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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)