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File contents
Mastermind, by James Harvey
This text file last updated on 22/10/94
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!!! NOTE !!!
You may NOT change this application or use ANY part of it in other products
without my approval. You may spread it freely (with *ALL* files included), but not for any profit. This software is provided 'as is'. Using it is entirely at your own risk.
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This is a version of the old board game. Upon loading its icon appears on the icon bar.
For those of you who don't know how to play Mastermind (yes, both of you) the computer chooses a line of four random colours which you have to try and guess by choosing colours yourself and getting the computer to "mark" your guesses. A black peg means that you have one colour in the right place, and a white peg means that you have a right colour but in the wrong place. The first few guesses will have to be fairly random, but you can usually work out the first peg (at least) after five goes (you get 10).
I will now explain how to play.
On pressing "Menu", a menu appears with two options, Info and Quit. Going across the Info arrow leads to a familiar Info box, but with an extra icon in the corner. Clicking on this icon leads to a further info box, with some fantastic graphics drawn by my brother Ben.
Clicking on "Quit" removes the application from the icon bar.
Clicking on the icon bar icon opens three windows:
The main window has all the functions you would expect: clicking Select on any of the icons on the current row (see the red arrow), or dragging a colour from the piece window puts the piece on that space, and clicking Adjust puts a space (should you need it). Clicking on the red arrow will mark the current line, and move the arrow up a line. When you get to the last line and still have not solved the puzzle, four more icons are revealed at the top which show you the solution. If you do solve the puzzle, the line at the top is revealed as well.
To select a new piece to be the current one, go to the window marked "Icons" and click on any one of the 12 pieces on the top row. Initially, some are shaded and are not clickable, but you can select any of the top 8 to start with. The current piece is shown at all times in the bottom of the icons window, for easy reference.
The other (rather horribly coloured) window shows the score (in games won).
The observant among you will have noticed four small circles above each of the columns. These provide a "hold" facility and are quite useful. When you click on one, it turns red and this indicates that that column is "held" - when a line is marked, any held pieces from that line are automatically transferred on to the next line, and if you click on any of the pieces of the line before the current one, any held pieces are transferred in the same way.
If you press Menu on the main window, a menu appears showing the various options available.
The first is "New game" - this you press if you want to give up, or have reached the end of the columns, or have changed the skill levels and want to start afresh - doing this automatically increases the game total by one, so don't use it too much!
The second three change the skill level - "Easy" only allows the first four pieces, "Medium" (the default) only allows the first eight and "Hard" allows all twelve.
The next option is related to this and allows the computer to choose spaces in its line of four. This may not sound much, but it actually makes the game much harder by not allowing you to check pieces by putting them on their own with spaces.
The last option I put in to make the game a little more interesting. By default it is ticked, but if you click it (and untick it) all the icons change to the familiar Filer icons. You can get back at any time by reticking.
I think that that is about all that I have to say about this program - it is the first "real" desktop program that I ever wrote (it now being about a year since I finished it). If you like it, then please write to me at :
James Harvey,
1, Woodlands Drive,
Harrogate,
N. Yorks,
HG2 7AT
enclosing hellos, comments, bug reports, money (I wish!), ideas for new applications, PD software etc. I cannot guarantee replies because I have exams. this winter but I will bear any comments in mind for future versions or programs. I am willing to swap PD software (especially Trackers) - I am trying to build up a decent collection, so if anyone wants to swap some software then please write. Also if anyone has any hints or tips that might be useful to other people then please write and I will compile them all and hopefully release them all on one disc. Also if anyone has any manuals that they don't want then please send them to a poor impoverished young programmer (yours truly) who can't afford to shell out �100 for new ones.
Right, that's the boring bit over with. Time for some hellos...
Hello to everybody at Ashville - especially to my long-suffering music teachers, Mr. Dunford and Mr. Pashley, and to anybody else I know (Emma, Maha, Helen, James, Chris etc.). Hello also to Andrew, Edd, and anybody else who went to university last year.
Finally, I must just say thanks to my brother for doing the artwork in the second Info window (which is the reason that the program takes up so much space) and thanks to Mr. Williams for the use of the scanner.
Finally finally, just a quick plug for a music program I have found - Digital Symphony is the only decent package for composing Trackers - it is brilliant, especially the demo. tunes.
