nbpipes

nbpipes

nbpipes is a terminal-based pipe puzzle game from the nbsdgames collection, inspired by the classic Pipe Mania arcade game. The player must place pipe segments on a grid to keep an ever-flowing sewage pipeline intact and prevent leaks.A countdown timer runs before the flow begins, giving the player time to pre-place pipes. Once the flow starts, the player must stay ahead of it. Replacing an already-placed pipe costs 3 points. Toggling fast flow mode with f doubles scoring but reduces reaction time. The game ends when the flow reaches a dead end or the score drops below -1000.Controls: arrow keys, hjkl, or WASD to move the cursor. ENTER to place a pipe. p to pause, f to toggle fast flow, g to skip the countdown and start the flow, q to quit. Mouse input is also supported.

Requires a terminal with ncurses support. Part of the nbsdgames collection. No command-line options are available.

nbpipes is part of nbsdgames, a package of 18 text-based terminal games created by abakh. It implements the classic Pipe Mania game, originally released in 1989 by The Assembly Line.

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