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!Snake User Manual
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About !Snake
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This is another edition of the well-known Snake game. The goal of the game
is to move a snake around the screen, collecting points by eating mice. You
must avoid running into yourself or hitting the border. This will get more
and more difficult, because the snake gets a little longer with every mouse
that is eaten.
This program started its life as a version of !Snake by Jason Williams. It
has been largely modified, to make it run in the desktop, and to make the
movement of the snake smoother.
!Snake is FreeWare. For conditions of use, read the copyright notice at the
end of this manual.
Starting the program
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As usual, the program is started by double-clicking on its icon in a filer
window. It will install itself on the icon bar. You can bring up the main
menu in the normal way, by clicking the Menu mouse button over the icon on
the icon bar. The main menu contains the usual "Info" and "Quit" options, an
options window, where you can set the game speed and switch the sound on or
off. The speed can be in the range from 1 (slow) to 9 (fast).
Though the program is multitasking, the game itself is run outside the
desktop. Multitasking stops while playing, and is resumed when you return to
the desktop.
The game
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Click on the icon on the icon bar to enter the game. You will get a screen
showing the list of high scores.
Space bar Start the game
Q, Menu Return to the desktop
1,2,..,9 Set speed
S Toggle sound on/off
During the game, you can use the following keys:
Z Move to the left
X Move to the right
' Move up
/ Move down
Q Quit game
Collecting points
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Eating a mouse is done by running into it. This brings you 1 to 11 points,
depending on the time it took you to get to the mouse. You have about 10
seconds to reach the mouse. If you are too late, the mouse changes to a
grave. Running into a grave is also deadly, so avoid these.
A list of the 10 best scores is stored in a file. After some practice,
you'll make it to first place (over 500 points), but can you get to 1000
points?
Inside the application directory there is a little program called
InitScores. You can run this to reset the high scores.
Copyright notice
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This program is FreeWare. This means that I retain the copyright. You may
freely copy and distribute it, provided that it is complete with all
original files, and that you do not sell it. PD libraries may charge a
nominal fee for the cost of duplication, postage etc. When you use the
program, you do so entirely at your own risk. You may change the program to
suit your own needs. If it's a bug fix, or if you think it's an improvement,
then please send the changes to me.
Dick Alstein
Lijnslagerstraat 204
5625 BP Eindhoven
The Netherlands
e-mail: wsinda@info.win.tue.nl