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Teaser
(C) Archimedes World 1993
!Teaser instructions
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!Teaser was named because it is a brain-teaser - the lower levels are fairly easy but the higher levels are frustratingly difficult. To start the game double-click on the application icon and the program will be installed on theicon bar. To run the game click on the icon on the icon bar and the !Teaser board will be opened. The idea of the game is very simple :
There are two grids presented on the window, initially both 4 by 4 grids.The left hand grid is the 'Target' grid and is set up by the application to give a random (pseudo-random) number of coloured blocks each numbered from 1 to 4. Basically the idea of the game is to duplicate the 'Target' grid on the'User' grid (right hand grid) which initially contains only blank blocks. To do this is simple - click on one of the blank blocks with the mouse 'select' button. When you do this the blank block is replaced with a block with the number 1 in it. Putting a 1 in a blank block is basically all you can do in the game. However if the blocks which are next to your selected blocks contain numbers then these numbers will be increased (up to a maximum of 4) by a increment of 1. Only the blocks which are horizontally or vertically adjacent to your selected block (ie like the four points of the compas - N,S,E,W) are affected; those which are diagonally next to yours do not change andthe effect does not wrap round on the edges of the block. The importance of this is that the order in which you select blocks determines the final pattern of the 'User' grid. Also, to complicate things, when blocks adjacent to the block you are about to select contain 4, after you have selected your block the blocks on 4 return to 1.
Some icons on the window may help when selected these are :
N : left hand icon - this generates a new 'Target' block to
frustrate you and clears the 'User' block.
U : centre icon - this takes back the last move and will
continue to do so until you have a clean
'User' grid.
R : right hand icon - this icon clears the 'User' grid and allows
you to restart with the same puzzle. I use
this a lot !
On the menu obtained whilst clicking the menu button over the icon on the icon bar, you will find two options which allow you to really frustrate yourself. These set the width and depth of the 'Target' and 'User' grids. Each time they are selected a new board is built - this may take some time - patience please ! Also you have to click on the icon on the icon bar to open the new board. If you are frustrated at the 4 by 4 sized grids an option is available to take you down to 3 by 3 (I'm not going further than that !).
Well that's it - I hope you enjoy this little toy. My children have usedthis for hours whilst testing it and I'm sure their mental arithmatic is a lot better.
P.S. Hints - remember any icon which is a 1 in the 'Target' grid could have cycled through from 1 to 4 before reverting to 1 !
- any 1's together in the 'Target' grid can only occur when one of them has been to 4 !
- no icon can go beyond 1 on the second cycle !
- icons in the corner can only achieve a value of 3 maximum !
- icons on the sides can only achieve a value of 4 maximum !
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N : lef| 000007a0 74 20 68 61 6e 64 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 20 2d 20 74 |t hand icon - t| 000007b0 68 69 73 20 67 65 6e 65 72 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 |his generates a | 000007c0 6e 65 77 20 27 54 61 72 67 65 74 27 20 62 6c 6f |new 'Target' blo| 000007d0 63 6b 20 74 6f 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ck to. | 000007e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000007f0 20 20 20 20 66 72 75 73 74 72 61 74 65 20 79 6f | frustrate yo| 00000800 75 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6c 65 61 72 73 20 74 68 65 |u and clears the| 00000810 20 27 55 73 65 72 27 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 2e 0a 20 | 'User' block.. | 00000820 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000830 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 | . | 00000840 20 20 20 20 20 55 20 3a 20 63 65 6e 74 72 65 20 | U : centre | 00000850 69 63 6f 6e 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 |icon - this | 00000860 74 61 6b 65 73 20 62 61 63 6b 20 74 68 65 20 6c |takes back the l| 00000870 61 73 74 20 6d 6f 76 65 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 6c |ast move and wil| 00000880 6c 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |l. | 00000890 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000008a0 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 65 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 73 |continue to do s| 000008b0 6f 20 75 6e 74 69 6c 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 |o until you have| 000008c0 20 61 20 63 6c 65 61 6e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | a clean. | 000008d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000008e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 27 55 73 65 72 27 20 67 72 | 'User' gr| 000008f0 69 64 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |id.. | 00000900 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000910 20 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 52 20 3a 20 72 69 | . R : ri| 00000920 67 68 74 20 68 61 6e 64 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 2d 20 |ght hand icon - | 00000930 74 68 69 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 63 6c 65 61 72 73 |this icon clears| 00000940 20 74 68 65 20 27 55 73 65 72 27 20 67 72 69 64 | the 'User' grid| 00000950 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 0a 20 20 20 20 | and allows. | 00000960 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000970 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f | you to| 00000980 20 72 65 73 74 61 72 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 | restart with th| 00000990 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 70 75 7a 7a 6c 65 2e 20 49 |e same puzzle. I| 000009a0 20 75 73 65 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | use. | 000009b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000009c0 20 20 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 20 6c 6f 74 20 21 0a | this a lot !.