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** ReadMe file for !Slicker. (SLIding bloCK EditoR) **
   ------------------------------------------------

Slicker is a sliding block puzzle editor and player. It has 
been programmed on an A310 with RiscOs2 and Arm2.

 The application enables the user to create puzzles in four 
sizes- 4x4 5x4 5x5 and 6x5, using a basic six shapes or
blocks.On completion of the design it can be tested and saved
as is or, using the 'learn' function, can be saved complete
with integral Demo.

 So that the game does not have to plot scaled sprites which 
would considerably slow things down, Slicker will only run 
in screen modes 12 or 14. 

 Double clicking on the !Slicker icon will load the 
application up in the Edit mode so that clicking on the icon 
bar icon will open up the Edit window. Double clicking on a 
Slickfile icon will load that game and open up the Game 
window. 

Edit Mode:
 The Edit window contains three rows of icons, the top row 
select the game size and the middle row select the block to 
be plotted.The bottom row are titled. Initially the Play icon
is 'greyed' out. On selecting a game size a suitable window
will open up containing a plotting grid filled with small
squares and a control panel. Its icons in this mode are not
selectable. 

 Blocks can be placed in any legal position on the grid by 
first selecting a shape icon and then clicking with Select 
on the grid. To position blocks correctly click on where you 
would want the bottom left corner of the block to be. Note 
that you cannot plot a block on top of an existing one and 
that any blocks in the wrong place can be removed by 
clicking on them with the Adjust button. 
It is possible to provide a text instruction for the game by 
selecting the 'T' icon, once selected this will extend the 
edit window to uncover a writable icon. Click on this to 
gain the caret, on pressing Enter the inserted text will 
appear at the top of the Game window.

 It is possible to swap between window sizes when editing by 
clicking the appropiate icon, the only limitation to this is 
that you can't go to a smaller size window if a block is in 
such a position as to prevent it. The size icons are 
'greyed' out to indicate this.

 When the grid has only 2 remaining spaces, the puzzle is 
then deemed playable and the Play icon is now selectable.
Obviously it is up to the user to design a 'playable' game.

Play Mode:
 Selecting the Play icon causes the remaining two squares to 
be removed from the grid, the bottom left icon on the window 
control panel will show and the Clear icon will change to 
Learn. The top icon on the panel is a move counter and the 
left one is for resetting the game to the start position.
The right icon only clears when there is a demo available.

 To play the game click with either Select or Adjust on the 
blocks, if it is possible for the block to move it will 
travel in the direction it can. Note that if it is possible 
for a block to travel in two directions then---
Select on a small square will move it vertically.
Adjust on a small square will move it horizontally.
For a vertical or horizontal block, click on the end nearest 
the direction you want it to travel.

 You can flip between Play and Edit modes until the game is 
to your satisfaction, when you reach this stage you can opt 
to save it as is or you can save it with a built in demo as 
follows--

Learn:
 When in Play mode, click on the Learn icon with Select, 
the game will reset itself and from then on every move you 
make will be stored in memory up to a maximum of 255 moves. 
When the last move has been made click on Play. The demo
icon will now clear and clicking on this will demonstrate
the moves of the game at a speed of five times faster than
normal. The game can now be saved as described below. 
Note! clicking with Select on the Learn icon will remove
any previous demo moves from memory. 

 If for some reason you save the game with an incomplete 
demo, it is possible to add on to it by clicking on the 
Learn icon with Adjust instead of Select, but this must be 
done as the first mouse click after the incomplete demo has 
run. Note that any editing of a demoed game will invalidate 
the demo function!

Saving:
 Games are saved in the usual Wimp fashion by clicking on 
the Game window with the Menu button to bring up the Save 
box. This can only be done in the Play mode. Loaded game 
files are protected against accidental alteration by setting 
the file name in the save box to Slickfile.

Loading:
 Games are loaded in the usual manner by double-clicking on 
the game icon or dropping the icon on a Slicker window.
Games will always load up into the Play mode.

Miscellaneous:
 Clicking on the icon bar Slicker icon when in Play mode 
will open up the Game window.
Clicking on the icon when in Edit mode will open up both 
windows.
To open the Edit window from Play mode, click on Open Edit 
from the icon bar menu.
Clicking on the Game window close icon will also close the 
Edit window.
The sound although unobtrusive can be toggled on and off by
clicking the Slicker icon with Adjust.

Graham Berry
40 Turfland Ave.
Royton Oldham
Lancs OL2 6EN

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