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Project Name: Bones --- (C)1997 Anthony L. Ross
BLACK LIGHTNING SOFTWARE
Author: Anthony L. Ross [tonyross@primenet.com]
Start Date: 2/22/97
Description: 1 player Dominoe game
Revision: 3.1
Instructions:
The files:
"COMPONENTS"
"Bones.guide"
"Bones.brush"
"jingle001"
"sweepdown.iff"
"blacklight"
"light"
MUST be in the current directory.
Also, you MUST have a copy of Multiview in the current
directory as well. If you prefer to use another AMIGAGUIDE
viewer, just copy it to the directory that contains the
above files and rename it to "Multiview".
Dominoes (at least the way I was taught to play)
Starts off by 4 players shuffling and dividing 28 dominoes
(7 each). The dominoes range from DOUBLE BLANK - DOUBLE SIX.
In the first round, the player with BIG SIX (the
double six) starts. BIG SIX is now the "spinner". The next
player, to the left, has to play a dominoe, with a six on it,
to the north or south of the spinner. Now game play proceeds
with players taking turns placing dominoes on the ends of the
"star" trying to score (see SCORING). You can't place
dominoes to the east and west of the spinner until BOTH the
north and the south sides have been played on. If you don't
have a dominoe to play, you must skip a turn. If NO ONE has a
play then the game is LOCKED (see LOCKED).
Game play continues until a player hasn't any dominoes left.
He is deemed the winner, gets DOMINOE points (see SCORING)
and get's to decide the spinner for the next round. After
the first round, the spinner can be ANY double the winner
chooses. If, at the beginning of a round, any player has at
least 4 doubles, that player can opt not to play this hand.
The dominoes are reshuffled and the process starts from the
beginning.
LOCKED
SCORING
SAMPLES
GAME PLAY
SCREEN LAYOUT
DISCLAIMER
LOCKED: When no player can play on any side, the game is LOCKED.
Each player adds up the total dots in their hand. The player
with the lowest amount is the winner. They are awarded points,
(see SCORING), BUT DON'T GET TO CHOOSE A NEW SPINNER. Instead
the dominoes are reshuffled and re-divied and the player with
BIG SIX starts the new round.
SCORING: There are 4 ways to scoring playing BONES.
I. When placing a dominoe on one end of the "star", the
value of that end, is the number showing. If the dominoe
placed on the end is a double bone then the value is
is double the number. (i.e. double 3 placed on the north
side makes the north side equal to 6) If all the ends
add up to a number that is a multiple of 5 (i.e. 5, 10,
15, 20, 25, etc..) the player who placed the bone gets
that number added to his/her score. HOWEVER, the east and
west sides value are equal to 0 until they are played on.
And remember, you can't play on them until the north and
south sides have been played on first.
See SAMPLES.
II. When a player DOMINOES, all of the dots remaining in
the other players hands are added together and rounded up
or down, to the nearest multiple of 5. That number is
added to the WINNERS score.
III. When the game is LOCKED, as mentioned above, all players
add up the total dots in their hands. The player with the
lowest amount of dots gets the points. The amount of
points awarded is determined by adding up all of the OTHER
players dots and rounding up or down to the nearest
multiple of 5.
IV. Starting the round with BIG FIVE... 10 points awarded.
Samples:
Sample 1:
Let's say the north side has a two(2) showing, the
south side has a double three(3), the east and the
west sides have yet to be played on. If you have the
"2 - 4" dominoe and place it on the NORTH side, then
you score 10 points (4+6=10).
actual values showing values
4 4
0 0 6 6
6 33
Sample 2:
Same scenerio except the east has five(5) showing
and the west has a double blank. Naturally the
player, who just played has scored 15 points.
(4+5+6=15)
actual values showing values
4 4
0
5 0 5 0
6 33
Let's say you have the DOUBLE FIVE(5) and place
it on the west side. Now you have just scored
20 points. (4+10+6=20)
actual values showing values
4 4
5 0
10 0 5 0
6 33
Game Play:
KEYBOARD:
At the "Choose Dominoe" point, where the dominoes are
rotating on the left and right, you choose a dominoe by
hitting a 1-7 key. If you hit a key and wish to change
your mind, just hit another number. The dominoe you
choose will become highlighted. Now, Confirm the choice
by hitting the carrige return <CR> key. You choose where
to play it by pressing N, S, E or W, afterwards hitting
the <CR> key to confirm. The arrow, indicating your choice
of direction, will blink. If you change your mind and want
to change the dominoe you want to play, while the computer
waits for a "where input", type "B" and you will be taken
back to the "choose dominoe" point. If you want to quit,
just get to the "choose dominoe" point and type "Q" or
choose QUIT in the menu at any time.
MOUSE:
Game control via the mouse is pretty self explainatory.
All of the indications are the same as in the KEYBOARD
control explaination (above).........
JUST POINT AND CLICK.
The Screen: At the top of the screen is where the scores are located.
The SPINNER indicator, a very small DOUBLE BLANK dominoe,
indicates who started the game with the spinner.
A yellow happy face, indicates who's turn it is.
The "BONE COUNTER"s indicate how many dominoes are left in
the other players hand.
Red is player 1.
Green is player 2.
Blue is player 3
Yellow is player 4 (you).
Menu options:
Sound - Toggles on/off sound effects.
Messages - Toggles on/off help messages.
Help - Brings up this Amigaguide helpfile.
About - A little ditty about the program and author.
Quit - Exits the game.
Restart - Restarts the game.
As ususal: The author is not responsible for any damages occuring to
any computer system/devices or software, while playing this
game.
Please report any bugs, comments, suggestions to me at:
TONYROSS@PRIMENET.COM
ENJOY!