Dice Blaster


How to play Dice Blaster

The game of Dice Blaster begins with a puzzle consisting of a square array of dice arranged on a checkerboard-patterned table.  The object of the game is to remove all of the dice from the game board.  A die is removed from the board when it comes into contact with a pip (one of the dots on the die) shot from a picked die.  To pick a die, place the mouse cursor over it and press and release the left mouse button.  The pips on the selected die will release and shoot on a vector in the direction from the center of the die toward the pip location on the die.  The first die that a pip encounters along this vector will be destroyed and thus removed from the board.  Picking a die with a center pip (1, 3, or 5) will also cause the die itself to be destroyed.   Picking a die without a center pip (2, 4, or 6) shoots its’ pips and causes the die to become pipless.  It won’t be removed from the board and will not shoot again.  Play continues until all dice are pipless (in which case you failed to complete the puzzle) or until there are no more dice on the board (in which case you have successfully completed the puzzle).  Game play is actually much simpler than this explanation makes it seem, yet the puzzles can be very challenging.  Give it a try, you’ll understand how things work in only a few minutes.


Quick Feature List

•	Each die is either red or green.  The red dice (2,4 or 6) do not destroy themselves and thus are the key pieces to solving a puzzle.

•	Holding down the left mouse button, but not releasing it, on a die you intend to pick will show you which dice will be removed from the board by highlighting the to-be-removed pieces in yellow.  Release the left mouse button off of the die to cancel the move.

•	Undo/Redo is provided for every move.

•	Dice Blaster has an unlimited number of solvable puzzles, just pick New Puzzle on the File menu or type Ctrl+N to get another.

•	The puzzle size is adjustable and saved between invocations of Dice Blaster.  To change the puzzle size, click on the Options menu.

•	Under the Edit menu you’ll find a Show Solution mode to guide you through one solution (there may be many) to a puzzle.  If you don’t believe it can be done, give this a try.  Just follow the targets.

•	To the best of our knowledge, every puzzle is solvable.  Let us know if you find one that isn’t.

•	Since there are no hidden pieces, there is no luck involved in solving a Dice Blaster puzzle.  This differs from some other logic puzzles in this genre and in our opinion makes the game much more satisfying to play.


How to order the full version
Purchasing the full version of Dice Blaster

A very heartfelt thanks to those of you who would like to purchase Dice Blaster.  Quality software

products take time and energy to produce and your purchase provides incentive for future endeavors

and product enhancements.  If you wish to purchase the full version of Dice Blaster you will find instructions for doing so on the BitScience web page at http://www.bitscience.com.

By registering Dice Blaster you will get:

•	An unlimited number of new puzzles in sizes from 5x5 to 15x15.

•	Ability to save and load puzzles in progress.

•	Saving of user preferences.

•	A sympathetic ear towards enhancement requests and bug fixes.  Although we would like
to believe you would not find bugs in this product, there still may be some lurking about.

•	No annoying reminders about the benefits of program registration.


File menu commands

The File menu offers the following commands:

New Puzzle	Create a new puzzle.
Open	Open an existing puzzle.
Save	Save the active puzzle.
Save As…	Save the active puzzle with a new name.
Exit	Quit Dice Blaster; prompts to save active puzzle.


Edit menu commands

The Edit menu offers the following commands:

Undo	Undo previous moves.
Open	Redo moves that were undone.
Restart	Restarts the active puzzle.
Show Solution	Shows one solution to the active puzzle.  Issuing this command will cause a restart of the puzzle, thus destroying previous work.


Options menu commands

The Options menu offers the following commands:

Sound Effects	Toggle sound effects between on and off.
Music	Toggle music between on and off.
Animations	Toggle animations between on and off.
Puzzle Size	Set the puzzle size.  Issuing this command will cause a restart of the puzzle, thus destroying previous work.
Grid	Change the grid style to a wood grain or marble finish
Border	Change the border style to a wood grain or marble finish