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File contents
Mindtrap 1.03
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Written by Darren Salt
Intro...
This is a nice simple desktop puzzle game, in which you have to have to line
up the blocks in the right columns.
After a while, things get a bit more complicated - there is more than one
layer to solve, and blocks may be moved between layers...
Starting a game...
When you first load Mindtrap, you can:
- start a new game, by clicking Select on the Mindtrap icon; or
- resume an old game, by clicking Adjust instead.
You will be asked to enter your name, and, if you're resuming an old game,
the passcode. Remember that your name is used to help decode the passcode!
The game window will now open, unless you entered an invalid passcode.
If you have a game in progress, clicking on the Mindtrap icon will reopen
the game window. Game time is suspended while this window is closed.
Playing the game...
The playing area consists of a 6 by 4 array of squares some (or all) of
which contain a playing piece, which is both colour coded and numbered.
On top of this, there is a 5 by 3 array of pin holes, some or all of which
contain pins.
Below this is shown the number of moves remaining, the passcode for this
level, and the layer number within this level. The arrows beside the layer
number allow you to move up or down a layer.
Below this is a row of icons indicating which colour in which column.
The aim is to line up all the blocks of each colour in the appropriate
columns (or 1 to 6, from left to right) ... for each layer.
To move the playing pieces around, click on the pins as follows:
Select - rotate the four pieces surrounding the pin one place
anticlockwise;
Adjust - rotate them one place clockwise;
�Select - swap them with the four in the same positions in the layer
above;
�Adjust - swap them with those on the layer below.
You may view the current total time taken and moves made by clicking Menu
over the playing window.
The iconbar menu...
Info - obvious really.
New game - either enter your name in the dialogue box, or click Select to
use the previously entered name.
Old game - enter your name and the passcode in the dialogue box.
Quit - another obvious one.
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T| 00000040 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 6e 69 63 65 20 73 69 |his is a nice si| 00000050 6d 70 6c 65 20 64 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 70 75 7a |mple desktop puz| 00000060 7a 6c 65 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 |zle game, in whi| 00000070 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 68 |ch you have to h| 00000080 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 0a 75 70 20 74 |ave to line.up t| 00000090 68 65 20 62 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |he blocks in the| 000000a0 20 72 69 67 68 74 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 73 2e 0a | right columns..| 000000b0 20 41 66 74 65 72 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 2c 20 | After a while, | 000000c0 74 68 69 6e 67 73 20 67 65 74 20 61 20 62 69 74 |things get a bit| 000000d0 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 6c 69 63 61 74 65 | more complicate| 000000e0 64 20 2d 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 20 6d 6f 72 |d - there is mor| 000000f0 65 20 74 68 61 6e 20 6f 6e 65 0a 6c 61 79 65 72 |e than one.layer| 00000100 20 74 6f 20 73 6f 6c 76 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 62 | to solve, and b| 00000110 6c 6f 63 6b 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 6d 6f 76 |locks may be mov| 00000120 65 64 20 62 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 6c 61 79 65 72 |ed between layer| 00000130 73 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 0a 20 53 74 61 72 74 69 6e 67 |s...... Starting| 00000140 20 61 20 67 61 6d 65 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 20 57 68 65 | a game..... Whe| 00000150 6e 20 79 6f 75 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 |n you first load| 00000160 20 4d 69 6e 64 74 72 61 70 2c 20 79 6f 75 20 63 | Mindtrap, you c| 00000170 61 6e 3a 0a 20 2d 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 20 6e |an:. - start a n| 00000180 65 77 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 62 79 20 63 6c 69 63 |ew game, by clic| 00000190 6b 69 6e 67 20 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 |king Select on t| 000001a0 68 65 20 4d 69 6e 64 74 72 61 70 20 69 63 6f 6e |he Mindtrap icon| 000001b0 3b 20 6f 72 0a 20 2d 20 72 65 73 75 6d 65 20 61 |; or. - resume a| 000001c0 6e 20 6f 6c 64 20 67 61 6d 65 2c 20 62 79 20 63 |n old game, by c| 000001d0 6c 69 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 69 |licking Adjust i| 000001e0 6e 73 74 65 61 64 2e 0a 20 59 6f 75 20 77 69 6c |nstead.. 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Adjust| 00000690 20 2d 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 6d 20 6f | - rotate them o| 000006a0 6e 65 20 70 6c 61 63 65 20 63 6c 6f 63 6b 77 69 |ne place clockwi| 000006b0 73 65 3b 0a 20 20 8b 53 65 6c 65 63 74 20 2d 20 |se;. .Select - | 000006c0 73 77 61 70 20 74 68 65 6d 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 |swap them with t| 000006d0 68 65 20 66 6f 75 72 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 |he four in the s| 000006e0 61 6d 65 20 70 6f 73 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 69 6e |ame positions in| 000006f0 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 79 65 72 0a 20 20 20 20 20 | the layer. | 00000700 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 61 62 6f 76 65 3b 0a 20 20 | above;. | 00000710 8b 41 64 6a 75 73 74 20 2d 20 73 77 61 70 20 74 |.Adjust - swap t| 00000720 68 65 6d 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 6f |hem with those o| 00000730 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 79 65 72 20 62 65 6c 6f |n the layer belo| 00000740 77 2e 0a 0a 20 59 6f 75 20 6d 61 79 20 76 69 65 |w... 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Quit | 000008a0 2d 20 61 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6f 62 76 69 6f 75 |- another obviou| 000008b0 73 20 6f 6e 65 2e 0a |s one..| 000008b7
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