NAME

       mousetrap - an arcade puzzle game using SDL

SYNOPSIS

       mousetrap [options]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the mousetrap command.

OPTIONS

       mousetrap accepts the following options:

       --cheat
              Enable infinite lives

       --no-sound
              Disable the sound effects

USAGE

       To play mousetrap simply invoke it, and begin.

GAMEPLAY

       Move your avatar around eating the white "fruit", and avoiding the red "enemies".

       To  gain  a  shield  powerup eat the small blue "fruit".  This shield will disappear after
       killing a random number of enemies.

       When you first spawn upon the map, or when you re-spawn after being killed you  will  gain
       the shield automatically for the first three seconds of gameplay.

CONTROLS

       The controls of mousetrap are very simple.  To move your avatar around use the arrow keys.

       Other keystrokes are recognised:

       n == new game

       q == quit and exit

       space == toggle pause

FILES

       Any highscore you achieve will be stored in ~/.mousetrap

HOMEPAGE

       http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/mousetrap