battlestar/battlestar.6

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  36 .Dd May 31, 1993
  37 .Dt BATTLESTAR 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm battlestar
  41 .Nd a tropical adventure game
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm
  44 .Op Fl r Em Pq recover a saved game
  45 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  46 .Nm
  47 is an adventure game in the classic style.  However, it's slightly less
  48 of a
  49 puzzle and more a game of exploration.  There are a few magical words
  50 in the game, but on the whole, simple English
  51 should suffice to make one's desires understandable to the parser.
  52 .Sh THE SETTING
  53 In the days before the darkness came, when battlestars ruled the
  54 heavens...
  55 .Bd -literal -offset indent
  56 Three He made and gave them to His daughters,
  57 Beautiful nymphs, the goddesses of the waters.
  58 One to bring good luck and simple feats of wonder,
  59 Two to wash the lands and churn the waves asunder,
  60 Three to rule the world and purge the skies with thunder.
  61 .Ed
  62 .Pp
  63 In those times great wizards were known and their powers were beyond
  64 belief.  They could take any object from thin air, and, uttering the
  65 word
  66 .Sq su
  67 could disappear.
  68 .Pp
  69 In those times men were known for their lust of gold and desire to
  70 wear fine weapons.  Swords and coats of mail were fashioned that could
  71 withstand a laser blast.
  72 .Pp
  73 But when the darkness fell, the rightful reigns were toppled.  Swords
  74 and helms and heads of state went rolling across the grass.  The entire
  75 fleet of battlestars was reduced to a single ship.
  76 .Sh SAMPLE COMMANDS
  77 .Bd -literal -offset indent
  78 take    ---     take an object
  79 drop    ---     drop an object
  80
  81 wear    ---     wear an object you are holding
  82 draw    ---     carry an object you are wearing
  83
  84 puton   ---     take an object and wear it
  85 take off --     draw an object and drop it
  86
  87 throw  <object> <direction>
  88
  89 !       <shell esc>
  90 .Ed
  91 .Sh IMPLIED OBJECTS
  92 .Bd -literal -offset indent
  93 >-: take watermelon
  94 watermelon:
  95 Taken.
  96 >-: eat
  97 watermelon:
  98 Eaten.
  99 >-: take knife and sword and apple, drop all
 100 knife:
 101 Taken.
 102 broadsword:
 103 Taken.
 104 apple:
 105 Taken.
 106 knife:
 107 Dropped.
 108 broadsword:
 109 Dropped.
 110 apple:
 111 Dropped.
 112 >-: get
 113 knife:
 114 Taken.
 115 .Ed
 116 .Pp
 117 Notice that the "shadow" of the next word stays around if you
 118 want to take advantage of it.  That is, saying "take knife" and then
 119 "drop"
 120 will drop the knife you just took.
 121 .Sh SCORE & INVEN
 122 The two commands "score" and "inven" will print out your current status
 123 in the game.
 124 .Sh SAVING A GAME
 125 The command "save" will save your game in a file called "Bstar."  You
 126 can recover a saved game by using the "-r" option when you start up the
 127 game.
 128 .Sh DIRECTIONS
 129 The compass directions N, S, E, and W can be used if you have a compass.
 130 If you don't have a compass, you'll have to say R, L, A, or B, which
 131 stand for Right, Left, Ahead, and Back.
 132 Directions printed in room descriptions are
 133 always printed in R, L, A, & B relative directions.
 134 .Sh HISTORY
 135 I wrote Battlestar in 1979 in order to experiment with the niceties of
 136 the C Language.
 137 Most interesting things that happen in the game are hardwired into the
 138 code, so don't send me any hate mail about it!
 139 Instead, enjoy art for art's sake!
 140 .Sh AUTHOR
 141 David Riggle
 142 .Sh INSPIRATION & ASSISTANCE
 143 .Bl -item -compact
 144 .It
 145 Chris Guthrie
 146 .It
 147 Peter Da Silva
 148 .It
 149 Kevin Brown
 150 .It
 151 Edward Wang
 152 .It
 153 Ken Arnold & Company
 154 .El
 155 .Sh BUGS
 156 Countless.
 157 .Sh FAN MAIL
 158 Send to edward%ucbarpa@berkeley.arpa, chris%ucbcory@berkeley.arpa,
 159 riggle.pa@xerox.arpa.