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Nibbles 0.0.4 : Copyright (C) 1999 Toby Jaffey
toby@earth.li
Fri Sep 17 22:46:04 BST 1999

This program is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
See the file LICENSE which should be included.

DESCRIPTION:

Nibbles is a remake of the classic Snake/Nibbles game in ncurses. I am
sure that better nibbles games exist, but I thought that I'd write an
ncurses one to learn how.

HELP:

Nibbles v0.0.4 -- Copyright Toby Jaffey 1999
Bug reports to toby@earth.li
Latest Version at http://www.earth.li/projectpurple

Usage: nibbles
options:
-h	--help		See recursion
-b	--basedelay	Set the game loop delay in milliseconds
-l	--leveldir	Where to find .lev files
-r	--rcfile	Use a different rcfile from the default (~/.rcfile)
-s	--scores	Show the high score table
-f	--scorefile	Use an alternate high score file
-n	--name		Name to use in highscore file

REQUIREMENTS:
ncurses

INSTALLING:
make
make install
It is installed sgid games, so it may be a security hazard[1]
Use vi keys (ijkl)

BUILDING:
edit Makefile.
"make"

LEVEL FORMAT:
A single line at the top gives the dimensions. The 3rd figure is 0/1,
whether random apples should be added.

' ' = empty space
'.' = A wall
's' = Player start position

[1] Oh no! He exploited a buffer overflow and overwrote my top advent score!