INSTEAD(6) GAMES INSTEAD(6)NAME
INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Engine, The Interpreter
DESCRIPTION
The interpreter of STEAD (Simple Text Adventures) allows to play games that combine visual novels, text adventures and classic quests of
1990-s. The STEAD games features are:
* very simple source code of the stories. (based on LUA);
* the ability to use graphical or textual (readline) game interface;
* graphic interface supports music and images;
* graphic interpreter theme support - a game may change the interface look;
* portability (originally written for Linux, depends on SDL and lua).
SYNOPSIS
sdl-instead [options] [game.zip to run]
OPTIONS -debug Debug mode (for game developers).
-alsa Force ALSA sound (Linux only).
-nosound
Run the game without sound.
-gamespath <path>
Add path with games.
-themespath <path>
Add path with themes.
-nostdgames
Do not use default games.
-nostdthemes
Do not use default themes.
-game <basename>
Select game in gamespath.
-theme <basename>
Select theme in themespath.
-fullscreen
Run the game in fullscreen mode.
-window
Run the game in windowed mode.
-noautosave
Disable autosave/autoload.
-encode <lua file> [encoded file]
Encode lua file. Encoded file can be executed with doencfile("encoded file").
-idf <path to resources directory or game>
Build idf file [INSTEAD data file] from directory.
-mode [WxH]
Use WxH resolution.
-nopause
Do not pause the game on window minimize.
-install [game in zip]
Install game from zip archive
-quit Quit :)
-appdata [fullpath]
Store saves and settings in appdata path. Path must exist!
-chunksize [size in bytes]
Size for audio buffer. Try this if sound lags.
-version
Show version and exit.
Configuration file name is 'insteadrc' and it's located in ~/.instead/.
Games can be downloaded from http://instead.googlecode.com. Unzip them in ~/.instead/games.
CONTROLS
Please, see tutorial.
LICENCE
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms specified in the GNU Public Licence (GPL).
WARRANTY
None.
COPYRIGHT AND CREDITS
Peter Kosyh
INSTEAD author.
Ilya Ryndin
Initial port to Windows.
Mahno Aleksey
Port to Android.
.dm Port to Mac OS X.
Andrey Afletdinov
Port to Windows CE.
Vadim Balashoff
Advices.
Vladimir Zhirov
Advices.
Alexander Yakovlev
manual.tex support.
Serj Kalichev
Advices and default theme correction.
Vladimir Podobaev, Oleg Gvozdev
Testers.
Alexander Soborov
Wiki support.
Many others for comments, bug reports, games and ideas.
SEE ALSO
http://instead.googlecode.com
Instead Version 1.6.0 INSTEAD(6)
Check Out this Related Man Page
DM.CONF(5) BSD File Formats Manual DM.CONF(5)NAME
dm.conf -- dungeon master configuration file
DESCRIPTION
The dm.conf file is the configuration file for the dm(8) program. It consists of lines beginning with one of three keywords, badtty, game,
and time. All other lines are ignored.
Any tty listed after the keyword badtty may not have games played on it. Entries consist of two white-space separated fields: the string
badtty and the ttyname as returned by ttyname(3). For example, to keep the uucp dialout, ``tty19'', from being used for games, the entry
would be:
badtty /dev/tty19
Any day/hour combination listed after the keyword time will disallow games during those hours. Entries consist of four white-space separated
fields: the string time, the unabbreviated day of the week and the beginning and ending time of a period of the day when games may not be
played. The time fields are in a 0 based, 24-hour clock. For example, the following entry allows games playing before 8AM and after 5PM on
Mondays:
time Monday 8 17
Any game listed after the keyword game will set parameters for a specific game. Entries consist of five white-space separated fields: the
keyword game, the name of a game, the highest system load average at which the game may be played, the maximum users allowed if the game is
to be played, and the priority at which the game is to be run. Any of these fields may start with a non-numeric character, resulting in no
game limitation or priority based on that field.
The game default controls the settings for any game not otherwise listed, and must be the last game entry in the file. Priorities may not be
negative. For example, the following entries limits the game ``hack'' to running only when the system has 10 or less users and a load aver-
age of 5 or less; all other games may be run any time the system has 15 or less users.
game hack 5 10 *
game default * 15 *
FILES
/etc/dm.conf The dm(8) configuration file.
SEE ALSO setpriority(2), ttyname(3), dm(8)BSD May 31, 1993 BSD