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- Roxie's ABC Fish
- Copyright (C) LatticeWork Software, 1995-1998
-
- REQUIREMENTS
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- Windows 95
- 256+ colors
- Windows-supported sound card
- hard drive
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- INSTALLATION
-
- Click on the "Start" button then "Settings" and then
- select "Control Panel." Double-click on "Add/Remove Programs"
- and click on the "Install" button. Click "Next" and Windows
- will find setup.exe on your floppy disk. Click on "Finish."
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- UNINSTALL
- To uninstall Roxie's ABC Fish in Windows 95, click on Start/Settings/Control
- Panel. Next double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Scroll down
- and click on Roxie's ABC Fish. Then click the Add/Remove button.
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- Roxie's ABC Fish is a very intuitive, and easy-to-use program.
- Children can, with no help or supervision, learn to play the game
- just by clicking on various areas on the screen.
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- ROXIE'S HINTS
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- For example, the mouse cursor will change depending on the action
- which can be taken at that position. When the cursor is over the
- HELP button, or over Roxie, it changes to a large question mark.
- Clicking on Roxie will cause Roxie to explain the current game
- status. Clicking on the HELP button, allow access to on-line help
- screen. When the cursor is over the draw deck in the center of
- the screen, or over one of the player's cards on the bottom of
- the screen, it changes to a hand holding a card. And, when the
- cursor is over the STOP button on the bottom right of the screen,
- the cursor changes to a STOP sign, showing how to exit the program.
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- Clicking on a card with the RIGHT mouse button will cause
- Roxie to say the letter or number of that card.
-
- GETTING STARTED
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- The program will display a dialog box requesting the
- child's name, ABC level and playing level
-
- The ABC levels are:
- o Uppercase letters
- o Lowercase letters
- o 0 - 9
- o 10 - 100
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- The three playing levels are:
- o Easy
- o Medium
- o Hard
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- Roxie plays an increasingly better game in the Medium and Hard
- levels. Choose a level and click on Ok.
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- PLAYING THE GAME
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- Your child is ready to play Roxie's ABC Fish. The goal is to
- get the largest number of books consisting of four of the same
- card. (Actually the goal is to learn letters, but don't tell your
- child that!) Your child's and Roxie's cards are on the screen,
- with a draw deck in between them. Roxie will tell your child
- what the next move is. For example, at the beginning of the
- game, Roxie says "Your turn."
-
- A good reminder to your child will be to tell him or her that if
- they are stuck, to click on Roxie's face, and Roxie will tell them
- what's going on. For most children, this is not necessary, because
- they will be trying different things, clicking on different areas
- of the screen and discovering what works and what doesn't. That
- will make the game more fascinating for them since THEY are the ones
- who are in charge and are running things. A more unusual activity
- that the child is not likely to just "happen" on is that clicking
- on a card with the RIGHT mouse button, will cause Roxie to say the
- letter. Telling them about this can be helpful.
-
- At the beginning of every game, the child is first. They will
- click on a card to ask Roxie if she has any of those. If so,
- the cards will be given to the child; otherwise, Roxie will say a
- variation of "Go Fish!" In this case, the child should click on
- the draw deck, and a card is placed in their hand. If they drew
- what they asked for, it is still their turn. If they did not draw
- what they asked for, it is Roxie's turn, and Roxie will ask for a
- card. If you child has that card, he or she should click on it.
- Don't worry, they cannot make a mistake. If the child clicks on
- the wrong card, or on the draw deck, when they have the card that
- Roxie wants, Roxie will gently correct them.
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- Play continues until all of the cards in the draw deck are played,
- and Roxie announces a winner. Then the child is turned over to
- explore Roxie's Grumpy Music world. Read more about that later.
-
- If the child or Roxie completes a book of four cards with the same
- letter, that book is placed onto their respective discard piles on
- the table. If this causes either player to run out of cards, one is
- automatically chosen for them and play passes to the other player.
-
- ROXIE'S GRUMPY MUSIC
-
- Click on one of the "grumps" and it will sing its note. Watch out
- for the right-most grump! Pick up a musical note by clicking once
- on the whole, half or quarter note at the bottom of the screen and
- moving it to a position on the staff. Click once more to place that
- note on the staff. Place many notes on the staff and click the "Play"
- button to hear your new song. To try something different with the
- same newly created song, click on one of the four instrument numbers
- for a completely different sound. To exit this part of the program,
- and return to another game of Roxie's ABC Fish, click on the "Bye"
- button.
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- CHANGE LEVEL
-
- Click on the HELP button, and choose "Change Level" if you wish to
- change either the level or the playing skill level.
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- HELP
-
- Click on the "HELP" button for the on-line help, or change levels
- of the Roxie ABC Fish game.
-
- SOUND
-
- NOTE: If you have a microphone hooked up to your computer, you can
- make the game more exciting by having your children record their
- own messages. Use the Sound Recorder (a Windows 3.1 Accessory).
- (See your Windows 3.1 documentation).
-
- Open one of the files with a .WAV extension using the Sound Recorder.
- Play it, and then record your own message, saving it to that same
- file. WARNING: The file names must remain the same. Be sure to
- delete any blank space before or after the actual voice message
- using the Edit commands. Otherwise the program will spend time
- playing back files containing blank spaces, which may be large.
- Eliminating blank spaces will also decrease the file size.
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- SUPPORT
-
- The following support of Roxie's ABC Fish is provided.
- LatticeWork Software, Inc. will answer questions and fix serious bugs
- during a one-year period after order. For problems involving
- specific hardware or software environment or feature,
- LatticeWork Software, Inc. may choose not to modify the program. In
- that case, if a problem is reported within three months after order,
- then LatticeWork Software, Inc. will refund the user's order price.
- You may contact LatticeWork Software, Inc. at the following addresses:
- 1) LatticeWork Software, Inc.
- P.O. Box 362
- Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
- 2) email to support@latticeworksw.com
- 3) Visit our web page:
- http://www.latticeworksw.com
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
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