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- ********************* POSTCARDWARE !!!
- *********************
- ***** *****
- ***** B.C.S. *****
- ***** *****
- ********************* Author: A. CECCATO
- ********************* Version 2.3 the 12 of march 1994
-
- Developped with CanDo 1.6 ( From INOVAtronics )
-
- Successfully beta-tested with Carole & Adrien
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- DISCLAIMER:
-
- This software is "PostCardWare"! (See adress at the end of the file)
-
- Bonhommes Construction Set (BCS) can be freely distributed as long as
- nobody makes profit on it (I keep this right only mine!) and that the author
- name is not removed or hidden.
- All the copies MUST respect the directories with the minimum files as shown
- below:
-
-
- BCS (Dir)---BCS_MISC (Dir)-| BCS.doc BCS.doc.info
- |-BCS_MISC.inf | BCS_GB.doc BCS_GB.doc.info
- |
- |-BCS_BR (Dir)---| tet1.br cor1.br bas1.br
- |-BCS_BR.info | tet2.br cor2.br bas2.br
- |
- |-BCS_SON (Dir)--| Bonjour.snd
- |-BCS_SON.info | Bravo.snd
- | | Jouer.snd
- | | Sage.snd
- |-BCS2.3
- |-BCS2.3.info
-
- The "Aminet" download includes 18 differents "Bonhommes" in BCS_BR.
-
- IN ANY CASE, THE AUTHOR IS NOT RESPONSABLE BY THE USE AND PROBLEMS CAUSED
- BY THIS SOFTWARE. PLAYING WITH BCS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------- ACe -----------
-
- INSTALLATION:
- -------------
- Simply drag the drawer BCS in the place where you wish to have it.
- That's all! BCS will automatically recognize the right path to access the
- necessary files.
-
- SYSTEM REQUIRED: An AMIGA (surprised?) with a minimum of 1 Mb RAM.
- ----------------
-
- GOAL OF THE GAME:
- -----------------
-
- Creating a "Bonhomme" as shown in the left part of the screen, in the right
- part with the help of six buttons.
-
- When you achieve it, a champion cup will appear!
- To continue, just click on the button <CREATION>.
- There is some help available with the pull down menus and some options that
- I let you discover...
-
- This game was primarily intended for kids aged 3-4 but I added a little
- module to measure the memory of everyone that wish to compete! It is called
- <BILAN> and last on 7 "bonhommes" before giving a result. For the moment
- everything is written in french. Sorry... If I see enough interrest, I will
- be happy to make an English version of BCS or every other language that is
- asked for (with a good dictionnary and a little help!)
-
-
- FUNCTIONS :
- -----------
- BCS is surely enough simple that it is not worth describing it! Just try...
-
- Some points must be specified:
-
- 1/ When starting, BCS will load as much "Bonhommes" as possible depending
- on the available free memory at that moment. To do so, click anywhere
- on the presentation screen...
- 2/ Running BCS should not alterate the multitasking.
- 3/ When you quit BCS, choose the right option depending on what you wish to
- do: "Quitter + Vider RAM" will quit and free the RAM used by the
- "Bonhommes" otherwise, the directory will remains. This choice is
- historical: It was used during the debugging phase and I found it
- convenient for adding in live, some new "Bonhommes"...
- 4/ The <CREATION> button remains disabled as long as the right "Bonhomme"
- hasn't been found.
- 5/ The 6 finding buttons become disable when the result is correct.
- 6/ If you wish to access this documentation from BCS, rename it BCS.doc
-
- Known bugs:
- -----------
-
- 1/ When entering in the game after loading, you need to click two times
- on the <CREATION> button to run BCS. The window is not well initilized.
- 2/ When viewing all the existing "bonhommes" from the menu, be patient and
- don't request the same menu again and again... I forgot to put some
- locking mechanism and I am too lazy to implement it now...
- 3/ ??? Do you found other things? Please, tell me!
-
-
- EXTENSIONS:
- -----------
-
- The maximum number of "Bonhommes" is limited only by the available RAM when
- loading BCS... And your imagination!
- Yes, you can easily add, replace or modify some "bonhommes" as you wish it.
- To do it, simply use a drawing tool (like DPaint for example) and take an
- existing "bonhomme" as reference.
- To succeed, you will have to create 3 brushes with respect of the original
- sizes and respect my naming rules:
-
- tetX.br <- For the head X design the Xth "bonhomme"
- corX.br <- For the body If there is already 7 "bonhommes", the
- basX.br <- For the legs new one will have X equal to 8.
-
- Be sure to save your work in "Reference_unit:BCS/BCS_BR" otherwise BCS will
- not take them in count when loading.
- You can also copy it in RAM:BCS/BCS_BR to directly test it when using BCS.
- I hope that you have enough RAM in this case! :-)
-
- For information, 5 "bonhommes" request aproximately 160K of RAM and every
- new one needs around 17K RAM more. With a little luck, BCS should run on
- a 512K RAM Amiga...
-
- There are some sounds included in BCS_SON. You can put your own IFF sounds
- instead of mine (or remove it) to suit your needs. To use them, you must
- preserve the names that I used...
-
-
- CONCLUSION:
- -----------
- I developped this little program for my daughter when she was 3 years old
- because I wasn't able to find software reaching the following needs:
- - Familiarize a 3 years old kid with a computer
- - Use a mouse in a simple logic environment
- - Little fun to keep the children interrest
- - Way to avoid boring the children with surprises (New "bonhommes")
-
- When I achieved it, I found that it was also a good memory exercice
- combined with a logic approach.
-
- Looking how both my children react to BCS, I feel it is a success. I hope
- that many other children will also enjoy it! If it is the case, please,
- make me a favour: Send me a postcard to tell me. Fair deal, isn't it?
-
- To contact me, simply write to:
-
-
- Alain CECCATO
- 23, rue des Fontaines
- PREGNIN
- 01630 St GENIS-POUILLY
- FRANCE
-
- For bug reporting or people in hurry use my Email:
-
- alain@gesso242.swiss.hp.com
-
-
- THANKS:
- -------
- - To my wife beeing so patient with me. Sometimes, I spend too much time
- with the Amiga... :-)
- - To INOVAtronics having released their wonderfull "CanDo"
-
- INFO:
- -----
- Other software from me on Aminet: "CIBLE" (Designed for children aged 7-8)
-
- Some other may be released depending on your feedbacks. (Postcards!) :-]
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