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ggz(7)                          GGZ Gaming Zone                         ggz(7)

NAME
       ggz - The GGZ Gaming Zone

DESCRIPTION
       The GGZ Gaming Zone is a standards-conforming online gaming
       infrastructure which provides many applications and games to people who
       like to play on the internet or in local networks.  GGZ, how the
       (recursive) acronym is called, is available for many computer systems.
       This document focuses on the installations on Linux, BSD and Unix.

APPLICATIONS
       There isn't a single executable named ggz, instead a multitude of
       programs is available to the user, and even more which operate on the
       system level or are used by developers and administrators.  Users will
       most likely want to connect to a GGZ server on the internet, such as
       ggz://live.ggzgamingzone.org, to play games against other people.  Core
       clients are used to perform this task. Functional clients exist in the
       form of kggz for the K Desktop Environment (KDE), ggz-gnome and ggz-gtk
       for GNOME or XFCE users, and ggz-txt for people who prefer command-line
       applications. Of course, the clients are not bound to a specific
       desktop, but the choices above will likely be influenced by the level
       of integration.  A client under development is the SDL-based v'bora.

       Special clients exist in the form of ggzap, a quick-launcher for the
       KDE panel, and ggz-wrapper which is used for launching GGZ games from
       instant messenger applications.

GAMES
       Games are usually launched by the GGZ server, with corresponding game
       clients running on the user's desktop. Plenty of games are available
       for GGZ, most of them coming from the GGZ project itself but several
       independent game projects do now provide GGZ support.  Game clients are
       implemented using multiple toolkits, some of which stem from certain
       desktop environments. However, all games work equally well under all
       desktops, it's just a matter of personal choice which of them are to be
       installed - having all of them is just fine.

       While some GGZ game clients are suited for online gaming only, others
       also run locally like normal games happen to do. Those will be found in
       the desktop's application menu.

FILES
       The following layout can vary from site to site, depending on the
       completeness of a GGZ installation and the operating system
       distribution in use.  It adheres to the File Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
       as much as possible.

       /usr/bin
              GGZ applications, tools, and the games which provide single
              player mode.

       /usr/lib/ggz(d)
              GGZ game clients and servers.

       /usr/share/ggz(d)
              Data files for game clients and servers.

       /etc/ggz.modules
              Game module registry for game clients.

       /etc/ggzd
              Configuration for the GGZ server, including rooms and game
              types.

CONFORMING TO
       GGZ Design Document and Protocol Reference, available at
       http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/

       GGZ Client-Client Protocol Reference, available at
       http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/clientspec/

       GGZ Server-Server Protocol Reference, available at
       http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/docs/design/serverspec/

       Freedesktop.org specifications for desktop integration of games and
       applications, more information at http://www.freedesktop.org/

       File Hierarchy Standard for unix-derived operating systems, at
       http://www.pathname.com/fhs/

AUTHORS
       The GGZ Development Team <ggz-dev@mail.ggzgamingzone.org>

SEE ALSO
       kggz(6), ggz-gtk(6), ggz-txt(6), ggz-java(6)

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