MOUSETRAP(6)

✨ mousetrap ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual for mousetrap, which is an arcade puzzle game that runs on SDL 💖 — yeah, like, that SDL. this is the Games Manual page for it, section 6, iykyk 🎀

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🌈 NAME 🌈

mousetrap — an arcade puzzle game using SDL 🦋

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mousetrap [options]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

this manual page documents briefly the mousetrap command. short and sweet, that's the vibe ✨

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🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

mousetrap accepts the following options, bestie, and there are literally two of them:

• --cheat — turns on infinite lives 😈 no cap, you just never die
• --no-sound — disables the sound effects 🔇 (for when you're gaming in stealth mode, we get it)

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🦋 USAGE 🦋

to play mousetrap simply invoke it, and begin. that's it. that's the whole thing 🫶

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👑 GAMEPLAY 👑

move your avatar around eating the white "fruit", and avoiding the red "enemies". the enemies. avoid them. fr fr 💀

to gain a shield powerup eat the small blue "fruit". this shield will disappear after killing a random number of enemies ✨

when you first spawn upon the map, or when you re-spawn after being killed, you will gain the shield automatically for the first three seconds of gameplay. free shield, no notes, iconic 💖

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🕹️ CONTROLS 🕹️

the controls of mousetrap are very simple. to move your avatar around use the arrow keys. that's the whole movement situation 🎀

other keystrokes are recognised:

• n == new game ✨
• q == quit and exit 🚪
• space == toggle pause ⏸️

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🍓 FILES 🍓

any highscore you achieve will be stored in ~/.mousetrap — so like, your glow-up is permanently on record 💅

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🌈 HOMEPAGE 🌈

http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mousetrap

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💖 that's the whole page bestie, go eat some fruit and dodge some red squares, you've got this 💖

signing off — this is mousetrap, Jun 13, 2005 🌸 stay slaying, and remember: the shield is temporary but the vibes are forever 🧚‍♀️✨