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Barraging Barriers (shareware) Version 1.1
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Copyright (c) 1996 by Sage Software.
All Rights Reserved.
Sage Software
P.O. Box 7223
Huntsville, AL 35807
(205) 830-9364
About Your Barraging Barriers User's Guide
This manual is only one part of Barraging Barriers' documentation
set. The second is the Online Help system.
This manual is arranged as follows:
o "About Your Barraging Barriers User's Guide"
An overview of this manual
o "System Requirements"
A list of system requirements.
o "Installation Procedures"
Instructions for setting up Barraging Barriers on your computer.
o "Online Help"
Instructions on how to use online Help to find information about tasks
and features.
o "Start Playing"
Instructions on how to start playing Barraging Barriers.
o "Rules of the Game"
A description of the rules of this game.
System Requirements
The minimum software and hardware requirements your computer system needs
to run Barraging Barriers successfully are shown in the following
list.
o Windows version 3.1 or later.
o 1 megabyte (MB) of free disk space.
Installation Procedures
Installing Barraging Barriers on your computer is simple. To install,
follow these steps:
1. Start the Windows application and select the Program Manager.
2. Select the run entry from the File menu item.
3. Insert the Barraging Barriers disk into the disk drive.
4. Keyin the letter of the drive that you inserted the disk into followed
by ":\setup" in the command line field. For example, if the disk is in
drive "A" you would type:
a:\setup
Next, select the OK button on the dialog box. This will cause Barraging
Barriers' setup executable to start running.
5. The setup executable will display a dialog box with a default directory
specified in the field. If you want to install the files in another
directory, key it in in this field.
6. Select the Install button on the dialog box and the files will be
installed. If the specified directory does not exist, it will be
created for you.
7. If no errors have occurred during installation, a dialog box claiming
successful completion will be displayed when all files have been copied
and expanded.
If the installation was successful, a Barraging Barriers program group
will be created in the Program Manager. This will contain the Barraging
Barriers program item. When you double click on this, Barraging Barriers
will begin execution.
Online Help
Barraging Barriers' Online Help can be accessed in two different
ways:
By selecting the Help entry under the Help menu item.
By selecting the F1 key from the keyboard.
The Online Help contains information that explains all aspects of this
game and describes how to use all its functionality. This should be the
user's main source of help.
Once the Help window is displayed, the buttons near the top help you find
the information you need. The Contents button displays a list of Help
topics that Barraging Barriers provides. The Search button displays
a dialog box where you specify a topic to search for. The Back button
displays the previously viewed topic. The History button displays a
chronological list of all Help topics viewed during your current game
session.
If you need to learn how to use Help, press the F1 key on the keyboard
while the Help window is open.
Start Playing
Once Barraging Barriers is installed, start the game by double clicking
the left mouse button on the Barraging Barriers program item that was
created by the setup executable. After doing this, Barraging Barriers
will begin execution by displaying the first game grid on level 1.
Rules of the Game
Barraging Barriers is a challenging multi-level puzzle game. the object
is to score as many points as you can by collecting bonuses as you
advance to higher and higher levels, trying not to let the barraging
barriers barricade you.
There are bonus squares on each level worth between 100 and 500 points.
When the player maneuvers over these squares, he is rewarded the
specified number of points. All of the other squares which do not
specify a bonus are worth 10 points. After a bonus is taken, the square
will not offer any more points if it is touched again. When the user
completes a level he is rewarded 1000 points.
The game begins with a game grid with one blue square, one square which
contains a red and yellow star, many light gray squares and many dark
gray squares.
The blue square represents your current position. You can move this by
either using your mouse to select one of the direction arrow buttons that
are adjacent to it or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
The star represents the square that you must get to in order to advance
to the next level. Once this is accomplished, a new game grid is
displayed which should be a little harder to solve than the previous one.
The light gray squares represent open squares that you are free to move
onto if you wish.
The dark gray squares represent barriers which you cannot move onto or
through. These barriers restrict your movements and can make getting to
the star very difficult. They are also capable of moving, but their
movements are predictable and are based on your location and movements.
When you move your current position, the barrier directly above your new
location (if there is one) will move down one square if it can. If the
barrier is directly above your new location with no open squares between
you and it, no movement will occur.
When a barrier moves down, it will try to bring with it all barriers that
are connected on its left and right sides. If, however, one of the
barriers cannot move down due to another barrier being in the way or
there is no valid open square directly below it, the chain will be broken
at this point. The best way to become familiar with how the barriers
move, however, is to start playing!
The game is over when you cannot reach the star and you cannot win
any more points. The game will not tell you this so you will have to
select the Reset button to start a new game when this occurs.
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