XINV3D(6)

📦 version 1.31, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute

✨ XINV3D ✨

okay bestie, buckle up, because this is xinv3d — aka X Invaders 3D — and it's a 3D vector-based space invaders clone for the X Window System. it's giving retro arcade but make it vector graphics. we love her fr fr 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

xinv3d

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no args, no flags, just launch and go 🚀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

X Invaders 3D is a 3D vector-based space invaders clone for the X Window System. iconic, honestly. the aliens are coming and they're polygon-shaped 💀✨

💅 KEYS 💅

here's your whole keyboard situation, bestie. memorize it, iykyk:

  • SPACE or LEFT SHIFT — Fire Missile 🔥
  • Left Arrow — move left ⬅️
  • Right Arrow — move right ➡️
  • Up Arrow — move up ⬆️
  • Down Arrow — move down ⬇️
  • q — Reset game 🔄
  • f — Show frame-rate 👀
  • p — Pause game ⏸️
  • ESC — Terminate Program 🚪
not me putting q for reset right next to everything else. one wrong tap and it's a whole new run, no cap 😭

👑 PLAYING THE GAME 👑

so the goal is simple: clear all the aliens in each level. periodt. 🛸

there's also a background UFO that comes out of Jump-gates which appear to the left — and if you hit it, that's bonus points for you, queen. 💰

oh and psst: a new life gets added every 7500 points. so keep popping, bestie 🫶

now the scoring, from bottom to top:

  • Row 0 aliens yield 10 pts
  • Row 1 aliens yield 50 pts
  • Row 2 aliens yield 100 pts
  • Row 3 aliens yield 150 pts
  • Row 4 aliens yield 200 pts

and the UFO:

  • UFO yields 500 pts 🌈

game over happens in exactly two scenarios, and neither is cute:

  1. the player has lost all its lives 💀
  2. the alien formation reaches the player's position 😭
so like… don't let them get to you. that's the whole strategy. main character energy only 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • xinv3d takes no command-line options. — literally none. zero. she is what she is, and she needs nothing from you 🎀

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

This manual page was written by Chris Butler <chrisb@sandy.force9.co.uk>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). shoutout to Chris for the docs, absolute legend 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🦋✨ this one's dated February 6, 2000 and it lives in the Games Manual section as XINV3D(6) — go clear some aliens for me, mwah 💖👑

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