robots/robots.6

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  34 .\"     @(#)robots.6    8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
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  36 .Dd May 31, 1993
  37 .Dt ROBOTS 6
  38 .Os
  39 .Sh NAME
  40 .Nm robots
  41 .Nd fight off villainous robots
  42 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  43 .Nm
  44 .Op Fl Asjtan
  45 .Op Ar scorefile
  46 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  47 .Nm
  48 pits you against evil robots, who are trying to kill you (which is why
  49 they are evil).
  50 Fortunately for you, even though they are evil, they are not very bright
  51 and have a habit of bumping into each other, thus destroying themselves.
  52 In order to survive, you must get them to kill each other off, since you
  53 have no offensive weaponry.
  54 .Pp
  55 Since you are stuck without offensive weaponry, you are endowed with one
  56 piece of defensive weaponry: a teleportation device.
  57 When two robots run into each other or a junk pile, they die.
  58 If a robot runs into you, you die.
  59 When a robot dies, you get 10 points, and when all the robots die,
  60 you start on the next field.
  61 This keeps up until they finally get you.
  62 .Pp
  63 Robots are represented on the screen by a
  64 .Sq \+ ,
  65 the junk heaps from their collisions by a
  66 .Sq \(** ,
  67 and you
  68 (the good guy)
  69 by a
  70 .Sq \@ .
  71 .Pp
  72 The commands are:
  73 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
  74 .It Ic h
  75 move one square left
  76 .It Ic l
  77 move one square right
  78 .It Ic k
  79 move one square up
  80 .It Ic j
  81 move one square down
  82 .It Ic y
  83 move one square up and left
  84 .It Ic u
  85 move one square up and right
  86 .It Ic b
  87 move one square down and left
  88 .It Ic n
  89 move one square down and right
  90 .It Ic \&.
  91 (also space) do nothing for one turn
  92 .It Ic HJKLBNYU
  93 run as far as possible in the given direction
  94 .It Ic \>
  95 do nothing for as long as possible
  96 .It Ic t
  97 teleport to a random location
  98 .It Ic w
  99 wait until you die or they all do
 100 .It Ic q
 101 quit
 102 .It Ic ^L
 103 redraw the screen
 104 .El
 105 .Pp
 106 All commands can be preceded by a count.
 107 .Pp
 108 If you use the
 109 .Sq Ic w
 110 command and survive to the next level, you will get a bonus of 10%
 111 for each robot which died after you decided to wait.
 112 If you die, however, you get nothing.
 113 For all other commands, the program will save you from typos
 114 by stopping short of being eaten.
 115 However, with
 116 .Sq Ic w
 117 you take the risk of dying by miscalculation.
 118 .Pp
 119 Only five scores are allowed per user on the score file.
 120 If you make it into the score file, you will be shown the list at the end
 121 of the game.
 122 If an alternative score file is specified, that will be used instead of the
 123 standard file for scores.
 124 .Pp
 125 The options are
 126 .Bl -tag -width indent
 127 .It Fl s
 128 Don't play, just show the score file.
 129 .It Fl j
 130 Jump,
 131 .Em i.e. ,
 132 when you run, don't show any intermediate positions; only show things at
 133 the end.
 134 This is useful on slow terminals.
 135 .It Fl t
 136 Teleport automatically when you have no other option.
 137 This is a little disconcerting until you get used to it, and then it is
 138 very nice.
 139 .It Fl a
 140 Advance into the higher levels directly, skipping the lower, easier levels.
 141 .It Fl A
 142 Auto-bot mode. Let's the game play itself.
 143 .It Fl n
 144 Increase the number of games played by one.
 145 .El
 146 .Sh AUTHOR
 147 Ken Arnold
 148 Christos Zoulas (autobot mode)
 149 .Sh FILES
 150 .Bl -tag -width /var/games/robots_roll -compact
 151 .It Pa /var/games/robots_roll
 152 the score file
 153 .El
 154 .Sh BUGS
 155 Bugs?
 156 You
 157 .Em crazy ,
 158 man?!?