home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Wheel of Treasure Demo Version 1.00
- Copyright (c) 1997 David Haupert
- email: dhaupert@ddhsoftware.com
-
- Note: Wheel of Treasure is released as shareware and must be registered for
- continued use. The author assumes no responsibility for damages caused by
- this program. Make sure to back up (hotsync) your data before installing
- the program.
-
-
- This is the Evaluation version of Wheel of Treasure 1.00 for the Pilot. It
- contains 35 entries which can be played as many times as you like. If you like
- the program, a registered version is available for $12 US and adds the
- following features:
- - Uses multiple databases to provide 1000's of entries.
- - Databases can be installed and erased individually, as all of the entries
- in each get used up.
- - Disables Splash screen.
-
- The registered version is available for $12 US and can be purchased via:
- web page: http://www.ddhsoftware.com
- email: sales@ddhsoftware.com
- Address: David Haupert
- PO Box 970971
- Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971
-
- ----------------------------- Files --------------------------------------
-
- WHEEL.PRC - The Program that runs the actual game
- README.TXT - This file.
- ORDER.TXT - An order form to purchase other DDH Products.
- PRODUCTS.TXT- A listing of available DDH Products.
- -------------------------- Installation ----------------------------------
-
- First, make sure you have the appropriate space available on your pilot.
- The space required for the program itself is ~42K.
-
- To see if you have enough memory, run the Memory application on the
- pilot. If you do not have at least the appropriate amount free, you will
- either have to choose to delete apps from the same Memory application, or
- choose to not install this program until you have that amount of free memory.
-
- To install Wheel onto your Pilot, run the INSTAPP.EXE program which
- resides in the same directory as the Pilot Desktop software. This program
- will allow you to specify that a .PRC file should be downloaded to the Pilot
- during the next hotsync. Choose to download WHEEL.PRC.
-
- NOTES: If you are using HotSync V1.0 (which is what came with the Pilot-1000
- and Pilot-5000), you may get a program crash when installing this program,
- or its data files. This is because HotSync V1.0 has a bug in it when dealing
- with files > 32K. Being that the program is larger than this, it may fail to
- download correctly. The solution to this problem is to upgrade to HotSync
- 1.1, or 2.0. To read more about this or to download HotSync V1.1 go to:
- http://www.usr.com/palm/hs11rdme.html
-
-
- ----------------------- Instructions For Use ------------------------------
- --Quick Start
- To start a new game, bring down the pulldown menu, and select File, then New
- Game. Select the number of players, followed by the names of the players.
- Then press Done. The player chosen to go first should then press the spin
- button. The wheel will spin and stop on a prize amount. If the prize amount
- is not Lose Turn, or Bankrupt, the player can press OK, and then make a
- non-vowel guess. If they guess a letter that is present in the phrase, they
- may spin again, or, if they have enough points, may buy a vowel, or a hint.
- If they have enough money, the Vowel and Hint buttons will show up below the
- Spin button. If they guess wrong, the next player goes. Any player can
- solve the puzzle at any time during their turn by writing the EXACT phrase on
- the line along the bottom and then pressing the Guess button. If they are
- correct, they alone take the prize amount they have earned for that round.
- The next round will begin. At the end of the 3 (by default) rounds, the
- person who has the most prize money will be the final winner.
-
- --The Main Screen
- The main screen changes constantly, to adjust for various stages in the game.
- The Title bar will show the category of the current phrase, unless it is
- turned off in the preferences section. At the top right of the screen are
- the letters of the alphabet. When making a (non-vowel) guess, you need only
- touch the letter of your choice to make that guess. The letters that have
- been guessed already will disappear from the choices available. To make a
- guess of the entire phrase, write the EXACT phrase along the bottom line and
- then press the Guess button to the left of the line. To Spin the wheel,
- press the Spin button. If you have enough money to buy a vowel (250
- default), a Vowel button will appear near the top left. If you have enough
- money to buy a hint (500 default), a Hint button will appear near the top
- left. Neither of these buttons will appear if they are disabled (see the
- Preferences section).
