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\ Introduction:
PolyTile is a board game with color pieces on hexagonal or square grid.
It is easy to learn, but hard to master.
The object of the game is to remove all the pieces except one in as few moves
as possible. A move is a piece jumping over other piece landing on a blank
space or another piece.
The first piece jumps over the second piece landing on the third piece.
To move a piece, click on the piece and then click on the space or third
piece to land on.
The 3 pieces should be on a straight line horizontally, vertically or
diagonally. A legal move should satisfy jumping and landing condition.
Depending on your skill, you can select level and board, customized or
built -in.
\ Jumping:
1. A primary color piece can jump over same or other primary color piece
leaving two blank spaces.
2. A primary color piece can jump over a secondary color piece which contains
first piece's color element. First space will be empty and second space will
be piece with the secondary color minus the primary color.
3. A piece can jump over same color piece leaving two blank spaces.
4. (optional) A primary color piece or a secondary color piece can jump over
Gray piece leaving a piece with a complementary color.
\ Landing:
1. A piece can land on a empty space.
2. A piece can land on a piece with same color.
3. A primary color piece can land on another primary color piece. The third
piece will be a secondary color piece with two primary color components.
4. (optional) A piece can land on a piece with the complementary color. The
piece will be Gray piece.
\ Main Menu:
PolyTile
New To start a new game
New Board... To start a new game on a new board
Open... To open saved game
Open Board... To open a board file
Save To save current game
Save As... To save as different name
Edit Board To edit board
Exit To terminate PolyTile
Move
Undo To undo move
Redo To redo move
Undo All To undo all the moves - Click to interrupt.
Redo All To redo all the moves
Option
Preference... To set preferences
Help
Show All Move To show all the possible moves
High Score To display best player
Help To show help screen
\ Preference:
Color/Pattern To set number of colors of pieces
Level To set level
Ask Save Change To enable/disable 'Save Change?' dialog
Enable Undo To enable/disable undo and redo
Default To set preferences to default
Save To save current preference
Cancel To abort setting
\ Editor:
You can create, modify and save your own board using editor. First select
desired grid and click on the spaces to place or remove gray pieces. The
spaces occupied by gray pieces will be replaced by random pieces in play mode.
Save the current board if satisfactory. Select 'Play' menu item to go back to
play mode. Be sure to connect all the pieces. Otherwise, there will be no
solution.
Generally hex grid is more difficult than square grid because the moves are
confined to 6 directions rather than 8 directions.
\ Editor Menu:
Edit
New... To create new board
Open... To open board
Save To save board
Save As... To save as different name
Play To play current board
Exit To exit PolyTile
Board
Fill To fill board
Invert To invert board
Flip To flip horizontally or vertically
Move To move left, right, up or down
Grid To set grid hex or square
\ Tips:
1. Try to remove all the secondary color and gray pieces from the corners and
edges of the board first.
2. Keep trying to move all the pieces in one area. Try not to leave pieces
spread out all over the board.
3. To finish in fewer moves, jump a secondary color over another secondary
and/or land on the same color as often as you can. Please refer to following
chart.
removed color elements (bigger the better) ; move [optional]
6; [G-G-G]
4; S-S-S, [S-G-S]
3; [G-G-O]
2; S-S-O, P-P'-P, P-S-P, [S-G-P, S-G-O, S-S-P, P-G-P]
1; P-P'-O, P-P'-P", P-S-O, P-S-P", [P-P'-S, P-S-S', P-G-O, P-G-P", P-G-S]
P; primary, S; secondary, G; gray, O;empty
\ Copyright Notice:
This program is copyrighted. If you want to continue to use, please send
shareware fee to the author. If you send $10 or more, you will receive the
latest version and other game to try.
This version may be distributed freely without any modification, but may not
be sold or distributed for profit without author's permission. All rights are
reserved by the author.
Although this software is tested carefully, it may contain bugs. This
software is 'as is' based. The author does not make any warranty, either
express or implied, with respect to this software.
Send shareware fee, bug reports or comments to:
S. T. Han
301 Jacks Mill Dr. 10
Boalsburg, PA 16827, U.S.A.
e-Mail : STH@eclx.psu.edu
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