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History:
5/5/93 Finished version 0.01. Normal boring version.
22/10/93 Version 0.02.
Finally got around to changing the program. Now you can drag the icons from the icon window instead of clicking twice in two different windows. 00000000 4d 61 73 74 65 72 6d 69 6e 64 2c 20 62 79 20 4a |Mastermind, by J| 00000010 61 6d 65 73 20 48 61 72 76 65 79 0a 54 68 69 73 |ames Harvey.This| 00000020 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 | text file last | 00000030 75 70 64 61 74 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 32 32 2f 31 30 |updated on 22/10| 00000040 2f 39 34 0a 0a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |/94..***********| 00000050 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a 2a |****************| * 00000090 2a 0a 21 21 21 20 4e 4f 54 45 20 21 21 21 0a 0a |*.!!! 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A bl| 00000330 61 63 6b 20 70 65 67 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 |ack peg means th| 00000340 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 6f 6e 65 20 |at you have one | 00000350 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 |colour in the ri| 00000360 67 68 74 20 70 6c 61 63 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 61 |ght place, and a| 00000370 20 77 68 69 74 65 20 70 65 67 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 | white peg means| 00000380 20 74 68 61 74 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 | that you have a| 00000390 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 62 75 | right colour bu| 000003a0 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 77 72 6f 6e 67 20 70 |t in the wrong p| 000003b0 6c 61 63 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 |lace. 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On pressing "| 00000470 4d 65 6e 75 22 2c 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 70 |Menu", a menu ap| 00000480 70 65 61 72 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 77 6f 20 6f |pears with two o| 00000490 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 2c 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 61 6e 64 |ptions, Info and| 000004a0 20 51 75 69 74 2e 20 47 6f 69 6e 67 20 61 63 72 | Quit. Going acr| 000004b0 6f 73 73 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 61 72 72 |oss the Info arr| 000004c0 6f 77 20 6c 65 61 64 73 20 74 6f 20 61 20 66 61 |ow leads to a fa| 000004d0 6d 69 6c 69 61 72 20 49 6e 66 6f 20 62 6f 78 2c |miliar Info box,| 000004e0 20 62 75 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 20 65 78 74 | but with an ext| 000004f0 72 61 20 69 63 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 63 |ra icon in the c| 00000500 6f 72 6e 65 72 2e 20 43 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 |orner. 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The curren| 00000900 74 20 70 69 65 63 65 20 69 73 20 73 68 6f 77 6e |t piece is shown| 00000910 20 61 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 69 6e | at all times in| 00000920 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 74 6f 6d 20 6f 66 20 74 | the bottom of t| 00000930 68 65 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 2c |he icons window,| 00000940 20 66 6f 72 20 65 61 73 79 20 72 65 66 65 72 65 | for easy refere| 00000950 6e 63 65 2e 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 6f 74 68 65 72 |nce.. The other| 00000960 20 28 72 61 74 68 65 72 20 68 6f 72 72 69 62 6c | (rather horribl| 00000970 79 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 65 64 29 20 77 69 6e 64 |y coloured) wind| 00000980 6f 77 20 73 68 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 63 6f |ow shows the sco| 00000990 72 65 20 28 69 6e 20 67 61 6d 65 73 20 77 6f 6e |re (in games won| 000009a0 29 2e 20 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 6f 62 73 65 72 76 |). . The observ| 000009b0 61 6e 74 20 61 6d 6f 6e 67 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 |ant among you wi| 000009c0 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 6e 6f 74 69 63 65 64 20 |ll have noticed | 000009d0 66 6f 75 72 20 73 6d 61 6c 6c 20 63 69 72 63 6c |four small circl| 000009e0 65 73 20 61 62 6f 76 65 20 65 61 63 68 20 6f 66 |es above each of| 000009f0 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 73 2e 20 54 68 | the columns. Th| 00000a00 65 73 65 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 65 20 61 20 22 68 |ese provide a "h| 00000a10 6f 6c 64 22 20 66 61 63 69 6c 69 74 79 20 61 6e |old" facility an| 00000a20 64 20 61 72 65 20 71 75 69 74 65 20 75 73 65 66 |d are quite usef| 00000a30 75 6c 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 |ul. When you cli| 00000a40 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 69 74 20 74 75 |ck on one, it tu| 00000a50 72 6e 73 20 72 65 64 