asciijump

ASCII art ski jumping game

TLDR

Start the game

$ asciijump

Start with a custom hill

$ asciijump -n [hillname]

asciijump is an ncurses-based ASCII-art ski jumping game. The player controls a ski jumper, timing the takeoff and landing to achieve maximum distance. The game features multiple hills, training and competition modes (selected from the in-game menu), and multiplayer support for up to 10 players.Controls: press space at the edge of the jump to take off and again to land safely. Timing affects both distance and style points.

PARAMETERS

-n hillname

Use the specified hill from the hills directory.

-h

Display help.

PREVIEW

  \O/
   |    /
  / \  /
______/________
   90m  K-point

CAVEATS

Requires a terminal with ncurses support. Custom hills can be created and placed in the hills directory.

HISTORY

asciijump was created by Fabian Breitkreutz as a terminal recreation of ski jumping competitions.