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monsterz

MONSTERZ(1)							   User Commands						       MONSTERZ(1)

NAME

       monsterz - a puzzle game of monsters

SYNOPSIS

       monsterz [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION

       Options

       -h, --help
	      display this help and exit

       -v, --version
	      display version information and exit

       -f, --fullscreen
	      start in full screen mode

       -m, --nomusic
	      disable music

       -s, --nosfx
	      disable sound effects

       --outfd <fd>
	      output scores to file descriptor <fd>

       --data <dir>
	      set alternate data directory to <dir>

       --score <file> set score file to <file>

AUTHOR

       Written	by Sam Hocevar, music by MenTaLguY, sound effects by Sun Microsystems, Inc., Michael Speck, David White and the Battle for Wesnoth
       project, Mike Kershaw and Sam Hocevar.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs or suggestions to <sam@zoy.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
		 (C) 1998 MenTaLguY <mental@rydia.net>
		 (C) 2002, 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
		 (C) Michael Speck <kulkanie@gmx.net>
		 (C) 2003 by David White <davidnwhite@optusnet.com.au> and the
		     Battle for Wesnoth project
		 (C) Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it	under  the
       terms  of  the  Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ for more
       details.  The sound effects are released under their own licences: applause.wav and pop.wav are covered by the LGPL, the others are covered
       by the GPL.

SEE ALSO

       The in-game help option.

monsterz 0.7.0							   October 2007 						       MONSTERZ(1)

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