A Puzzle/Game that is a cross between Checkers ﾉ and a couple of other games that I can't remember the names of. Like many 'solitare' card games, you may not be able to complete the puzzle.
The application starts off with a simple 5 x 5 grid which has an outer border of buttons surrounding an inner 3 x 3 grid if tiles. If you press a button then the row or column of tiles associated with that button invert. If you press one of the top corner buttons then the diagonal tiles invert. In the Easy mode pressing a tile inverts the row and column associated with that tile, and the selected tile is left in the inverted state.
The object of the puzzle is to get all of the tiles to face the same way or to have the same pattern showing. Simple.
Options. ･ = default at start-up.
The grid size can be from 5 x 5 to 32 x 32, but the application should not make a grid larger than your screen, A4 monitors may break this rule! The Icons are in 256 colours but look the same in 16 colours and there is a B+W set of Icons for Mono screens.
ðEasy Mode.
･Easy means that you can use both the Tiles and the Buttons to invert tiles.
Not Easy means that Only the buttons can be used to invert the tiles.
ðModified.
Modified means that if you click on a tile then at the end of the move that tile is not inverted ! This is mechanically correct.
･Not Modified means that if you click on a tile then at the end of the move that tile is inverted ! This is not mechanically correct.
ðRandom Mixer
Random Mixer means that the starting 'position' of each tile is decided at random. This may mean that it is impossible to finish the puzzle, but this is not always the case.
･Not Random Mixer means that the tiles are rearranged as if tiles and buttons are being pressed. In the Not Easy mode this may mean that the puzzle cannot be solved, as the mixer is allowed to press tiles, which is a move that you cannot make in this mode.
ðWizard in a Box
This is an option for the bored. It allows the computer to make a move after each of your moves. This can lead to the early resoultion of the puzzle or it can drag on all night.
･Normally Off
ðSound
･Normally On
ðThe Help screen reminds you of the action of the buttons and tiles.
A New layout gives you the chance to change the grid size and alter the options, this may be done at any time.
Scoring, this may be included in the next release or reserved for those that pay the shareware fee. I need time to work out the most equitable scoring method.
Save and Loading games, see aboveﾉ
This game was inspired by an electronic game idea that I had many, many years ago but I never actually built it. I just got up one monday morning, and here it is, does it show?
fLiP OVER is Shareware
fLiP OVER is ｩ 1994 Paul B Jones, parts ｩ THINK Pascal.
$30 for 3 disks of original software or
$10 for just the real version of this game/puzzle, and a few others.
The above includes postage, my bank takes personal cheques from anywhere!
