Xiola™ is a game that tests your memory skills. The game makes random sounds on different buttons of your game board. The game boards consist of 3 to 9 buttons. The object of the game is to repeat the same sequence of the randomly generated sounds. The game was mainly created for little kids that begin to explore their young minds. However, even adults might find it challenging. Hope you enjoy playing Xiola™ as much as I enjoyed making it.
Xiola™ 2.5 System Requirements:
A color monitor with 256 colors, color QuickDraw, a screen resolution of at least 640x480 pixels, System 7.0 or newer and at least 2MB of free RAM. This version is now fully compatible with PowerMacs.
Changes and/or Updates:
Xiola™ 2.5 - 11/95. Fixed a bug that was crashing PowerMacs. Version 2.0.1 which fixes the bug was never released. Instead, I decided to add more features to the program. I added a new menu, the "Transitions" menu lets you set or use transitions when you switch from game to game. The transitions include fades to black, several screen effects, a "Random" options that randomly picks bettween the fades and the effects and a "No Transitions" options that allows instant transitions. A preferences file is also new. The preference file is automatically created for you when you start the game; when you finish, all of your custom settings will be saved in the preferences file. i.g. Background pattern, show/hide score, level, etc.
Xiola™ 2.0.1 - 9/95. Never released.
Xiola™ 2.0 - 6/95. Completely rebuilt, added six new games (3 buttons...9 buttons), background pattern can be changed now, game is a full screen with status indicators i.g. how many sounds are playing, level, chances left, etc. I implemented a score tracking system, which leads us to....of course a Hall of Fame for the 10 best scores. Speed, Level and Game can be choose through menus. Lastly, a cheat feature was added to help you on when there are just too many sounds. Overall...a good six months of hard work. Enjoy.
Xiola 1.1 - 1/95. I redrew the buttons to make them look more like real push buttons in 3-D (hope it worked for you). I fixed a bug that was causing the game to go crazy when the starting level was set to greater than 25 and/or the increase more than 5 and of course both less than one. It wasn't really a bug, I just had to do some input error checking there.
Xiola 1.0 - First released version 12/94.
The tools used to develop the game were: Performa 630CD, CodeWarrior 7, Think Pascal 4.0.1, ResEdit 2.1.3, SoundEffects 0.9.1, Adobe Photoshop™ 3.0, ClarisWorks® 2.1v3, Canvas™ 3.0.4 & Tons of thinking time.
The Xiola™ crew is:
Author, Design, Programming: Caesar B. Vielmas
Testing: Caesar B. Vielmas, Gerardo Vielmas
Support: Caesar B. Vielmas, Gerardo Vielmas, Kelly Myrick, Maria Nieto & All Registered Users
Comments are always welcomed as long as they are constructive.
Please write to:
Caesar B. Vielmas
251 Cedar Elm
Sugarland TX USA 77479
or
Internet > caesar@netropolis.net
or
Internet > st42q@jetson.uh.edu
Books like: Macintosh Pascal Programming Primer and The Inside Macintosh Series helped me develop this game. You should buy them if you want to get into the art of programming...and one more thing...Be very, very patient!!!
Legal Stuff
Warning: This program is protected by Copyright laws and international treaties. Non-registered versions only may be distributed freely through any media. The freely distribution of any registered version is strictly prohibited. Violators of these laws will be prosecuted and charged to the maximum extent of these laws.
Performa®, ResEdit™, SoundEffects™, Photoshop™, ClarisWorks® and Canvas™ are registered trademarks of their respective authors.
Thanks
I want to thank everyone that helped me answer all the questions that I had while developing this game. And to all of you registered users, I'm not good with names, but you all know who you are, Thank you all!!!.
