Draughts is an implementation of the well known board game and provides
a computerised board which prevents illegal moves, moves and removes pieces
and keeps score. The sound can be turned on and off and Draughts also
provides a simple 'Help' function which provides basic game play instructionswhen requested.
Draughts is written in BBC BASIC V and does not run on the Desktop, but
then who would try to play Draughts at the same time as something else,
anyway.
GAMEPLAY:
I'm sure you all know how to play Draughts so I won't bother explaining
the rules and objectives of the game. The game must be played by two players(I haven't managed to write the code for a computer player yet, but I'm sure I'll get around to it one day!). Decide who goes first and then the player
must follow these steps to make a move :
Step 1 : Point at the piece you wish to move;
Step 2 : 'Click' the Select button;
IF you pointed at a movable piece the computer will bleep
and the selected piece will be highlighted.
Step 3 : Point at the square you wish to place the piece in;
Step 4 : 'Click' the Select button;
IF you pointed at a valid square the computer will bleep
the piece will be moved and the jumped draught (if any)
will disappear.
Step 5 : Repeat Steps 3 & 4 until you finish your go;
(more than one move may be allowed multiple
jumps for exmaple.)
Step 6 : 'Click' Menu to end your go, the piece will
be un-highlighted.(is that a word?)
ELSE repeat Steps 3 & 4
ELSE repeat Steps 1 & 2 until you are successful
ALSO :
'Clicking' the Adjust button on a piece instead of Select
will cause that piece to be removed from the board.
"TAKE CARE - THIS IS IRREVERSIBLE"
If you accidentely select an opponents piece you can de-select
it by 'Clicking' Menu before you select a destination.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
Sound - to turn the sound off press the "Q" key
to turn it back on press "S"
Help - to call up the on-line help 'Click' with Select any where
on the Draughts logo at the top of the screen.
Scoring - the program automatically keeps a record of the number
of games won by each player and indicates this by displaying
little draughts ("..all together now, aaaah") under the
relevant players indicator (play the game, this will make
sense then, I hope)
Quit - leaving the program, should you want to do this, can be done
by pressing 'Escape', and then 'clicking' 'Menu' when requested if you 'click' anything other than 'Menu' a new game will start BE CAREFUL!!
THE PROGRAMMER:
David Steward
51 White Close
Downley
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP13 5ND
(0494) 527004
COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
This program (code and graphics) is the property of the programmer, but
you may copy and distribute it providing this file and the REMs in the code
are left intact and that in the spirit of Public Domain software no profit
is made from this distribution. Please make any modifications to the code
that you deem neccessary but please indicate with the use of REMs the new or altered code. I would also appreciate it if you could send me a copy of any
useful improvements so that I can update my version.