1 SuperTux - <http://supertux.lethargik.org/>
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3 Last update: February 26, 2010
8 SuperTux is a jump'n'run game with strong inspiration from the
9 Super Mario Bros. games for the various Nintendo platforms.
11 Run and jump through multiple worlds, fighting off enemies by jumping
12 on them, bumping them from below or tossing objects at them, grabbing
13 power-ups and other stuff on the way.
16 Story: Penny gets captured!
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19 Tux and Penny were out having a nice picnic on the ice fields of
20 Antarctica. Suddenly, a creature jumped from behind an ice bush, there
21 was a flash, and Tux fell asleep!
23 When Tux wakes up, he finds that Penny is missing. Where she lay
24 before now lies a letter. "Tux, my arch enemy!" says the letter. "I
25 have captured your beautiful Penny and have taken her to my fortress.
26 The path to my fortress is littered with my minions. Give up on the
27 thought of trying to reclaim her, you haven't a chance! -Nolok"
29 Tux looks and sees Nolok's fortress in the distance. Determined to
30 save his beloved Penny, he begins his journey.
35 Important documentation for SuperTux is contained in multiple files.
39 : Requirements, compiling and installing.
45 : Changes since the previous versions of SuperTux.
48 : The GNU General Public License, under whose terms SuperTux is
49 licensed. (Most of the data subdirectory is also licensed under
52 `docs/levelguidelines.txt`
53 : Very useful information for those that want to design levels for
57 : Credits for people that contributed to the creationof SuperTux. (You
58 can view these in the game menuas well.)
61 : Licensing information about the data.
67 SuperTux makes use of proc to see where it is. In other words, it does
68 not have any need to be installed and can be run from anywhere. This
69 makes it possible to click in the executable in your filemanager (i.e.
70 Konqueror or Nautilus) as opposed to many other Linux games.
72 Options can be reached from the menu, so you don't need to specify
73 arguments, but if you want, type 'supertux2 --help' to check the ones
74 that are available. Also, notice that SuperTux saves the options, so
75 it's often enough to specify them once. For example, fullscreen mode
76 causes problems on some setups, so just run 'supertux2 --window' and
79 The game uses OpenGL to render the graphics. You will either need a
80 CPU with about 10 GHz or an accelerated video card with the vendor's
81 drivers. (On Linux, the team recommends using cards from NVidia with
82 the proprietary drivers, but ATI or another vendor should do.)
88 Both keyboards and joysticks/gamepads are supported. You can change
89 the controls via the Options menu. Basically, the only keys you will
90 need to use in-game are to do the following actions: jump, duck,
91 right, left, power and 'P' to pause/unpause the game. There isn't much
92 to tell about the first few, but the "action" key allows you to pick
93 up objects and use any powerup you got. For instance, with the fire
94 flower, you can shoot bullets (note that this is the only power
95 currently implemented).
97 Other useful keys include the Esc key, which is used to go to the menu
98 or to go up a level in the menu. The menu can be navigated using the
99 arrow keys or the mouse.
101 In the worldmap, the arrow keys are used to navigate and Enter to
102 enter the current level.
108 This version of SuperTux is still under development, even though the
109 0.3 line of versions is somewhat aged. This means that badguys,
110 features, levels, graphics or anything else may be removed in the
113 Especially the Forest world included in this package may be subject to
114 drastic changes. These changes may go as far as removing the world
115 altogether. Currently (February 2010) there is no consensus within the
116 SuperTux development community regarding the fate of the Forest. Don't
117 get too attached to it ;)
123 Thanks for trying out SuperTux.
125 If you like SuperTux, please rate and review it at the Linux Game Tome:
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133 The SuperTux development team