GNUJUMP(6)

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💖 GNUJUMP 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about GNUjump — the manual page name is GNUJUMP(6) and it lives in the Games Manual section, and it is genuinely one of the most iconic little time sinks in the GNU-verse. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

GNUjump — it's an xjump clone. that's the whole name. short, sweet, slays 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

sdljump [ REPLAY ] [ OPTIONS ]
sdljump [ --help ]
yes bestie, the binary is called sdljump even though the game is GNUjump. that's just how it is. we don't question the ancients. 😭

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

GNUjump GNUjump is part of the GNU project. (they said it twice, and honestly? main character energy. 👑)

GNUjump is a clone of the simple yet addictive game Xjump, and it said "not me upgrading the whole vibe" — it adds new features like multiplaying, unlimited FPS, smooth floor falling, themable graphics, etc... it's giving glow-up fr fr ✨

The goal in this game is to jump to the next floor so you don't fall down. That's it. That's the game. As you go upper in the Falling Tower the floors will fall faster. Try to survive longer than anyone. 🔥

To make the multiplayer games last longer, you can choose to have more than one live, but the final result will be divided by the number of lives consumed. so like, yeah you get extra lives, but the scoreboard is watching and it will do the math. no cap. 💀

💅 OPTIONS 💅

If you give a replay file as an argument, the program will play it and quit. cute, low-commitment, respect.

  • -w screenwidth, --width screenwidth — Forces the screen width to screenwidth units. you want it wide? say so.
  • -h screenheigth, --heigth screenheigth — Forces the screen height to screenheigth units. (yes the spelling is heigth in both places. we are keeping it EXACTLY as-is, bestie, do not come for me, this is canon. 🫶)
  • -b bitsperpixel, --bpp bitsperpixel — Sets the screen bitdepth to bitsperpixel.
  • -f, --fullscreen — Force fullscreen mode. immersive queen behavior.
  • -s, --software — Force software rendering.
  • -o, --opengl — Force OpenGL rendering.
  • -a, --antialias — Force antialiasing for rotating sprites. smooth spins, no crunchy pixels 💖
  • -n, --no-aa — Disables antialiasing for rotating sprites.
  • -?, --help — Displays the help screen.

⭐ HIGHSCORES ⭐

The mode tab in the Highscores might seem strange at first, but it is quite simple: it represents the Game Mode options set in that match. Each letter represents an option:

1st Letter: The FPS limiter 🕐

  • s: GNUjump default - An arbitrary FPS limit.
  • x: Xjump - 40 fps, the xjump default

2nd Letter: The player rotation 🌀

  • s: GNUjump default - full rotation.
  • x: Xjump rotation mode
  • n: No rotation

3rd Letter: The falling floors scroll mode 🏗️

  • s: GNUjump default - Soft
  • x: Xjump - Hard

🌈 WORLD RANKING 🌈

There is also a high score list on the internet at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnujump/highscores.html . Please see that site for instructions on how to get your scores in the list.

go get your name up there bestie, the world deserves to know. 🏆
 Copyright (C) 2005
 Juan Pedro Bolívar Puente <magnicida@gmail.com>

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version without ANY WARRANTIES.

ANY WARRANTIES. like, none. zero. nada. read it again if you need to. 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

GNUjump was written by Juan Pedro Bolívar Puente <magnicida@gmail.com>

okay that's the whole page, bestie, you're fully caught up 💖 this was GNUJUMP(6) from the Games Manual, and the version/date line at the bottom is, once again, GNUJUMP(6) — so go jump some floors, don't fall down, and remember: the floors fall faster the higher you go. stay safe out there. 🦋✨🎀

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