blockattack(6)

blockattack6

A puzzle game inspired by tetris attack

Usage

blockattack [OPTION] ...

Overview

Block Attack - Rise of the blocks 2.9.0

Block Attack - Rise of the Blocks is a puzzle/blockfall game inspired by Tetris Attack for the SNES.

www.blockattack.net

Options

-h [ --help ]

Displays this message

--version

Display the version information

-c [ --config ] arg

Read a config file with the values. Can be given multiple times

--nosound

Disables the sound. Can be used if sound errors prevents you from starting

--priority

Causes the game to not sleep between frames.

--software-renderer

Asks SDL2 to use software renderer

--verbose-basic

Enables basic verbose messages

--verbose-game-controller

Enables verbose messages regarding controllers

--print-search-path

Prints the search path and quits

--no-auto-scale

Do not automatically auto scale

--always-sixteen-nine

Use 16:9 format even in Window mode

--puzzle-level-file arg

Sets the default puzzle file to load

--puzzle-single-level arg

Start the specific puzzle level directly

--bind-text-domain arg

Overwrites the bind text domain used for finding translations. Default: "/usr/local/share/blockattack/locale/"

--homepath arg

Set the home folder where settings are saved. The directory will be created if it does not exist. Default: "$HOME/.local/share/blockattack"

-m [ --mod ] arg

Loads a mod. Later mods have preference

Examples

blockattack

Start the game normally

blockattack --nosound

Start the game without sound. Can be used if sound problems prevents the game from starting

blockattack --puzzle-level-file puzzle.levels --puzzle-single-level 3

Start the game with the default puzzles in level 3

blockattack --bind-text-domain /dev/null

Disables translations

Releases

9 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 5.0–6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9
  5. 10
  6. 11
  7. 12
  8. 13

--always-sixteen-nine since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --bind-text-domain since Debian 9 (Stretch); --help since Debian 9 (Stretch); --homepath since Debian 9 (Stretch); --no-auto-scale since Debian 10 (Buster); --nosound since Debian 9 (Stretch); --print-search-path since Debian 9 (Stretch); --priority since Debian 9 (Stretch); --puzzle-level-file since Debian 9 (Stretch); --puzzle-single-level since Debian 9 (Stretch); --software-renderer since Debian 10 (Buster); --verbose-basic since Debian 9 (Stretch); --verbose-game-controller since Debian 9 (Stretch); --version since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch).

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to the issue tracker here: <https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack-game/issues>

From blockattack 2.9.0-1+b1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.