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Crazy Pipes A Shareware game  by  Joe  Rumsey
Rules -----

Crazy  Pipes  is  a  game  of  strategy   and
reflexes played by one person. The object  is
to keep a liquid from spilling on the playing
surface for as long  as  possible.  You  will
need to lay enough pipe  to  keep  this  from
happening. To accomplish this, a factory  has
been built which  will  supply  you  with  an
unlimited  stream  of  pipes.  However,   the
delivery system is as poor as the factory  is
efficient. Only one pipe is available for use
at a given time. This means you may  have  to
wait for the pipe you need, possibly until it
is too late. To avoid running  out  of  time,
you  should  leave  yourself  several  escape
routes whenever possible.

Each level of the game will have a section of
pipe already in place and labeled  "S."  This
is the point where the flow begins. Focus all
of  your  attention  on  its  mouth  and  act
quickly, or you will surely be drowned. There
are  two  ways  to  win.  The   easier   way,
generally, is to direct the  water  into  the
piece  of  pipe  labelled  "F"  for   finish.
However, this option will not be available on
all levels. The higher the  level,  the  more
likely there will be a finish piece.  At  the
highest  levels  (level  80  up)  there  will
almost always be a finish. The other  way  to
win, available on every level,  is  to  bring
the "Count"  displayed  at  the  top  of  the
screen down to zero. Count will  decrease  by
one for each section the liquid flows into.

The speed of the  water  increases  every  20
levels. The amount of time before  the  water
starts flowing  decreases  every  level,  but
resets to maximum  at  the  same  levels  the
speed  increases.  Thus,  level  79  has  the
minimum amount of time at the next to fastest
speed, while level 80 has maximum  amount  of
time at the highest  speed.  Considering  all
this, if you can complete the last few levels
without using a finish piece, you are truly a
God-like  being,  and  should  probably  stop
wasting your time on video games,  and  start
mapping human DNA without  a  microscope,  or
computing trajectories  for  inter  planetary
probes in your head.


Scoring
-------
Points are scored for every square the  water
enters. Extra points are  added  for  flowing
twice through an intersection  piece(the  one
that looks like a plus sign).  Once  a  piece
has  been  placed,  it  can  be  replaced  by
another, until the water has flowed into  it.
This will  cost  you  both  points  and  some
time(you won't be able to place any more pipe
for a short amount of time.) At the end of  a
level, any unused sections of  pipe  will  be
counted up, and points subtracted. All scores
vary depending on the level being played.  In
addition, a bonus is given for finishing  the
starting level (which can  be  set  from  the
menus). The starting bonus increases by 2,000
points each level, so that level 2  is  worth
2,000 points, level  10  scores  18,000  etc.
Note that in general this score is lower than
if you  actually  played  all  the  preceding
levels. The top ten all-time high scores  are
kept on disk. The top ten "daily" high scores
are also kept. The highest level achieved for
each high score  is  recorded  as  well.  The
format is: "Name score/level".

Other features
----- --------

On every level  except  for  the  first  few,
there will be some sort of  obstacle  on  the
playing field which can not  be  built  over.
The number of obstacles per  level  increases
as the level does. Also, there will be  holes
in the wall around the edge of the board.  If
the water happens to flow into one of  these,
it will re-emerge at the hole on the opposite
side of the board. These holes can be used to
get out of tight situations, or if you're not
looking, to get into them. Be careful!

A new "finish level" key has been added.   By
pressing 'F' the water goes  into  overdrive,
quickly reaching the end of  your  pipe.  The
normal rules for  winning  and  losing  still
apply. This is provided to avoid  long  waits
(mainly on lower levels) when you know you've
won, but the water still has a ways to go.

To set the starting level, select Level  from
the Options menu, and  enter  the  two  digit
level number (level 5 = "05" etc.) You do not
need to press enter.

During the game, all menus are disabled.  The
Esc key can be used to quit the current game.

Stuff you don't need to know, but may want to

All  graphics  in  the  game  are  completely
customizeable. The shapes for each level  are
stored  in  the  files   pipes0.iff   through
pipes9.iff. As the  names  imply,  these  are
regular iff brushes, editable with dpaint  or
any  other  suitable  graphics  package.  The
program uses the set corresponding  with  the
last digit of the current level. None of  the
sets  are  required  to  be  present,  except
for pipes0.iff, which is the default in  case
of a read error on another set. Feel free  to
change the sets as much as you want,  keeping
in mind that the flow of water is "hardwired"
into the game. That is, the positions of  the
pipes MUST remain the same, but their  images
do not have  to.  If  you  redistribute  this
game, please include  the  original  graphics
set.  Any  alternate  sets  may   be   freely
distributed on their own, but I would like to
have a copy sent to me. If I like  a  set,  I
will include it in a future release of  Crazy
Pipes, with your name in the credits..

The sounds are also iff samples, created with
Perfect Sound.  Feel  free  to  use  them  in
anything you like.


Stuff you don't want to know, but may need to

The following files  should  be  included  in
this archive:

pipe        The main program
pipe.doc    This file

The following  files  must  be  in  the  same
directory as pipe:  pipe.hs  The  high  score
file. Scores can be cleared by deleting this.

pipes0.iff\
..         } the graphics sets
pipes9.iff/

pipe.title The title screen pipe.hlp The text
file for the help option in the Game menu.

In the "sounds" directory: exp, clang,  loop,
over Various sound effects.

Optional: music, music2 Simple  music  files.
"music" is played in a loop, and then  music2
is played to end the song.  These  are  in  a
separate archive.


Registration
------------
Crazy Pipes is Shareware. I am   asking   for
a donation of $10.00 to  help  compensate  me
for my time. While I hardly expect to make  a
living this way, I have spent a  good  amount
of time working on this, and it's much easier
to justify writing more  programs  if  I  can
make a little money at it. I feel that $10 is
not too much to  ask  when  commercial  games
often cost 5 times as  much.  When  you  send
your money, please let me know which  version
of the  game  you  are  playing  (this  being
version 2.0). If there is a newer version,  I
will send it to you, along  with  some  other
goodies.

My address is:
Joe Rumsey
265 W. Big Springs Rd. Apt L.
Rverside, CA 92507

GEnie: J.RUMSEY


Changes:
V2.0: added multiple graphics  sets,  ability
to change  them  easily.  fixed  bug  causing
"About" to crash under 2.0. Now  works  under
either OS.

Made the level number much more   meaningful,
water gets faster

Now records level in high score table.

Added finish pieces

various other things only I will notice.

Other progams available, now or soon:

Bomb Squad: A strategy game in which you must
find all the bombs on  a  board  of  variable
size. A record of the  best  times  is  kept.
features  sampled  sounds  and   customizable
graphics. Freeware.

Serpent: A  smooth  scrolling  maze  game  in
which you guide  a  snake  around  collecting
eggs to protect them from predators.

Wheelo: Drive an inverted unicycly through  a
world of ramps, platforms, and  other  things
trying to save the  universe  from  the  evil
something or other(I haven't decided yet)

A note: Bomb Squad is the only only  one  out
as of this writing. Serpent  and  Wheelo  are
close.