| 000009d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000009e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 | . | 000009f0 20 20 20 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 | On the menu | 00000a00 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 64 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 |obtained whilst | 00000a10 63 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 6d 65 6e |clicking the men| 00000a20 75 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 20 6f 76 65 72 20 74 68 |u button over th| 00000a30 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 20 20 74 68 65 20 |e icon on the | 00000a40 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 |icon bar, you wi| 00000a50 6c 6c 20 66 69 6e 64 20 74 77 6f 20 6f 70 74 69 |ll find two opti| 00000a60 6f 6e 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 20 |ons which allow | 00000a70 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 20 72 65 61 6c 6c 79 20 66 72 |you to really fr| 00000a80 75 73 74 72 61 74 65 20 20 79 6f 75 72 73 65 6c |ustrate yoursel| 00000a90 66 2e 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 73 65 74 20 74 68 65 |f. These set the| 00000aa0 20 77 69 64 74 68 20 61 6e 64 20 64 65 70 74 68 | width and depth| 00000ab0 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 27 54 61 72 67 65 74 27 | of the 'Target'| 00000ac0 20 61 6e 64 20 27 55 73 65 72 27 20 67 72 69 64 | and 'User' grid| 00000ad0 73 2e 20 20 20 20 45 61 63 68 20 74 69 6d 65 20 |s. Each time | 00000ae0 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 65 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 |they are selecte| 00000af0 64 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 62 6f 61 72 64 20 69 73 |d a new board is| 00000b00 20 62 75 69 6c 74 20 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 | built - this ma| 00000b10 79 20 74 61 6b 65 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 |y take some time| 00000b20 20 2d 20 70 61 74 69 65 6e 63 65 20 70 6c 65 61 | - patience plea| 00000b30 73 65 20 21 20 41 6c 73 6f 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 |se ! Also you ha| 00000b40 76 65 20 74 6f 20 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 |ve to click on t| 00000b50 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 |he icon on the i| 00000b60 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 74 6f 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 |con bar to open | 00000b70 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 62 6f 61 72 64 2e 20 49 |the new board. I| 00000b80 66 20 79 6f 75 20 61 72 65 20 66 72 75 73 74 72 |f you are frustr| 00000b90 61 74 65 64 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 34 20 62 79 |ated at the 4 by| 00000ba0 20 34 20 73 69 7a 65 64 20 67 72 69 64 73 20 61 | 4 sized grids a| 00000bb0 6e 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 73 20 20 61 76 61 |n option is ava| 00000bc0 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 61 6b 65 20 79 |ilable to take y| 00000bd0 6f 75 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 74 6f 20 33 20 62 79 20 |ou down to 3 by | 00000be0 33 20 28 49 27 6d 20 6e 6f 74 20 67 6f 69 6e 67 |3 (I'm not going| 00000bf0 20 66 75 72 74 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 | further than th| 00000c00 61 74 20 21 29 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 20 20 |at !).. . | 00000c10 20 20 57 65 6c 6c 20 74 68 61 74 27 73 20 69 74 | Well that's it| 00000c20 20 2d 20 49 20 68 6f 70 65 20 79 6f 75 20 65 6e | - I hope you en| 00000c30 6a 6f 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 6c 69 74 74 6c 65 20 |joy this little | 00000c40 74 6f 79 2e 20 4d 79 20 63 68 69 6c 64 72 65 6e |toy. My children| 00000c50 20 68 61 76 65 20 75 73 65 64 74 68 69 73 20 66 | have usedthis f| 00000c60 6f 72 20 68 6f 75 72 73 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 |or hours whilst | 00000c70 74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 61 6e 64 20 49 |testing it and I| 00000c80 27 6d 20 73 75 72 65 20 74 68 65 69 72 20 6d 65 |'m sure their me| 00000c90 6e 74 61 6c 20 61 72 69 74 68 6d 61 74 69 63 20 |ntal arithmatic | 00000ca0 69 73 20 61 20 20 20 6c 6f 74 20 62 65 74 74 65 |is a lot bette| 00000cb0 72 2e 0a 20 20 20 20 20 0a 50 2e 53 2e 20 48 69 |r.. .P.S. Hi| 00000cc0 6e 74 73 20 2d 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 61 |nts - remember a| 00000cd0 6e 79 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 69 73 |ny icon which is| 00000ce0 20 61 20 31 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 27 54 61 72 | a 1 in the 'Tar| 00000cf0 67 65 74 27 20 67 72 69 64 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 |get' grid could | 00000d00 68 61 76 65 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |have | 00000d10 20 20 20 63 79 63 6c 65 64 20 74 68 72 6f 75 67 | cycled throug| 00000d20 68 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 31 20 74 6f 20 34 20 62 65 |h from 1 to 4 be| 00000d30 66 6f 72 65 20 72 65 76 65 72 74 69 6e 67 20 74 |fore reverting t| 00000d40 6f 20 31 20 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |o 1 !. | 00000d50 20 2d 20 61 6e 79 20 31 27 73 20 74 6f 67 65 74 | - any 1's toget| 00000d60 68 65 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 27 54 61 72 67 |her in the 'Targ| 00000d70 65 74 27 20 67 72 69 64 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c |et' grid can onl| 00000d80 79 20 6f 63 63 75 72 20 77 68 65 6e 20 6f 6e 65 |y occur when one| 00000d90 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000da0 6f 66 20 74 68 65 6d 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e |of them has been| 00000db0 20 74 6f 20 34 20 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | to 4 !. | 00000dc0 20 20 20 2d 20 6e 6f 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 63 61 6e | - no icon can| 00000dd0 20 67 6f 20 62 65 79 6f 6e 64 20 31 20 6f 6e 20 | go beyond 1 on | 00000de0 74 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f 6e 64 20 63 79 63 6c 65 |the second cycle| 00000df0 20 21 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 | !. - | 00000e00 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 72 |icons in the cor| 00000e10 6e 65 72 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 63 68 |ner can only ach| 00000e20 69 65 76 65 20 61 20 76 61 6c 75 65 20 6f 66 20 |ieve a value of | 00000e30 33 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 6d 20 21 0a 20 20 20 20 |3 maximum !. | 00000e40 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2d 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 6f | - icons o| 00000e50 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 64 65 73 20 63 61 6e 20 |n the sides can | 00000e60 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 63 68 69 65 76 65 20 61 20 76 |only achieve a v| 00000e70 61 6c 75 65 20 6f 66 20 34 20 6d 61 78 69 6d 75 |alue of 4 maximu| 00000e80 6d 20 21 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |m !.. | 00000e90
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