FX-Zacman User Manual

FX-Zacman is a maze game similar to Pacman written using the FOX Toolkit. It has been derived from KZacman, originally written by the author for KDE using the Qt toolkit.

I release it under a GNU GPL license. If you like this program, you might send me a postcard from your hometown :-) at this address:

Sandro Sigala
Viale De Gasperi, 8
25041 Darfo Boario Terme (BS)
Italy

How to play

The only keys you need to use are the four arrow keys. The objective of the game is to collect all the pills and find the exit of the maze (that is at the bottom right corner of the maze).

The objects of the game

Object	Name	Description
	Zacman	Zacman
	Zacman	Zacman during the potion effect
	Monster	You might kill the monsters using the potions
	Pill	You must collect all the pills before exiting
	Potion	Use this to kill the monsters

The key bindings

Key	Description
F2	Start a new game
P	Pause the game
ESC	Minimize the game
Alt-X	Quit the game
Up	Move Zacman up
Down	Move Zacman down
Left	Move Zacman left
Right	Move Zacman right

The monsters that you may meet during the game can only be killed using the potions found in the maze. The monsters/potions ratio is equal to 2, so you must kill at least two monsters with one potion.

The four skills

Skill level	Number of monsters	Number of potions	Number of pills
Beginner	4	2	25
Intermediate	8	4	50
Advanced	12	6	75
Expert	16	8	100

Development notes

FX-Zacman was developed using free software only components and tools.

• The program itself is written in portable C++ thanks to the excellent FOX Toolkit.
• The development platform was Windows 98 using the Dev-C++ environment.
• The Windows executable was compiled with the MinGW version of the GNU CC compiler.
• The graphics were done with the POV-Ray raytracer and the GIMP image manipulation program.
• The installation distribution was created using the Inno Setup Compiler.

Credits

• (KZacman) George Russell <george.russell@clara.net> for feature suggestions.