PAX-BRITANNICA(6)

💖 PAX-BRITANNICA 💖

okay bestie, sit down, we're doing a Games Manual entry (that's section 6 of the manual, iykyk) and honestly? this one is a whole vibe. it's pax-britannica and it's about to be your entire personality.

✨ NAME ✨

pax-britannica — one-button real-time strategy game. yes. one button. that's the whole thing. slay.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

pax-britannica [--stderr]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is a lil quick-and-dirty doc for the pax-britannica game. it's not trying to be a novel, it's giving cheat sheet energy.

pax-britannica is a multi-player real-time strategy game, and here's the iconic part: it's played using only one button for each player. one. button. per. player. that's it. the way that a strategy game can be that simple and still eat?? obsessed.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

• --stderr — sends log messages to standard error instead of to ~/.dokidoki.log. so if you want your logs to just appear right there in your terminal instead of getting tucked away in that file, this is your girl.
• --fullscreen — starts the game in fullscreen mode. main character energy, maximum screen real estate, no distractions. periodt.

👑 HOW TO PLAY 👑

listen up, this is the important part.

The A, F, H, and L keys control the four players, and the escape key quits. Gamepads are also supported. 🎮

Holding down the button spins the needle on the radial menu in the middle of the player's factory ship. the needle will only travel as far as the player's current resources allow — no reaching past your budget, bestie, the game said know your limits. Resources (gold? seaweed? who knows! 😭) accumulate over time. Releasing the button creates a ship that corresponds to the quadrant that the needle is pointing at. drop it and pop it out, fr fr.

🌸 the quadrants 🌸

• Q1 - Fighter — Small, fast and cheap. Great at chasing down bombers. the lil speedy gremlin of the fleet. 🍓
• Q2 - Bomber — Shoots slow projectiles that do massive damage to frigates or enemy factory ships! slow to fire but it absolutely ATE when it lands.
• Q3 - Frigate — A great hulk of a ship that fires volleys of heat-seeking torpedoes. Effective against fighters. big girl, big torpedoes, big threat. 💀
• Q4 - Upgrade — Improve your factory ship to accumulate resources more quickly. the "invest in yourself" option. self-care but make it economics. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

/usr/share/doc/pax-britannica/readme.txt — go read the readme, bestie, it's right there.

heads up: this page is short on purpose — it "briefly documents" the game, so if you want the deep lore, the readme is your girl. 🫶

and that's the whole page!! 💖 this was the pax-britannica Games Manual page, dated August 9, 2012 (a certified classic, vintage even 🧚), so go press one singular button and win a war. no cap. bye bestie!! 👑✨