcome, bestie ๐ซถ
and what does funnyboat actually do? it launches the game. that's it. that's the entire plot. you run it, the game goes. iconic behaviour honestly. ๐
๐ฎ CONTROLS ๐ฎ
here's how you drive this thing. memorize it or keep this page open, no judgement ๐ง
- Left cursor key / Joystick or gamepad left โ move left. go left. that direction. โฌ ๏ธ
- Right cursor key / Joystick or gamepad right โ move right. the other direction. โก๏ธ
- Up cursor key / Joystick or gamepad button #1 โ jump. yes, boats can jump here. don't ask. ๐ฆ
- Space bar / Joystick or gamepad button #2 โ shoot with cannon. pew pew, cannon style. ๐ฅ
- S key / Joystick or gamepad button #6 โ save a screenshot as
sshot.tga. your little memory, preserved forever ๐ - P key / Joystick or gamepad button #9 โ pause the game. take a breath. hydrate. ๐ง
โ๏ธ OPTIONS โ๏ธ
every flag, no skips, let's go ๐
-fโ turn on the fullscreen mode. big boat energy. whole screen. no borders.-npโ turn off the "particle effects". quoted because that's how the original says it, bestie, i don't make the rules โจ-naโ turn off the antialiasing. jagged edges, retro vibes, we support it.-nmโ turn off the music. silence is also a soundtrack if you're brave enough ๐ต-nsโ turn off the sound effects. all the pew pews, gone. ๐ญ
๐ AUTHOR ๐
this manual page was written by Goneri Le Bouder <goneri@rulezlan.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others โ sharing is caring, fr fr).
permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, legally speaking โญ
on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2. go read it if that's your thing, no cap.
okay that's the whole page!! it's from the Games Manual, it's FUNNYBOAT(6), section 6 forever, and this is your girl signing off โ go launch the game, you absolute legend ๐๐ค
๐ฆ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: funnyboat 1.5-11 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- debian trixie: funnyboat 1.5-11 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: funnyboat 1.5-11 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu noble: funnyboat 1.5-11 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu resolute: funnyboat 1.5-11build1 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: funnyboat 1.5-12 ยท GPL-2.0-only
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms