NEVERBALL(6)

💖 NEVERBALL 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the neverball page — that's the manual for Neverball, and it lives in section 6 of the Games Manual. pull up a chair, we're gonna tilt the whole floor. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

neverball — a 3D floor-tilting game. yes really, that's the whole vibe. you tilt the floor, the ball rolls, chaos ensues. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

neverball [options]

that's it. that's the whole incantation. neverball, then whatever options your heart desires. 🦋

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so. in the grand tradition of Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball — legends, icons, no cap — Neverball has you guiding a rolling ball through straight up dangerous territory. 🫶

and like, when I say dangerous:

• balance on narrow bridges 🧚
• navigate mazes
• ride moving platforms
• dodge pushers and shovers

all of that, just to get to the goal. and then?? race against the clock to collect coins to earn extra balls. the multitasking. the main character energy. it's giving Olympic athlete but spherical. ⭐

👑 OPTIONS 👑

here's the command-line menu, bestie. every single one, no skips:

• -d, --data DIR — run the game with a different data directory. yes, a whole different DIR. go wherever your data lives. 💜
• -r, --replay FILE — play the specified replay. hand it a FILE and watch the magic back. 🔥
• -v, --version — show version number. quick lil flex. ✨
• -h, --help — show a summary of command-line options. when in doubt, ask for help, we love a self-advocating queen. 🙈

🎮 CONTROLS 🎮

okay this is the part you're actually here for. memorize it, screenshot it, tattoo it, whatever works. 😭

• Escape — pause and resume / exit. one button, two jobs, iconic. 👑
• F1 — chase view
• F2 — lazy view
• F2 — manual view

okay yes, F2 shows up twice in this list. that's genuinely what the page says. I'm just the messenger bestie 💀

• F6 — hide HUD
• F9 — toggle frame counter
• F10 — take screenshot. evidence. always have receipts. 📸
• Arrow Keys | Mouse | Joystick — floor tilting. this is the whole game, this is the core mechanic, this is your moment 🌈
• S | Left mouse click — rotate the view left
• D | Right mouse click — rotate the view right
• R — restart current level. we've all been there. no shame. 🍓
• Shift — faster view rotation. hold it down and zoom, periodt. 💅

🌱 ENVIRONMENT 🌱

the vibes your shell brings to the table:

• HOME — specify the path to the directory containing the configuration directory (~/.neverball). that's where your config lives, tucked away at home. 🏠
• NEVERBALL_DATA — used to determine the path to Neverball data files. this is how the game finds its stuff. 🎀

🔭 SEE ALSO 🔭

• Homepage: <http://icculus.org/neverball/>

that's the link, go look, it's right there in the page and I'm not about to gatekeep. 🦋

💖 AUTHOR 💖

this manual page was written by Tamas SZERB <toma@rulez.org> and Jorda Polo <jorda@ettin.org>. absolute icons, we stan. 🫶

permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. and on Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. 💜

that's the license, bestie — not a suggestion, it's literally the terms. respect the GPL. ✨

and that's the whole page!! 💅 Version 1.5.0, from September 2008, NEVERBALL(6) — yeah she's vintage, she's a classic, she aged like fine wine. now go tilt a floor. 🌸🎀🦋