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Games/!Maze/!Help
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| Filename: | Games/!Maze/!Help |
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| File size: | 06ED bytes |
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File contents
!Help file for Maze By Lee McGinty (c) May 1991 This is a game that runs entirely on the icon bar. It is very useful if you are working in an environment where you shouldn't be playing games (such as at school) as it is not immediately apparent what you are doing. Many thanks to the Lord of Entropy, whose Icon Bar Ball game gave me the inspiration for this and also to William Gould for reinforcing the idea. This is a very tricky icon bar maze game. Using the icon bar menu, set up the maze as you like it. Difficulty refers to how much of the maze you can see at a time. By the way an 'impossible' maze on very hard difficulty is about 2 times the size of a normal mode 12 screen and you have to complete it from within a box 34x17 pixels. Rather you than me! Click on the icon bar icon with select to create the maze. The hourglass will appear as the creation occurs. Note that an 'impossible' maze takes a LONG time to create. Then you can play it. Move your red dot around by moving the pointer. Putting it in the left hand side of the screen moves you left etc. Diagonal movement is possible. The idea of the game is to find the green square (assuming an unchanged palette) and , well that's it basically. It is not possible to change the size and difficulty of a maze whilst playing it, you will have to 'give up' first. If you wish to write to me: Lee McGinty, 41, Alpine Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1BX P.S. The alogrithm for drawing a random maze was obtained from BBC Acorn User Magazine. Thanks to David Lawrence. P.P.S. The position of the green square is completely random so it is possible that it will be only a few locations away from the start. It is really annoying when you have waited ages for it to draw a very big maze. Tough!
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It is very | 00000070 75 73 65 66 75 6c 20 69 66 0a 79 6f 75 20 61 72 |useful if.you ar| 00000080 65 20 77 6f 72 6b 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 20 |e working in an | 00000090 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d 65 6e 74 20 77 68 65 72 |environment wher| 000000a0 65 20 79 6f 75 20 73 68 6f 75 6c 64 6e 27 74 20 |e you shouldn't | 000000b0 62 65 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 20 67 61 6d 65 73 |be playing games| 000000c0 20 28 73 75 63 68 0a 61 73 20 61 74 20 73 63 68 | (such.as at sch| 000000d0 6f 6f 6c 29 20 61 73 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f |ool) as it is no| 000000e0 74 20 69 6d 6d 65 64 69 61 74 65 6c 79 20 61 70 |t immediately ap| 000000f0 70 61 72 65 6e 74 20 77 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 |parent what you | 00000100 61 72 65 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 2e 0a 4d 61 6e 79 20 |are doing..Many | 00000110 74 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 4c 6f |thanks to the Lo| 00000120 72 64 20 6f 66 20 45 6e 74 72 6f 70 79 2c 20 77 |rd of Entropy, w| 00000130 68 6f 73 65 20 49 63 6f 6e 20 42 61 72 20 42 61 |hose Icon Bar Ba| 00000140 6c 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 20 67 61 76 65 20 6d 65 20 |ll game gave me | 00000150 74 68 65 0a 69 6e 73 70 69 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |the.inspiration | 00000160 66 6f 72 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 73 |for this and als| 00000170 6f 20 74 6f 20 57 69 6c 6c 69 61 6d 20 47 6f 75 |o to William Gou| 00000180 6c 64 20 66 6f 72 20 72 65 69 6e 66 6f 72 63 69 |ld for reinforci| 00000190 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 69 64 65 61 2e 0a 0a 54 68 |ng the idea...Th| 000001a0 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 74 72 69 |is is a very tri| 000001b0 63 6b 79 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 6d 61 7a |cky icon bar maz| 000001c0 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 0a 0a 55 73 69 6e 67 20 74 |e game...Using t| 000001d0 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 |he icon bar menu| 000001e0 2c 20 73 65 74 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 7a |, set up the maz| 000001f0 65 20 61 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6c 69 6b 65 20 69 74 |e as you like it| 00000200 2e 20 44 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 79 20 72 65 66 |. Difficulty ref| 00000210 65 72 73 0a 74 6f 20 68 6f 77 20 6d 75 63 68 20 |ers.to how much | 00000220 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 7a 65 20 79 6f 75 20 |of the maze you | 00000230 63 61 6e 20 73 65 65 20 61 74 20 61 20 74 69 6d |can see at a tim| 00000240 65 2e 20 42 79 20 74 68 65 20 77 61 79 20 61 6e |e. By the way an| 00000250 20 27 69 6d 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 27 0a 6d 61 | 'impossible'.ma| 00000260 7a 65 20 6f 6e 20 76 65 72 79 20 68 61 72 64 20 |ze on very hard | 00000270 64 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 79 20 69 73 20 61 62 |difficulty is ab| 00000280 6f 75 74 20 32 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 |out 2 times the | 00000290 73 69 7a 65 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c |size of a normal| 000002a0 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 31 32 0a 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 | mode 12.screen | 000002b0 61 6e 64 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 |and you have to | 000002c0 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 20 69 74 20 66 72 6f 6d |complete it from| 000002d0 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e 20 61 20 62 6f 78 20 33 34 | within a box 34| 000002e0 78 31 37 20 70 69 78 65 6c 73 2e 20 52 61 74 68 |x17 pixels. Rath| 000002f0 65 72 0a 79 6f 75 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6d 65 21 0a |er.you than me!.