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 |rns red and this| 00000a60 20 69 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 | indicates that | 00000a70 74 68 61 74 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 69 73 20 22 |that column is "| 00000a80 68 65 6c 64 22 20 2d 20 77 68 65 6e 20 61 20 6c |held" - when a l| 00000a90 69 6e 65 20 69 73 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 64 2c 20 61 |ine is marked, a| 00000aa0 6e 79 20 68 65 6c 64 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 66 |ny held pieces f| 00000ab0 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 61 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 61 72 |rom that line ar| 00000ac0 65 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 |e automatically | 00000ad0 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 |transferred on t| 00000ae0 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c |o the next line,| 00000af0 20 61 6e 64 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 63 6c 69 63 | and if you clic| 00000b00 6b 20 6f 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 |k on any of the | 00000b10 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 69 |pieces of the li| 00000b20 6e 65 20 62 65 66 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 |ne before the cu| 00000b30 72 72 65 6e 74 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 61 6e 79 20 68 |rrent one, any h| 00000b40 65 6c 64 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 74 |eld pieces are t| 00000b50 72 61 6e 73 66 65 72 72 65 64 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ransferred in th| 00000b60 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 77 61 79 2e 0a 0a 20 20 49 |e same way... I| 00000b70 66 20 79 6f 75 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 4d 65 6e 75 |f you press Menu| 00000b80 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 69 6e 20 77 69 6e | on the main win| 00000b90 64 6f 77 2c 20 61 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 61 70 70 65 |dow, a menu appe| 00000ba0 61 72 73 20 73 68 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |ars showing the | 00000bb0 76 61 72 69 6f 75 73 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |various options | 00000bc0 61 76 61 69 6c 61 62 6c 65 2e 0a 20 20 54 68 65 |available.. The| 00000bd0 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 69 73 20 22 4e 65 77 20 67 | first is "New g| 00000be0 61 6d 65 22 20 2d 20 74 68 69 73 20 79 6f 75 20 |ame" - this you | 00000bf0 70 72 65 73 73 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e |press if you wan| 00000c00 74 20 74 6f 20 67 69 76 65 20 75 70 2c 20 6f 72 |t to give up, or| 00000c10 20 68 61 76 65 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 68 | have reached th| 00000c20 65 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c |e end of the col| 00000c30 75 6d 6e 73 2c 20 6f 72 20 68 61 76 65 20 63 68 |umns, or have ch| 00000c40 61 6e 67 65 64 20 74 68 65 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 |anged the skill | 00000c50 6c 65 76 65 6c 73 20 61 6e 64 20 77 61 6e 74 20 |levels and want | 00000c60 74 6f 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 66 72 65 73 68 20 |to start afresh | 00000c70 2d 20 64 6f 69 6e 67 20 74 68 69 73 20 61 75 74 |- doing this aut| 00000c80 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 20 69 6e 63 72 65 |omatically incre| 00000c90 61 73 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 67 61 6d 65 20 74 6f |ases the game to| 00000ca0 74 61 6c 20 62 79 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 73 6f 20 64 |tal by one, so d| 00000cb0 6f 6e 27 74 20 75 73 65 20 69 74 20 74 6f 6f 20 |on't use it too | 00000cc0 6d 75 63 68 21 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 73 65 63 6f |much!. The seco| 00000cd0 6e 64 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 63 68 61 6e 67 65 20 |nd three change | 00000ce0 74 68 65 20 73 6b 69 6c 6c 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 |the skill level | 00000cf0 2d 20 22 45 61 73 79 22 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 6c |- "Easy" only al| 00000d00 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 66 |lows the first f| 00000d10 6f 75 72 20 70 69 65 63 65 73 2c 20 22 4d 65 64 |our pieces, "Med| 00000d20 69 75 6d 22 20 28 74 68 65 20 64 65 66 61 75 6c |ium" (the defaul| 00000d30 74 29 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 74 |t) only allows t| 00000d40 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 65 69 67 68 74 20 61 |he first eight a| 00000d50 6e 64 20 22 48 61 72 64 22 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 |nd "Hard" allows| 00000d60 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 77 65 6c 76 65 2e 0a 20 20 54 | all twelve.. 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