TENNIX(6)

📦 version 1.3.4, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🎾 TENNIX — a Games Manual moment, but make it cute

okay bestie, welcome to the tennix(6) page, living in the Games Manual section, and it's giving iconic retro tennis chaos. buckle up. 💖

✨ NAME ✨

tennix — a funny 2D tennis game with network play support

like... a funny one. it says so right there. no cap. 🎾

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

tennix [options]

that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. just call her name and add some flags. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so tennix is a top-view 2D tennis game, okay? not a side view, not a 3D situation, top-view. it's got a two-player game mode AND a single-player mode against the computer, so you can either bully your bestie IRL or get absolutely cooked by an AI. both are valid. both are character building. 😭

this right here is the SDL port of a DOS game that was written in 2003 — vintage, lowkey a relic, highkey still slaps. the original game can still be found on the web at http://thp.io/2003/tennix/ if you wanna go touch history. 🫶

🎀 CONTROLS 🎀

you can select the controls directly in the menu. as a treat. ✨

usually, in two-player game mode:

  • player 1 plays using W, S, D, E, F
  • player 2 plays using O, L, K, I, J

and you can also play using mouse, gamepad or Joystick. so many options, so few hands. 🌈

when using network play, you have to configure your opponent with the input device "Network player", and make sure that the opponent does the same thing — but in reverse. yes, that's the whole bit. one of you does it, the other one does it backwards, and the vibes align. 🧚

here's the in-game hotkey situation:

  • P — (Un)pause the game. pause it. unpause it. the power is yours. ⏸️
  • F — Switch between windowed and fullscreen mode. glow-up button fr fr. 🖥️

💅 OPTIONS 💅

one bullet per flag, exactly as the universe intended:

  • -f, --fullscreen — Start the game in fullscreen mode. no borders, no distractions, just tennis taking up your entire screen. main character energy. 👑
  • -b, --benchmark — Start the game in benchmark/attract mode (AI vs AI, auto-start, no menu). it just... plays itself. you just... watch. honestly? kind of a vibe. 🤖
  • -m, --master <IP-of-slave> — Network play mode; play as master and send input over to slave via the given IP. you're the one in charge bestie. 📡
  • -s, --slave <IP-of-master> — Network play mode; play as slave and send input over to master via the given IP. you're the one taking orders. teamwork! 💞
  • -h, --help — Show summary of options. when in doubt, ask for help. always. 🙈

🌟 HOMEPAGE 🌟

http://icculus.org/tennix/

go say hi. 🦋

💜 AUTHOR 💜

The author and current maintainer of Tennix is Thomas Perl (thp.io/about). a legend, honestly.

This manual page was written by Andrea Colangelo (warp10@ubuntu.com) for the Ubuntu system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2.

fr fr, that's the legal bit and you don't skip the legal bit. periodt. 💀

and that's the whole page, bestie!! Tennix 2011 Edition, dated February 2011 — yeah she's an elder but she ate and left no crumbs. mwah. 💖🎾✨

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