NAME

       Trackballs - marble game similar to the classic arcade game 'Marble Madness'

SYNOPSIS

       trackballs [-w] [-m] [-y] [-f] [-e -l<level> -t<level>] [-r<width>] [-s<sensitivity>] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Trackballs  is  a  simple  game  inspired  by the classic Atari 1980's arcade game 'Marble
       Madness' (later released by Electronic Arts for the Amiga and other platforms).

       By steering a marble ball through a labyrinth filled with sharp objects, pools of acid and
       other  obstacles  the  player  collects  points.  When the ball passes through the goal it
       continues to the next, more difficult track - unless the time runs out.

       It should be noted that this game is _not_ intended to be a replica of Marble Madness  but
       rather  merely  inspired  by  it.  For  instance the game uses 3D graphics even though the
       original game had no real use for it. Also the game is fully programmable with a scripting
       extension (Guile), and includes a level editor with which to easily create new levels.

OPTIONS

       -h , --help
              Display usage information.

       -l , --level
              Start from level.

       -w , --windowed
              Run in window (Default is fullscreen)

       -m , --mute
               Mute sound.

       -y , --low-memory
              Attempt to conserve memory usage

       -s , --sensitivity
              Mouse sensitivity, default 1.0

       -f , --fps
              Displays framerate

       -v , --version
              Indicate the current version number

       -9 , --debug-joystick
              Debug joystick status

       -j , --repair-joystick
              Correct for bad joysticks

       -t , --touch
              Updates a map to the latest format

ENVIRONMENT

       GUILE_LOAD_PATH
              Specifies the directory where the guile files are

       TRACKBALLS
              Specifies a preferred share directory; this is ignored if invalid

FILES

       /usr/bin/trackballs
              The executable file for trackballs

       /usr/share/games/trackballs
              Necessary shared files for trackballs

       /usr/share/locale
              Location of the locale files, if applicable

       /usr/share/doc/trackballs
              Detailed package documentation

       ~/.trackballs/
              Per user settings directory

EXAMPLE

       To run this program the standard way type:

           trackballs

       To disable audio and start in windowed mode

           trackballs -m -w

       Alternatively you can test a level with:

           trackballs -l steep

NOTES

       Full  documentation  for  the  game  and  the  editor can be found in the detailed package
       documentation or at ⟨https://trackballs.github.io/docs/index.html⟩

AUTHORS

       See the AUTHORS.md file in the source package for a detailed list of authors.