2 - An introduction for SuperTux -
3 http://supertux.berlios.de/
5 Last update: October 13, 2005
9 SuperTux is a jump'n'run game with strong inspiration from the
10 Super Mario Bros. games for the various Nintendo platforms.
12 Run and jump through multiple worlds, fighting off enemies by jumping
13 on them, bumping them from below or tossing objects at them, grabbing
14 power-ups and other stuff on the way.
20 - Penny gets captured! -
22 Tux and Penny were out having a nice
23 picnic on the ice fields of Antarctica.
24 Suddenly, a creature jumped from
25 behind an ice bush, there was a flash,
28 When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny
29 is missing. Where she lay before now
30 lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!"
31 says the letter. "I have captured
32 your beautiful Penny and have taken her
33 to my fortress. The path to my fortress
34 is littered with my minions. Give up on
35 the thought of trying to reclaim her,
36 you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
38 Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in
39 the distance. Determined to save his
40 beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
45 Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
48 AUTHORS - Credits for people that contributed to the creation
49 of SuperTux. (You can view these in the game menu
51 NEWS - Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
52 COPYING - The GNU General Public License, under whose terms
54 INSTALL - Instructions on requirements, compiling and installing.
55 README - (This file.) Game story, usage, rules and controls.
57 The following documents can be found and read in the docs/ directory:
59 levelguidelines.txt - Very useful information for those that want to design
61 fileformats.txt/htm - Documentation on the various file formats used by the
63 scripting.txt/htm - Reference to the scripting language used by SuperTux.
68 SuperTux makes use of proc to see where it is. In other words, it does not
69 have any need to be installed and can be run from anywhere. This makes
70 it possible to click in the executable in your filemanager (i.e. Konqueror or
71 Nautilus) as opposed to many other Linux games.
73 Options can be reached from the menu, so you don't need to specify arguments,
74 but if you want, type 'supertux --help' to check the ones that are available.
75 Also, notice that SuperTux saves the options, so it's often enough to
78 The game uses OpenGL to render the graphics. You will either need a CPU
79 with about 10 GHz or an accelerated video card with the vendor's drivers.
80 (On Linux, the team recommends using cards from NVidia with the proprietary
81 drivers, but ATI or another verndor should do.)
88 Both keyboards and joysticks/gamepads are supported. You can change the
89 controls via the Options menu. Basically, the only keys you will need to
90 use in-game are to do the following actions: jump, duck, right, left, power
91 and 'P' to pause/unpause the game. There isn't much to tell about the first
92 few, but the "run" key allows you to run and use the power of the powerup
93 you got. For instance, with the fire flower, you can shoot bullets (note
94 that this is the only power currently implemented).
96 Other useful keys include the Esc key, which is used to go to the menu or
97 to go up a level in the menu. The menu can be navigated using the arrow
100 In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to enter
107 The amount of time you have left to complete this level as well as the
108 number of coins and lives you have collected is displayed on the right
109 at the top of the screen. (Note: the time is NOT written in seconds!)
114 When SuperTux starts up, it looks for an options file.
116 On Linux, this file is "config" in your directory (~/.supertux/). On
117 Windows, this file is "supertux.dat" in the SuperTux folder.
119 This file records program's settings using the syntax of Lisp. There
120 should be no reason to edit this file by hand.
124 Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
126 If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the
129 http://www.happypenguin.org/
131 Search for "SuperTux"!
135 The SuperTux development team