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LARN(6) 							 BSD Games Manual							   LARN(6)

NAME

     larn -- exploring the caverns of Larn

SYNOPSIS

     larn [-chilns] [-o optsfile] [-##] [++]

DESCRIPTION

     larn is a fantasy games in which your child has contracted a strange disease, and none of your home remedies seem to have any effect.  You
     set out to find a remedy in a limited amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course!

     The options are:

     -c    Clear the high scores file.

     -h    Show the command line options.

     -i    Show the high scores, including inventory data.

     -l    Show the log of all games.

     -n    Suppress the welcome message and start the game immediately.

     -o    Read the specified options file instead of ~/.larnopts.

     -s    Show the high scores.

     -##   Set the difficulty (hardness) level.

     ++    Restore game from the checkpoint (auto-save) file.

COMMANDS

     These are the movement commands:

     h move to the left        H run left		    . stay here
     j move down	       J run down		    Z teleport yourself
     k move up		       K run up 		    c cast a spell
     l move to the right       L run right		    r read a scroll
     y move northwest	       Y run northwest		    q quaff a potion
     u move northeast	       U run northeast		    W wear armor
     b move southwest	       B run southwest		    T take off armor
     n move southeast	       N run southeast		    w wield a weapon
     ^ identify a trap	       g give present pack weight   P give tax status
     d drop an item	       i inventory your pockets     Q quit the game
     v print program version   S save the game		    D list all items found
     ? this help screen        A create diagnostic file     e eat something
			       (wizards only)

OPTIONS FILE

     The file ~/.larnopts may be used to set a few options for larn.  A sequence of words terminated by whitespace is used to specify options.

	  Word				Meaning

     bold-objects		   Select bold display of objects.
     inverse-objects		   Select inverse video display of objects.
     no-introduction		   Do not display intro message.
     enable-checkpointing	   Turn on periodic checkpointing.
     no-beep			   Disable beeping of the terminal.
     male			   Choose your sex to be a man.
     female			   Choose your sex to be a woman.
     name: ``your name''	   Choose your playing name.
     monster: ``monst name''	   Choose a name for a monster.
     savefile: ``save-file-name''  Define what the savegame filename will be.

     Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may be up to 34 characters long.  Longer names are truncated.
     Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be separated from other words by whitespace.

SPECIAL NOTES

     When dropping gold, if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.  In general, typing in '*' means all of what you are inter-
     ested in.	This is true when visiting the bank, or when contributing at altars.

     You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting <esc>.

     When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type D as the first letter of your spell.  The available list of spells will
     be shown, after which you may enter the spell code.  This only works on the 1st letter of the spell you are casting.

FILES

     /var/games/larn.scores  Score file.
     ~/.larnopts	     Options file.

AUTHORS

     Noah Morgan

BSD
								  April 23, 2010							       BSD

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SNAKE(6)							 BSD Games Manual							  SNAKE(6)

NAME

     snake, snscore -- display chase game

SYNOPSIS

     snake [-w width] [-l length] [-t]
     snscore

DESCRIPTION

     snake is a display-based game which must be played on a CRT terminal.  The object of the game is to make as much money as possible without
     getting eaten by the snake.  The -l and -w options allow you to specify the length and width of the field.  By default the entire screen is
     used.  The -t option makes the game assume you are on a slow terminal.

     You are represented on the screen by an I.  The snake is 6 squares long and is represented by s's with an S at its head.  The money is $, and
     an exit is #.  Your score is posted in the upper left hand corner.

     You can move around using the same conventions as vi(1), the h, j, k, and l keys work, as do the arrow keys.  Other possibilities include:

     sefc    These keys are like hjkl but form a directed pad around the d key.

     HJKL    These keys move you all the way in the indicated direction to the same row or column as the money.  This does not let you jump away
	     from the snake, but rather saves you from having to type a key repeatedly.  The snake still gets all his turns.

     SEFC    Likewise for the upper case versions on the left.

     ATPB    These keys move you to the four edges of the screen.  Their position on the keyboard is the mnemonic, e.g.  P is at the far right of
	     the keyboard.

     x	     This lets you quit the game at any time.

     p	     Points in a direction you might want to go.

     w	     Space warp to get out of tight squeezes, at a price.

     To earn money, move to the same square the money is on.  A new $ will appear when you earn the current one.  As you get richer, the snake
     gets hungrier.  To leave the game, move to the exit (#).

     A record is kept of the personal best score of each player.  Scores are only counted if you leave at the exit, getting eaten by the snake is
     worth nothing.

     As in pinball, matching the last digit of your score to the number which appears after the game is worth a bonus.

     To see who wastes time playing snake, run snscore.

FILES

     /var/games/snakerawscores	database of personal bests
     /var/games/snake.log	log of games played

BUGS

     When playing on a small screen, it's hard to tell when you hit the edge of the screen.

     The scoring function takes into account the size of the screen.  A perfect function to do this equitably has not been devised.

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								   May 31, 1993 							       BSD
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