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.TH BLOCKATTACK "6" "October 2025" "blockattack 2.10.0" "Games"

.SH NAME

blockattack \- a puzzle game inspired by Tetris Attack

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B blockattack

[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]...

.SH DESCRIPTION

Block Attack \- Rise of the blocks 2.10.0

.PP

Block Attack \- Rise of the Blocks is a puzzle/blockfall game inspired by Tetris Attack for the SNES.

.PP

www.blockattack.net

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

\fB\-h\fR [ \fB\-\-help\fR ]

Displays this message

.TP

\fB\-\-version\fR

Display the version information

.TP

\fB\-c\fR [ \fB\-\-config\fR ] arg

Read a config file with the values. Can be given multiple times

.TP

\fB\-\-nosound\fR

Disables the sound. Can be used if sound errors prevents you from starting

.TP

\fB\-\-priority\fR

Causes the game to not sleep between frames.

.TP

\fB\-\-software\-renderer\fR

Asks SDL2 to use software renderer

.TP

\fB\-\-verbose\-basic\fR

Enables basic verbose messages

.TP

\fB\-\-verbose\-game\-controller\fR

Enables verbose messages regarding controllers

.TP

\fB\-\-print\-search\-path\fR

Prints the search path and quits

.TP

\fB\-\-no\-auto\-scale\fR

Do not automatically auto scale

.TP

\fB\-\-always\-sixteen\-nine\fR

Use 16:9 format even in Window mode

.TP

\fB\-\-editor\fR

Start the sprite editor/browser

.TP

\fB\-\-puzzle\-editor\fR

Start the build in puzzle editor

.TP

\fB\-\-puzzle\-level\-file\fR arg

Sets the default puzzle file to load

.TP

\fB\-\-puzzle\-single\-level\fR arg

Start the specific puzzle level directly

.TP

\fB\-\-bind\-text\-domain\fR arg

Overwrites the bind text domain used for finding translations. Default: "/usr/local/share/blockattack/locale/"

.TP

\fB\-\-homepath\fR arg

Set the home folder where settings are saved. The directory will be created if it does not exist. Default: "$HOME/.local/share/blockattack"

.TP

\fB\-m\fR [ \fB\-\-mod\fR ] arg

Loads a mod. Later mods have preference

.SH EXAMPLES

.TP

blockattack

Start the game normally

.TP

blockattack \-\-nosound

Start the game without sound. Can be used if sound problems prevents the game from starting

.TP

blockattack \-\-puzzle\-level\-file puzzle.levels \-\-puzzle\-single\-level 3

Start the game with the default puzzles in level 3

.TP

blockattack \-\-bind\-text\-domain /dev/null

Disables translations

.SH "REPORTING BUGS"

Report bugs to the issue tracker here: <https://github.com/blockattack/blockattack\-game/issues>

.SH COPYRIGHT

Copyright \(co 2005\-2022 Poul Sander

License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old\-licenses/gpl\-2.0.html> or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

.br

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.