X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/puzzles/blobdiff_plain/a1d5acfff9de3df31ef5575b2350a6c8973fb2d1..5d8c6c556982ae44f786d14a6d641182ced15043:/puzzles.but diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but index 544dfde..5f34a83 100644 --- a/puzzles.but +++ b/puzzles.but @@ -681,11 +681,10 @@ player. Turning off this option can also speed up puzzle generation. \cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.netslide} -This game was submitted by Richard Boulton. It combines the grid -generation of Net (see \k{net}) with the movement of Sixteen (see -\k{sixteen}): you have a Net grid, but instead of rotating tiles back -into place you have to slide them into place by moving a whole row at -a time. +This game combines the grid generation of Net (see \k{net}) with the +movement of Sixteen (see \k{sixteen}): you have a Net grid, but +instead of rotating tiles back into place you have to slide them +into place by moving a whole row at a time. As in Sixteen, \I{controls, for Netslide}control is with the mouse. See \k{sixteen-controls}. @@ -694,6 +693,7 @@ See \k{sixteen-controls}. meanings to those in Net (see \k{net-params}) and Sixteen (see \k{sixteen-params}). +Netslide was contributed to this collection by Richard Boulton. \C{pattern} \i{Pattern} @@ -880,9 +880,19 @@ turn, and so on if any of them also has no surrounding mines. This will be done for you automatically; so sometimes when you uncover a square, a whole new area will open up to be explored. -(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available. +All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available. + Even Undo is available, although you might consider it cheating to -use it!) +use it. If you step on a mine, the program will only reveal the mine +in question (unlike most other implementations, which reveal all of +them). You can then Undo your fatal move and continue playing if you +like. The program will track the number of times you died (and Undo +will not reduce that counter), so when you get to the end of the +game you know whether or not you did it without making any errors. + +(If you really want to know the full layout of the grid, which other +implementations will show you after you die, you can always use the +Solve menu option.) \H{mines-parameters} \I{parameters, for Mines}Mines parameters @@ -915,11 +925,124 @@ initial open space. If you prefer the riskier grids generated by other implementations, you can switch off this option. +\C{samegame} \i{Same Game} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.samegame} + +You have a grid of coloured squares, which you have to clear by +highlighting contiguous regions of more than one coloured square; +the larger the region you highlight, the more points you get (and +the faster you clear the arena). + +If you clear the grid you win. If you end up with nothing but +single squares (i.e., there are no more clickable regions left) you +lose. + +Removing a region causes the rest of the grid to shuffle up: +blocks that are suspended will fall down (first), and then empty +columns are filled from the right. + +The game generator does not try to guarantee soluble grids; +it will, however, ensure that there are at least 2 squares of each +colour on the grid at the start (and will forbid custom grids for which +that would be impossible). + +Same Game was contributed to this collection by James Harvey. + +\H{samegame-controls} \i{Same Game controls} + +\IM{Same Game controls} controls, for Same Game +\IM{Same Game controls} keys, for Same Game +\IM{Same Game controls} shortcuts (keyboard), for Same Game + +This game can be played with either the keyboard or the mouse. + +If you left-click an unselected region, it becomes selected (possibly +clearing the current selection). + +If you left-click the selected region, it will be removed (and the +rest of the grid shuffled immediately). + +If you right-click the selected region, it will be unselected. + +The cursor keys move a cursor around the grid. Pressing the Space or +Enter keys while the cursor is in an unselected region selects it; +pressing Space or Enter again removes it as above. + +\H{samegame-parameters} \I{parameters, for Same Game}Same Game parameters + +These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the +\q{Type} menu. + +\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height} + +\dd Size of grid in squares. + +\dt \e{No. of colours} + +\dd Number of different colours used to fill the grid; the more colours, +the fewer large regions of colour and thus the more difficult it is to +successfully clear the grid. + +\dt \e{Scoring system} + +\dd Controls the precise mechanism used for scoring. With the default +system, \q{(n-2)^2}, only regions of three squares or more will score +any points at all. With the alternative \q{(n-1)^2} system, regions of +two squares score a point each, and larger regions score relatively +more points. + + +\C{flip} \i{Flip} + +\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.flip} + +You have a grid of squares, some light and some dark. Your aim is to +light all the squares up at the same time. You can choose any square +and flip its state from light to dark or dark to light, but when you +do so, other squares around it change state as well. + +Each square contains a small diagram showing which other squares +change when you flip it. + +\H{flip-controls} \i{Flip controls} + +\IM{Flip controls} controls, for Flip +\IM{Flip controls} keys, for Flip +\IM{Flip controls} shortcuts (keyboard), for Flip + +Left-click in a square to flip it and its associated squares. + +If you use the \q{Solve} function on this game, it will mark some of +the squares in red. If you click once in every square with a red +mark, the game should be solved. (If you click in a square +\e{without} a red mark, a red mark will appear in it to indicate +that you will need to reverse that operation to reach the solution.) + +\H{flip-parameters} \I{parameters, for flip}Flip parameters + +These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the +\q{Type} menu. + +\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height} + +\dd Size of grid in squares. + +\dt \e{Shape type} + +\dd This control determines the shape of the region which is flipped +by clicking in any given square. The default setting, \q{Crosses}, +causes every square to flip itself and its four immediate neighbours +(or three or two if it's at an edge or corner). The other setting, +\q{Random}, causes a random shape to be chosen for every square, so +the game is different every time. + + \A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence} This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2005 Simon Tatham. -Portions copyright Richard Boulton. +Portions copyright Richard Boulton and James Harvey. 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