robots/robots.6

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