NAME¶

Trackballs - marble game similar to the classic arcade game 'Marble Madness'

SYNOPSIS¶

trackballs [-w] [-m] [-y] [-f] [-e -l<level> -t<level>] [-r<width>] [-s<sensitivity>] ...

DESCRIPTION¶

Trackballs is a simple game inspired by the classic Atari 1980's arcade game 'Marble Madness' (later released by Electronic Arts for the Amiga and other platforms).

By steering a marble ball through a labyrinth filled with sharp objects, pools of acid and other obstacles the player collects points. When the ball passes through the goal it continues to the next, more difficult track - unless the time runs out.

It should be noted that this game is _not_ intended to be a replica of Marble Madness but rather merely inspired by it. For instance the game uses 3D graphics even though the original game had no real use for it. Also the game is fully programmable with a scripting extension (Guile), and includes a level editor with which to easily create new levels.

OPTIONS¶

-h , --help

Display usage information.

-l , --level

Start from level.

-w , --windowed

Run in window (Default is fullscreen)

-m , --mute

Mute sound.

-y , --low-memory

Attempt to conserve memory usage

-s , --sensitivity

Mouse sensitivity, default 1.0

-f , --fps

Displays framerate

-v , --version

Indicate the current version number

-9 , --debug-joystick

Debug joystick status

-j , --repair-joystick

Correct for bad joysticks

-t , --touch

Updates a map to the latest format

ENVIRONMENT¶

GUILE_LOAD_PATH

Specifies the directory where the guile files are

TRACKBALLS

Specifies a preferred share directory; this is ignored if invalid

FILES¶

/usr/bin/trackballs

The executable file for trackballs

/usr/share/games/trackballs

Necessary shared files for trackballs

/usr/share/locale

Location of the locale files, if applicable

/usr/share/doc/trackballs

Detailed package documentation

~/.trackballs/

Per user settings directory

EXAMPLE¶

To run this program the standard way type:

trackballs

To disable audio and start in windowed mode

trackballs -m -w

Alternatively you can test a level with:

trackballs -l steep

NOTES¶

Full documentation for the game and the editor can be found in the detailed package documentation or at https://trackballs.github.io/docs/index.html

AUTHORS¶

See the AUTHORS.md file in the source package for a detailed list of authors.