| 00000300 0a 43 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 69 63 |.Click on the ic| 00000310 6f 6e 20 62 61 72 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 |on bar icon with| 00000320 20 73 65 6c 65 63 74 20 74 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 | select to creat| 00000330 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 7a 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |e the maze. The | 00000340 68 6f 75 72 67 6c 61 73 73 0a 77 69 6c 6c 20 61 |hourglass.will a| 00000350 70 70 65 61 72 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 63 72 65 |ppear as the cre| 00000360 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 63 63 75 72 73 2e 20 4e 6f |ation occurs. No| 00000370 74 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 61 6e 20 27 69 6d 70 6f |te that an 'impo| 00000380 73 73 69 62 6c 65 27 20 6d 61 7a 65 20 74 61 6b |ssible' maze tak| 00000390 65 73 0a 61 20 4c 4f 4e 47 20 74 69 6d 65 20 74 |es.a LONG time t| 000003a0 6f 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 2e 20 54 68 65 6e 20 79 |o create. Then y| 000003b0 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 70 6c 61 79 20 69 74 2e 0a |ou can play it..| 000003c0 4d 6f 76 65 20 79 6f 75 72 20 72 65 64 20 64 6f |Move your red do| 000003d0 74 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 62 79 20 6d 6f 76 69 |t around by movi| 000003e0 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 72 2e 20 |ng the pointer. | 000003f0 50 75 74 74 69 6e 67 20 69 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |Putting it in th| 00000400 65 20 6c 65 66 74 20 68 61 6e 64 0a 73 69 64 65 |e left hand.side| 00000410 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 72 65 65 6e 20 6d | of the screen m| 00000420 6f 76 65 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6c 65 66 74 20 65 74 |oves you left et| 00000430 63 2e 20 44 69 61 67 6f 6e 61 6c 20 6d 6f 76 65 |c. Diagonal move| 00000440 6d 65 6e 74 20 69 73 20 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 |ment is possible| 00000450 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 69 64 65 61 20 6f 66 20 74 |...The idea of t| 00000460 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 66 69 |he game is to fi| 00000470 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 73 71 75 |nd the green squ| 00000480 61 72 65 20 28 61 73 73 75 6d 69 6e 67 20 61 6e |are (assuming an| 00000490 20 75 6e 63 68 61 6e 67 65 64 0a 70 61 6c 65 74 | unchanged.palet| 000004a0 74 65 29 20 61 6e 64 20 2c 20 77 65 6c 6c 20 74 |te) and , well t| 000004b0 68 61 74 27 73 20 69 74 20 62 61 73 69 63 61 6c |hat's it basical| 000004c0 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 49 74 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 70 |ly...It is not p| 000004d0 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 63 68 61 6e 67 |ossible to chang| 000004e0 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 69 7a 65 20 61 6e 64 20 64 |e the size and d| 000004f0 69 66 66 69 63 75 6c 74 79 20 6f 66 20 61 20 6d |ifficulty of a m| 00000500 61 7a 65 20 77 68 69 6c 73 74 20 70 6c 61 79 69 |aze whilst playi| 00000510 6e 67 0a 69 74 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |ng.it, you will | 00000520 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 27 67 69 76 65 20 75 70 |have to 'give up| 00000530 27 20 66 69 72 73 74 2e 0a 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f |' first....If yo| 00000540 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6f 20 77 72 69 74 65 20 |u wish to write | 00000550 74 6f 20 6d 65 3a 0a 0a 4c 65 65 20 4d 63 47 69 |to me:..Lee McGi| 00000560 6e 74 79 2c 0a 34 31 2c 20 41 6c 70 69 6e 65 20 |nty,.41, Alpine | 00000570 52 6f 61 64 2c 0a 56 65 6e 74 6e 6f 72 2c 0a 49 |Road,.Ventnor,.I| 00000580 73 6c 65 20 6f 66 20 57 69 67 68 74 2c 0a 50 4f |sle of Wight,.PO| 00000590 33 38 20 31 42 58 0a 0a 50 2e 53 2e 20 54 68 65 |38 1BX..P.S. The| 000005a0 20 61 6c 6f 67 72 69 74 68 6d 20 66 6f 72 20 64 | alogrithm for d| 000005b0 72 61 77 69 6e 67 20 61 20 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 |rawing a random | 000005c0 6d 61 7a 65 20 77 61 73 20 6f 62 74 61 69 6e 65 |maze was obtaine| 000005d0 64 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 42 42 43 20 41 63 6f 72 6e |d from BBC Acorn| 000005e0 20 55 73 65 72 0a 4d 61 67 61 7a 69 6e 65 2e 20 | User.Magazine. | 000005f0 54 68 61 6e 6b 73 20 74 6f 20 44 61 76 69 64 20 |Thanks to David | 00000600 4c 61 77 72 65 6e 63 65 2e 0a 0a 50 2e 50 2e 53 |Lawrence...P.P.S| 00000610 2e 20 54 68 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f |. The position o| 00000620 66 20 74 68 65 20 67 72 65 65 6e 20 73 71 75 61 |f the green squa| 00000630 72 65 20 69 73 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 65 74 65 6c 79 |re is completely| 00000640 20 72 61 6e 64 6f 6d 20 73 6f 20 69 74 20 69 73 | random so it is| 00000650 20 0a 70 6f 73 73 69 62 6c 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 | .possible that | 00000660 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 |it will be only | 00000670 61 20 66 65 77 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |a few locations | 00000680 61 77 61 79 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 |away from the st| 00000690 61 72 74 2e 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 0a 72 65 61 6c |art. It is .real| 000006a0 6c 79 20 61 6e 6e 6f 79 69 6e 67 20 77 68 65 6e |ly annoying when| 000006b0 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 77 61 69 74 65 64 | you have waited| 000006c0 20 61 67 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 | ages for it to | 000006d0 64 72 61 77 20 61 20 76 65 72 79 20 62 69 67 20 |draw a very big | 000006e0 0a 6d 61 7a 65 2e 20 54 6f 75 67 68 21 |.maze. 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