#+TITLE: Games layer

[[file:img/games.png]]

* Table of Contents                                         :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
 - [[#description][Description]]
 - [[#install][Install]]
 - [[#games-instructions][Games instructions]]
   - [[#2048][2048]]
   - [[#pacmacs][Pacmacs]]
   - [[#tetris][Tetris]]
   - [[#typit][Typit]]
     - [[#create-a-new-dictionary][Create a new dictionary]]

* Description
This layer allows you to play evilified games in spacemacs.

The games available now are:
- 2048-game
- Pacmacs (Pacman for Emacs)
- Tetris
- Typit

* Install
To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
add =games= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
file.

* Games instructions
To run a game:

| Key Binding | Description                            |
|-------------+----------------------------------------|
| ~SPC a G~   | Open an =helm= buffer to select a game |

Possible helm actions:
- run (default)
- quit
- reset

** 2048

| Key Binding | Description          |
|-------------+----------------------|
| ~h~         | Move the tiles left  |
| ~j~         | Move the tiles down  |
| ~k~         | Move the tiles up    |
| ~l~         | Move the tiles right |

** Pacmacs

| Key Binding | Description |
|-------------+-------------|
| ~h~         | Move left   |
| ~j~         | Move down   |
| ~k~         | Move up     |
| ~l~         | Move right  |
|             |             |

** Tetris

| Key Binding | Description                    |
|-------------+--------------------------------|
| ~h~         | Move block to the left         |
| ~i~         | Rotate block counter-clockwise |
| ~j~         | Move block to the bottom       |
| ~k~         | Rotate block clockwise         |
| ~l~         | Move block to the right        |
| ~n~         | Start a new game               |
| ~p~         | Pause the game                 |
| ~q~         | Quit the game                  |

** Typit
There is no specific key bindings for this game, just launch it and begin
typing. Use ~C-g~ to exit the game at any time.

There are two difficulties:
- beginner: use 200 most common words
- expert: use 1000 most common words

By default a game duration is one minute.

The game can be customized with the following variables:

| Vsariable           | Description                                           |
|---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------|
| =typit-dict=        | Language dictionary to use (default is =english.txt=) |
| =typit-dict-dir=    | A directory path where to find dictionaries           |
| =typit-line-length= | Length of generated lines (default 80)                |
| =typit-test-time=   | Duration of a game in seconds (default 60)            |

*** Create a new dictionary
To add a new dictionary, you need to create a text file named your-language.txt
and put it under the dict directory. That file should contain 1000 most common
words from the language, a word per line. Please make sure that it uses
Unix-style (that is, LF) end-of-line sequence and the file ends with a newline.