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| Filename: | StarInfo/Carpenter/!lYAToV/!help |
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File contents
!Help for lYAToV
It's a bit like Tetris, really.
Run the game and start by pressing space (or mouse button on Begin Game). Unless the configuration has been altered, you'll have a (single) seesaw. Drop blocks onto it and the seesaw will tilt. It'll also fall down a bit if the columns get too high.
keys are: Z - left
X - right
space - drop
You make lines of three shape blocks or four lumps of iron (or whatever theyare...) and they disappear. You die if your balance touches the bottom - the longer you last, the bigger your score approximately. Quite simple.
Press 2 to play two player. Then you get two seesaws. Make lines with the tilt pieces (with opposing arrows on) to tilt opponents balance in direction shown.
Player 1 keys has as above
Player 2 keys: < - left
> - right
return - drop
Variation menu can alter game statistics which are all quite obvious
Options menu controls sound and number of players (but #players can be controlled by starting your game by pressing the 1 or 2 key)
Controls menu allows you to change the keys, and NO you can't use the mouse.
Donations welcome...
-Paul Carpenter
pmc1008@hermes.cam.ac.uk
+44 0454 311612
63 Blaisdon, Yate, Bristol BS17 4TJ
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It'll also | 00000100 66 61 6c 6c 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 61 20 62 69 74 20 |fall down a bit | 00000110 69 66 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 73 20 67 |if the columns g| 00000120 65 74 20 74 6f 6f 20 68 69 67 68 2e 0a 0a 20 6b |et too high... k| 00000130 65 79 73 20 61 72 65 3a 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |eys are: | 00000140 20 20 20 20 20 5a 20 2d 20 6c 65 66 74 0a 20 20 | Z - left. | 00000150 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000160 20 20 20 20 20 58 20 2d 20 72 69 67 68 74 0a 20 | X - right. | 00000170 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000180 20 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 2d 20 64 72 6f 70 0a 0a | space - drop..| 00000190 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 | You make lines | 000001a0 6f 66 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 73 68 61 70 65 20 62 |of three shape b| 000001b0 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 6f 72 20 66 6f 75 72 20 6c 75 |locks or four lu| 000001c0 6d 70 73 20 6f 66 20 69 72 6f 6e 20 28 6f 72 20 |mps of iron (or | 000001d0 77 68 61 74 65 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 79 61 72 65 |whatever theyare| 000001e0 2e 2e 2e 29 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 64 69 |...) and they di| 000001f0 73 61 70 70 65 61 72 2e 20 59 6f 75 20 64 69 65 |sappear. You die| 00000200 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 72 20 62 61 6c 61 6e 63 65 | if your balance| 00000210 20 74 6f 75 63 68 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 74 | touches the bot| 00000220 74 6f 6d 20 2d 20 74 68 65 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 |tom - the longer| 00000230 20 79 6f 75 20 6c 61 73 74 2c 20 74 68 65 20 62 | you last, the b| 00000240 69 67 67 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 73 63 6f 72 65 |igger your score| 00000250 20 61 70 70 72 6f 78 69 6d 61 74 65 6c 79 2e 20 | approximately. | 00000260 51 75 69 74 65 20 73 69 6d 70 6c 65 2e 0a 20 0a |Quite simple.. .| 00000270 20 50 72 65 73 73 20 32 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 | Press 2 to play| 00000280 20 74 77 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 65 72 2e 20 54 68 65 | two player. The| 00000290 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 67 65 74 20 74 77 6f 20 73 65 |n you get two se| 000002a0 65 73 61 77 73 2e 20 4d 61 6b 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 |esaws. 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