I now have a new version of Xjump, rewritten using SDL. This repository is for the old version that still uses Xlib.

Check out the new version here --> https://github.com/hugomg/xjump-sdl !

FALLING TOWER Version 2.9

A game where you jump up and up while the tower collapses under your feet.

Installation

If you performed a git clone instead of downloading the source tarball, see the Development section of this README for instructions on how to generate the configure script.

Once you have the configure script, install xjump using the usual configure + make install pattern:

./configure
make
sudo make install

Run ./configure -- help for a list of configuration options to tweak install locations, etc.

To allow xjump to update the highscore file on behalf of regular user, your system must have a user and group namd games. We expect this to be standard in Linux distributions.

Game controls

To move: arrow keys, WASD, IJKL or the keypad arrow keys
To jump: Up or Down arrow keys, Z or SPACE
To pause and unpause: P or the Pause keypad.
To exit the game: Shift+Q

Configuring xjump

To configure xjump create a configuration file at $HOME/.config/xjump.config You can use the following keys during configuration:

themeFile : Path to a custom sprite file. Ex.: /usr/share/xjump/themes/jumpnbump.xpm
theme : Name of a custom sprite theme bundled with xjump. Ex.: jumpnbump

Here is an example of an xjump configuration file:

# This is a comment
theme = jumpnbump

Custom graphics

Xjump can use custom textures in xpm format. The required dimensions are 144x64.

In the following diagram, each letter represents a 16x16 pixel area.

Legend:

1 = Standing, moving left  (1/2)
2 = Standing, moving right (1/2)
3 = Standing, moving left  (2/2)
4 = Standing, moving right (2/2)
5 = Going up, moving left
6 = Going up, moving right
7 = Falling,  moving left
8 = Falling,  moving right

A = Wall background
B = Left column
C = Right column
D = Platform

For examples, see the themes folder.

Development

To generate the configure script and the makefile templates you must have the GNU autotools installed and run autoreconf:

autoreconf --install

If you want to delete all thoss files the autotools generated, the best way is via Git itself:

git clean -xd