-
- --Spin Button
- This button spins the wheel. When the wheel stops, the currently pointed-to
- prize will be placed on the table for the next guess. This excludes the
- Bankrupt and Lose Turn "prizes". Then, the number of matches your next
- guess makes will determine how many times the prize amount will be awarded
- to you. For example, if you land on 100, and you guess the letterl 'L',
- and there are 4 'L's in the phrase, you will get 400 points. If you are
- unable to guess a matching letter, you will forfeit your turn and not be
- awarded any of the current prize money on the table. The Bankrupt prize puts
- your current round's score back to zero and you lose your turn. The Lose
- Turn prize causes you to give up your turn to the next player. NOTE: The
- Lose Turn prize does not occur in one-player (instead, the wheel will always
- "magically" advance to the 100 prize!).
-
- --Vowel Button
- This button allows you to select a vowel to buy. Each vowel costs 250
- as a default, although this can be changed in the preferences section. If
- you choose to buy a vowel 250 will be deducted from your current round score.
- If you guess a matching vowel, you will still be able to Spin. If you guess
- a vowel that doesn't match, you will forfeit your turn to the next player.
- Vowels must be purchased before spinning. Once you've spun the wheel, you
- have to make a non-vowel guess.
-
- --Hint Button
- This button allows you to purchase a hint or clue. There are two varieties
- of clues available. The first clue costs 500, by default, and shows you the
- subcategory of the current phrase. This may or may not help, depending on
- where you are in the puzzle solving. As example, a Song Name phrase may
- have Rock as the subcategory. The next clue available is more specific to
- the current phrase and may be a year related to the phrase, or a performer
- related to the song or movie name. These clues cost 750, by default. The
- current player can choose whether or not to show the other players these
- clues, but he or she should be aware that it was their hard-earned prize
- money that was spent on them! The Clues can be turned off in the preferences
- section of the program.
-
- --Guess Button
- This button should be pressed after writing in your guess of the phrase on
- the line to the right. This guess does not need to be case sensitive, but it
- does need to have all of the appropriate punctuation in order to match what
- is on the screen above. If you guess correctly, your current prize money
- will be placed into your overall score for comparison at the end, and all
- other players will be awarded 0, for this round.
-
-
- --Preferences
- From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Preferences choice,
- which will allow you to set various preferences for running the
- program. In this menu, you can select whether there will be sound in the
- game. You can also select the price of, or disable, buying a vowel, a
- subcategory hint, or a clue. To do this just touch the current value to the
- right, and select your choice. Each item can range from free to not allowed.
-
- After selecting your choices, press the OK button at the bottom of the screen.
-
- --View Ranks
- From the file pull down menu, you can bring up the View Ranks option, which
- will show the current game's rankings. This is not the score that the
- players have this current round, but rather, the accumulated scores after the
- last finished round.
-
- After viewing, press the DONE button at the bottom of the screen.
-
- --Top Ten
- From the file pull down menu, you can bring up the Top Ten option, which
- will show the top ten highest winnings earned since your program was
- installed.
-
- After viewing, press the DONE button at the bottom of the screen.
-
-
- --Cut, Copy, and Paste
- From the pull down menus, you can cut, copy, or paste to and from either word
- on the screen, and bring/take either word into/from another application (such
- as the memopad application).
-
-
- -------------------------------- Menus -------------------------------------
-
- File -- contains Preferences, and High score choices.
-
- Edit -- contains cut, copy, and paste choices as well as a choice to bring up
- the onscreen keyboard, as an alternative to entering text via graffiti.
-
- About -- Gives information about the program.
-
- ------------------- Additional Programs Available ----------------
- DDH currently offers several other programs as shareware and freeware.
- Please see the file PRODUCTS.TXT for details.
-
- --------------------------- Release History ------------------------------
- 7/10/97 - V1.00 - Fixed bug where player could guess a single letter with no
- consequence if he/she knew the secret ;)
- Changed email and mailing addresses for info.
-
- 5/10/97 - V0.95 - First release to the public.
-