---
name: "pixelcity"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rss-glx"
version: "0.9.1-6.4~deb12u1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pixelcity"
---

# pixelcity(1)

Procedural city fly through.

## NAME

pixelcity - Procedural city fly through.

## SYNOPSIS

**plasma** \[--root/-r\] \[--maxfps/-x *number*\] \[--vsync/-y *number*\] \[--dpms/-M *number*\] \[--effect\_none/-n\] \[--effect\_bloom/-b\] \[--effect\_bloom\_radial/-B\] \[--effect\_glass/-g\] \[--effect\_color\_cycle/-c\] \[--wireframe/-w\] \[--letterbox/-l\] \[--no-fog/-F\]

## DESCRIPTION

From Shamus Young (*http://code.google.com/p/pixelcity/*): A screensaver for Windows which generates and performs a fly-through of a nighttime cityscape.

    \* There are no art assets. All content is generated at runtime.\
     \* Aimed at older graphics hardware. The goal is for the program to perform acceptably on machines "five years old or less".\
     \* Written in C++ using OpenGL. No fragment or vertex shaders are used.

Ported to Linux by Tugrul Galatali.

## OPTIONS

- **--root**

  Draw on the root window.

- **--maxfps *number***

  Set maximum frame rate.

- **--vsync *number***

  Limit redraws to specified number of vertical refreshes.  0 - 100.  Default: 1

- **--dpms *number***

  Stop rendering new frames if the display is not on.  0 - 1.  Default: 1

- **--effect\_none**

  No scene post processing.

- **--effect\_bloom**

  Apply bloom filter to scene.  Default.

- **--effect\_bloom\_radial**

  Apply radial bloom filter to scene.

- **--effect\_glass**

  Ethereal rendering of buildings.

- **--effect\_color\_cycle**

  Buildings glow with alternating colors.

- **--wireframe**

  Render building outlines.

- **--letterbox**

  Wide screen the scene with letter boxing.

- **--no-fog**

  Disable distance fog.

## ENVIRONMENT

- **DISPLAY**

  to get the default host and display number.

## SEE ALSO

**X**(1),

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2009 by Shamus Young and Tugrul Galatali.

Pixel City is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Pixel City is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.

## AUTHOR

Shamus Young \<shamus -at- shamusyoung dot com\> and Tugrul Galatali \<tugrul@galatali.com\>