PATHOGEN(6)

📦 version 1.1.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ PATHOGEN ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're doing a Games Manual moment and it's lowkey iconic. this is the man page for pathogen, living in section 6 of the manual, and i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

pathogen — the puzzle game where you match 3D model structures and it's giving brain-teaser excellence 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

pathogen

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no flags, no options, no arguments, just you and the pathogens. periodt. ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk: this manual page documents the pathogen command briefly. and here's the tea — this manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. not me writing the whole thing myself because nobody else would 😭 iconic behavior honestly.

Pathogen Warrior is a puzzle game about matching 3D model structures with a 2D hexagon map. and like, not to flex, but it was one of the entrants to the 4th Ludum Dare 48-hour game development competition 🏆 the theme of that competition was "Infection" — spooky, on-brand, obsessed.

so in Pathogen Warrior, your task as the player is to match rotating 3D pathogen structures with a 2D model using a hexagon map. yes bestie, rotating. yes, hexagons. we contain multitudes. 🐝

and the pressure? the time to accomplish the task is limited. ⏰ so no doom-scrolling mid-level, okay? after successfully completing one pathogen, you get advanced to the next level, which has a more challenging pathogen. it's giving "it gets worse before it gets worse" but in a fun way 💀🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this manual page was written by Gürkan Sengün</> <gurkan@linuks.mine.nu>, for the Debian project — but may be used by others 🫶 so like, share the love, it's not gatekept. iykyk.

aaaand that's the whole page, bestie!! 🌈 this was PATHOGEN(6) from the Games Manual, and the lil footer moment says July 14, 2004 — yes, this lore is old enough to have its own nostalgia arc, and it still ate. go match some pathogen structures, you absolute main character. 💖✨🎀

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