JACL Adventure Creation Language 1.13.2 (Default branch)
JACL is an interpreted language for creating HTML-based games and interactive ficiton. The JACL interpreter contains an integrated Web server, allowing games to be played locally or across the network with minimal configuration. As all execution takes place on the server, users require nothing more than a plain Web browser to play. License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes:
Code for the 'proxy' command was rewritten to allow use with moves referring to multiple objects. Several minor bugs were fixed in an attempt to improve stability.
GAMES(1) General Commands Manual GAMES(1)NAME
4s, 5s, ana, mandel, plumb, smiley, life, fsim, clock, catclock, fireworks, swar, festoon - time wasters
SYNOPSIS
games/4s
games/5s
games/ana [ fixwords ]
games/mandel
games/plumb [ level ]
games/smiley
games/life startfile
games/fsim
games/clock
games/catclock [ -c ]
games/fireworks
games/swar
games/festoon [ -p ] [ -e ] [ -t ] [ -sseed ] [ len ] [ pfn ]
DESCRIPTION
There are a few games in /bin/games:
4s, 5s Try to fill complete rows using 4-square or 5-square tiles. Move tiles left or right by moving the mouse. Rotate tiles with
buttons 1 and 3. Drop tiles for more points with button 2 or the space bar.
ana Find anagrams for words typed on standard input. Anagrams can contain several dictionary words. The fixwords argument or num-
bers typed on standard input fix the number of words in the output anagrams.
mandel Compute and display Mandelbrot sets. Menus on the mouse buttons control various things.
plumb Build a plumbing system. Keep ahead of the advancing oil and don't waste pipe. The level argument lets you start at a harder
level.
smiley A game of historical importance. Type space to shoot, comma to move left, and period to go right.
life Play the game of life, given an initial position. There is a library of interesting initial positions; the library is consulted
if startfile cannot be found.
fsim Pretend you're flying a Cessna.
clock, catclock
Display analog clocks. Option -c makes catclock crosseyed.
fireworks Hoist the fiery blue peter.
swar Space war for two players called MCI and SPRINT. One player types a or d to turn left or right, s to shoot, x to enter hyper-
space, and w to accelerate. The other player uses ;, l, . and o. AT&T scores whenever either ship shoots itself or otherwise
causes mayhem. Hyperspace is occasionally fatal.
festoon Traditional radical monoarchate qualitativeness. Now produces pictures (-p), tables (-t), and equations (-e). The seed can be
set to recreate a specific document. Len is sentence length, and pfn is percent faked nouns (default 0).
FILES
/sys/games/lib/4scores
scores of 4s games
/sys/games/lib/5scores
scores of 5s games
/sys/games/lib/plumb/scores
scores of plumb games
/sys/games/lib/anawords
used by ana
/sys/games/lib/plumb/*
miscellaneous files used by plumb
/sys/games/lib/life/*
interesting starting positions
SOURCE
/sys/src/games
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