Name
rantaiwarna — tile-matching puzzle game
Synopsis
rantaiwarna [
-c
colors
] [
-w
width
] [
-h
height
]
Description
rantaiwarna is a tile-matching puzzle game which is also known under the names “Chain Shot!” or “SameGame”. It is played on a rectangular board which is initially filled with elements of several different colors. Two or more adjacent elements of the same color may be eliminated, the score resulting from the elimination of elements depends on the number of elements eliminated at once. The goal of the game is to eliminate as many elements as possible until there are no more adjacent elements of the same color left or the board is completely cleared. Vertical gaps resulting from the elimination of elements are filled by sliding down elements from above the gap, column gaps are filled by sliding columns on the right side of the column gap to the left.
Options
The following options are supported:
-
-ccolor Use the specified number of colors, at least two and at most five.
-
-wwidth Create a board with the given width, at least five elements.
-
-hheight Create a board with the given height, at least five elements.
Usage
rantaiwarna makes use of the curses(3) library and determines the terminal's capabilities using its terminfo(5) entry. Certain keyboard and mouse commands may not be available depending on the terminal and the variant of the curses(3) library rantaiwarna was built against.
Game Screen Commands
- ↑, →, ↓, ←
move the cursor around
- h, j, k, l
same as arrow keys
- Space
eliminate elements under the cursor
- Enter
same as Space
same as Space
- Ctrl+l
refresh the screen
- H
switch to the help screen
- i
switch to the highscore screen
- n
start a new game
- q
quit the game
Highscore Screen Commands
- ↑, →, ↓, ←
scroll on line up or down or one character to the left or right
- h, j, k, l
same as arrow keys
- Space
scroll down one line
- Enter
same as Space
- Page ↑, Page ↓
scroll up or down one screenful
- b, f
same as Page ↑ or Page ↓
- Ctrl+b, Ctrl+f
same as Page ↑ or Page ↓
- Home, End
go to the first or last line
- g, G,
same as Home or End
- Ctrl+l
refresh the screen
- a
switch to the game screen
- H
switch to the help screen
- q
quit the game
Help Screen Commands
- ↑, →, ↓, ←
scroll on line up or down or one character to the left or right
- h, j, k, l
same as arrow keys
- Space
scroll down one line
- Enter
same as Space
- Page ↑, Page ↓
scroll up or down one screenful
- b, f
same as Page ↑ or Page ↓
- Ctrl+b, Ctrl+f
same as Page ↑ or Page ↓
- Home, End
go to the first or last line
- g, G,
same as Home or End
- Ctrl+l
refresh the screen
- a
switch to the game screen
- i
switch to the highscore screen
- q
quit the game
Files
-
$HOME/.rantaiwarna_hiscore personal highscore file
Exit Status
The following exit values are returned:
- 0
Command successfully executed.
- > 0
An error has occured.