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1. Penguin Tower

• is a multiplayer 2 dimensional game
  • inspired by Morloc Tower although Penguin Tower is very different
• however the screen layout and many of the key commands are the same
• you can download a copy of the game from here.
• you then need to extract the archive using the following command line:

• $ cd $HOME/Desktop
  $ tar zxvf penguin-tower-0.9.tar.gz

2. Creating important directories

• these directories need to created before penguin tower can be built

• $ cd $HOME/Desktop
  $ mkdir -p $HOME/opt/bin
  $ mkdir build-ptower

3. Building Penguin Tower

• you should be able to build it by typing:

• $ cd $HOME/Desktop
  $ cd build-ptower
  $ ../penguin-tower-0.9/configure --prefix=$HOME/opt
  $ make
  $ cd ..

• you need to check that the make program above exited with no error messages - initially this will be the case - but you will need to pay special attention to this when/if you modify the server source code
• note the build will recreate all images in the build directory.
  • so do not edit these images located in the build directory during your coursework
  • otherwise you might accidently erase all your work..
    

4. Installing your own copy of Penguin Tower

• you can install your own copy of Penguin Tower into your directory ( $HOME/opt ) specified by the --prefix to the ./configure command

• $ cd $HOME/Desktop
  $ cd build-ptower
  $ make install
  $ cd ..

5. Running the client of Penguin Tower

• you should be able to run the client like this:

• $ $HOME/opt/bin/penguin-tower mcgreg.comp.glam.ac.uk:7000

• also consider running it in fullscreen by:

• $ $HOME/opt/bin/penguin-tower -f mcgreg.comp.glam.ac.uk:7000

6. Configure notes

• you only need to execute ../penguin-tower-0.9/configure --prefix=$HOME/opt once ever in this directory (unless you modify the package)
• check out the documentation here.
• you can also run the system installed version by typing:

• $ penguin-tower mcgreg.comp.glam.ac.uk:7000

7. Running your own Penguin Tower server

• can be done by opening a terminal and typing the following:

• $ cd
  $ ./opt/bin/ptower-server ./opt/share/ptower/maps/star

• to stop the server, type ^C (press down the control key and then press the c key, now release both keys)
• there are a number of maps in the $HOME/opt/share/penguin-tower/maps directory
  • m1 , star and glover
  • star is the smallest (5 rooms)
    

8. Tutorial

• examine the directory structure of penguin-tower
  • ie use a browser and nagivate over the folders
  • you can ignore the src directory
  • you should pay special attention to the data and sounds directories
• here is the documentation to Penguin Tower

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