]> The &ksnake; Handbook Michel Filippi 2000 Michel Filippi &FDLNotice; 2005-12-17 0.4.0 Snake Race is a game of speed and agility. You are a hungry snake and are trying to eat all the apples in the room before getting out! KDE game linux race Introduction &ksnake; is a game of speed and agility. You are a hungry snake and are trying to eat all the apples in the room before getting out! Rules of the Game To Win To win &ksnake; you must eat all the apples in the room and leave through the exit that opens at the top. Each apple you eat makes you grow longer. If you hit a wall, you die. If you hit yourself, you die. If you are hit in the head by a bouncing ball, you die. If you take too long to eat the apples, more of them appear. Scoring Before the timer has run out Before the timer has run out, you score: 1 point for a red apple + a bonus depending on your skill level. 5 points for a gold apple + a bonus for your skill level + 2 points for each computer snake + 2 points for each bouncing ball. Twice your level number when you exit the room + a bonus depending on your skill level. After the timer has run out After the timer has run out, you score: 1 point for a red apple. 2 points for a gold apple. Points equal to your level number when you exit the room + a bonus depending on your skill level. When the computer snake eats an object When the computer snake eats an object you lose: 2 points for a red apple. 5 points for a gold apple. Other points You score 20 points for killing a computer snake. Customization Create Your Own Levels To create your own level, copy one of the levels from $TDEDIR/share/apps/ksnake/levels to $HOME/.kde/share/apps/ksnake and edit it with a bitmap editor. You can then select it in Settings Configure &ksnake;... in the First Level tab. Menu Reference The <guimenu>Game</guimenu> Menu &Ctrl;N Game New Start a new game P Game Pause Pause the game. &Ctrl;H Game Show Highscores... Show the High Score dialog. &Ctrl;Q Game Quit Quits &kappname;. The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu SettingsShow Statusbar Shows or hides the &ksnake; status bar at the bottom of the screen. Settings Configure Shortcuts... Select this to open a dialog which lets you define shortcuts for all menu items in &ksnake;. SettingsConfigure &ksnake;... Opens the &ksnake; configuration dialog to change &ksnake; settings. On the General tab you can set the speed of snakes, choose the number of snakes and balls and their behaviour. Select a background color or an image on the Appearance tab. Choose a starting level from 1 to 25 on the First Level tab. The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu &help.menu.documentation; Credits and Licenses &ksnake; copyright 2000, Michel Filippi Documentation copyright 2000, Michel Filippi and Robert Williams. &underFDL; &underGPL;