This program is a small Crytogram solver for the Palm OS. A cyptogram is a simple word puzzle in which one letter is replaced by another. Your job is to decypher the original phrase from the scrambled phrase by doing letter replacements. This game displays 10 different puzzles for you to work on.
Instructions: The puzzle is displayed in the top of the screen, and the letter buttons are displayed underneath. Click on the button of the letter that you want to replace, then click the button of the letter you want to replace it with. Continue doing this until the puzzle is solved. Clicking the next/previous buttons will switch to the next puzzles in the database. The state of each puzzle that you are working on is stored in the database. If you want to restore the state of all puzzles to their original state, reinstall the puzzles.pdb file.
Hint: to solve these puzzles, usually start with the small words first, and remember that some of the most frequently used letters are: e,t,s,n,a,i Good luck!
To run this game, install the PocketC.prc, crypto.prc, and puzzles.pdb files onto your Palm.
This program was written using PocketC, so you will need the PocketC runtime from Orbworks. I have also included the source code for your viewing pleasure. The code shows how to use the CControls library and how to read and write a database using PocketC. You are free to do whatever you want with the source code. Feel free to contact me about any bugs or questions.
I got the puzzles from Ringworks.com, please check out their huge list of cryptograms.
Legal: This software is provided as is, with no guarantees of any kind. The user assumes all responsibility for its use.
Enjoy
Jim Sicolo
jsicolo@hotmail.com