jumpnbump(6) Games Manual jumpnbump(6)
NAME
jumpnbump - Cute multiplayer platform game with bunnies
SYNOPSIS
jumpnbump [ options... ] jumpnbump-menu
DESCRIPTION
You, as a bunny, have to jump on your opponents to make them explode. It's a true multiplayer game, you can't play this alone. It has net-
work support.
Use the jumpnbump-menu command to launch a graphical menu allowing you to select the level and set any command line parameter.
OPTIONS
-h Print help.
-v Print version.
-dat levelname
Load levelname and use it as the level for this game.
-server playercount
Start as server waiting for players.
-connect hostname
Connect (using a network) to another person running jump'n'bump on hostname.
-player num
Set main player to num (0-3). Needed for networking.
-fireworks
Run the program in "screensaver" mode. This is useful with -fullscreen.
-fullscreen
Run jump'n'bump in fullscreen mode.
-nosound
Play without sound.
-nogore
Play without blood.
-noflies
Disable flies.
-mirror
Play with mirrored level.
-scaleup
Play with doubled resolution (800x512).
-musicnosound
Play with music but without sound.
USAGE
The goal of the game is to jump on the other players. Each rabbit has three control keys.
Player 1 (Dott)
Left - Left
Right - Right
Jump - Up
Player 2 (Jiffy)
Left - A
Right - D
Jump - W
Player 3 (Fizz)
Left - J
Right - L
Jump - I
Player 4 (Mijji)
Left - 4
Right - 5
Jump - 8
In the game
Turn on/off computer play (AI) of bunny 1 - 1
Turn on/off computer play (AI) of bunny 2 - 2
Turn on/off computer play (AI) of bunny 3 - 3
Turn on/off computer play (AI) of bunny 4 - 4
SECRETS
You can type these while in the game
jetpack - you can fly
pogostick - the bunnies keep jumping
bunniesinspace - gravity is lower, you can jump higher
lordoftheflies - the flies are attracted
bloodisthickerthanwater - water turns to blood
ADD LEVELS
You can add levels in ~/.jumpnbump/levels directory (create it if necessary). To see the added level, you have to restart jumpnbump-menu.
The extension name for level is ".dat".
CREATE LEVELS
There are two programs in /usr/lib/jumpnbump to help you make your own levels: pack and unpack.
pack
/usr/lib/jumpnbump/pack -o /tmp/newlevel.dat <file1> <file2> <file3> ...
or you can just put all the files in a dir, cd to that dir and do
/usr/lib/jumpnbump/pack -o /tmp/newlevel.dat *
and it will put all the files in the current dir inside the packfile. Don't try things like pack -o stuff.dat ../file.c because it
will add ../file.c as the filename in the packfile, which won't work.
unpack
/usr/lib/jumpnbump/unpack level.dat
will unpack it in the current directory.
gobpack
With gobpack you can convert .gob files (which are sprites, described in /usr/share/doc/jumpnbump/gob.txt) into .pcx files which you
can edit with The Gimp for example, then convert back to a .gob and use it in your own level.
/usr/lib/jumpnbump/gobpack -u font menu.pcx
will unpack font.gob using the color palette from menu.pcx and write the files font.pcx font.txt. The other gob files should use
level.pcx for the correct palette.
/usr/lib/jumpnbump/gobpack font
will generate font.gob from font.pcx and the specifications in font.txt. The .pcx files should be resaved with another program, as
they are not packed and are thus very large.
AUTHORS
Chuck Mason <cemason@users.sourceforge.net>, Jon Atkins <jcatki@home.com>, Philippe Brochard <phil.brochard@wanadoo.fr>, Gurkan Sengun
<tarzeau@space.ch>, and "timecop" <timecop@japan.co.jp> are the authors of jump'n'bump.
This program is a UNIX port of the old DOS game by brainchilddesign.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
This manual page was written by Joe Wreschnig <piman@sacredchao.net>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
June 4th, 2006 jumpnbump(6)