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Pikoban Copyright (c) 1996-2000 Tan Kok Mun ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is version 3.0 of Pikoban aka Sokoban for PalmPilot. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Sokoban is Copyright(C)1982 by Thinking Rabbit Inc. Japan. | | The Classic Levels 1-50 is Copyright(C)1982 by Thinking Rabbit. | | The Bonus Level 1-40 is Public Domain. | | | | The Classic Levels 1-50 is similar to XSokoban Levels 1-50, and the | | Public Domain Levels 1-40 is similar to XSokoban Levels 51-90. | | The XSokoban Web-page maintained a Global High Score at: | | http://xsokoban.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/xsokoban/best-scores | | | | You can participate in the score by submitting your solution. | | Use the export feature to store your solution. | | Information is available at : | | http://xsokoban.lcs.mit.edu/~andru/xsokoban/manual-solve.html | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The sample memopad levels (Yoshio.csv and Autogen.csv) included in | | the package are Copyright(c)1996-2000 by Yoshio Murase. Distributed | | with permission. | | | | Yoshio.csv contains levels manually created by Yoshio Murase. There | | are currently 45 very challenging levels. He published new levels at | | his web-site from time to time. | | Autogen.csv contains computer generated levels created by | | Yoshio Murase on the study of Automatic making of Sokoban problems. | | Looks simple but beware of it's challenge. | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Note: If you have additional information on the Levels copyright information, please let me know. Please read LICENSE.TXT for important licencing information before installation. NOTE FOR REGISTERED USERS : If you are using Pikoban2, please delete it. All puzzle levels are now integrated into a single program. If you have register, thankyou for registering. If you have not register and will like to know how to, please read REGISTER.TXT for more information. The latest version of this software can be found at : http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/palmpilot.htm The Pikoban Dedicated Web-site is at http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/pikoban/pikoban.htm CONTENTS ======== 0. WHAT'S NEW 1. GAME FEATURES 2. THE GAME 3. TO PLAY 4. DEFINE MEMOPAD LEVEL 5. EXPORT SOLUTION 6. IMPORT SOLUTION 7. INSTALLATION 8. DISCLAIMER 9. REGISTERATION INFORMATION 10. DISTRIBUTION 11. SHAREWARE AGREEMENT 12. HISTORY 13. PROBLEM ? 0. WHAT'S NEW (3.0) ================== Version 2.1 and above requires a minimum PalmOS 3.0 and above to run. For older PalmOS user, please use the older version of Pikoban. New Features - Unlimited undo, with support for undo move, undo push, undo push till tap, and undo move till tap. Note: The undo implemented in this version is very much different from the previous version. If you undo past your last memorized position, the memorized is cleared. Theoritically able to store around 3000 moves. Only moves used are stored and is highly compressed. ie. If your current number of move is 800, it will only stored the 800 moves and at an average compression ratio of 1.5:1, it will only used around 534 bytes. During undo move/push till tap, the undo speed can be changed with the up/down key. Up-key to speed up and down-key to slow down. - Export moves to memopad, with user defined move characters. - Import moves from memopad for solution playback or restore game to export status. During playback, press the up-key to speed up and down-key to slow down and tap anywhere on screen to forward to last move. If sound is enabled, you can turn sound-off with the Address-Key. Note: With the export/import feature, you can now: - show other users your solution. - saved uncompleted game/level for later completion. - analyze your solution. - Auto replay at end of each level, to playback your solution. During playback, tap anywhere on screen to forward to last move. The playback speed is defined in Preference-Animation Speed. You can press the up-key to speed up the playback or down-key to slow the playback. If sound is enabled, you can turn sound-off with the Address-Key. - Basic sound effect. Set in preference. - New movement control. You can now control Pikoban to move around the cargo instead of pushing it, by tapping on Pikoban first and then the destination where you want it to move to. When it is in move mode only, the pikoban will be inverted. If blinking is enabled, the blinking rate is faster. This does not save any tapping stroke but do make it easier on the player, cause now you no longer need to tap to another destination before tapping into the final destination. All previous movement behaviour is still the same. Updated - Level title display in Goto Games-Levels/Stats, to show level numbering when title is too long. 1. GAME FEATURES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Graphics are bigger when possible. - All new flexi movement. If there is a path to the location you specified, it will find it and move there in the shortest path possible. You can push the cargo while moving either horizontally or vertically only. - 50 classic levels, plus 40 more levels for registered users, plus more..... - Unlimited undo, with support for undo move, undo push, undo push till tap, and undo move till tap. - Pen and key movement Input. - Game change (registered user only) and Level change. - Memorized current positions and restore memorized positions. - Game statistics. - Color, Gray-scale and Black & White supported. - New levels via MEMOPAD. - Support board size up to 32x32. - Export moves to memopad, with user defined move characters. - Import moves from memopad for solution playback or restore game to export status. - Auto replay at end of each level, to playback your solution. 2. THE GAME ======== Pikoban is a puzzle game. You are in a warehouse operating a push vehicle called the Pikoban. In this world the building is a maze, and the Pikoban can only push one cargo at a time. Your task is to push all the cargos scattered in the warehouse to the designated locations for pickup. Pikoban can be moved horizontally or vertically only. Built into the game is a smart maze move engine, where you can tap the location you want to move to and it will decide the shortest possible path to the location. If there is any obstruction to the destination, it will not move. 3. TO PLAY ======= The game will start at Level 1. At the completion of each level you will have a choice to proceed to the next level. There are altogether 50 levels. The MENU commands are as follows : COMMANDS ~~~~~~~~ - RESET LEVEL : Reset the current level and start over. - GOTO Game/LEVEL... : Allows you to change the game/Level. Use CLEAR to clear the level statistics. If you clear more than three level continuously you will be prompted with a CLEAR ALL option. Press HELP for online description of the various button and usage for this option. - NEXT LEVEL : Play next level. - PREV LEVEL : Play previous level. - MEMORIZE : Memorized current positions. An indicator "M" at the top right corner will reminds you of a saved positions. Only one positions can be saved. Subsequent saving will overwrite previous saved positions. - RECALL : Restore memorized positions. Nothing happens when there is nothing to recall. Use the "M" indicator at top right corner to know if there is any saved positions. - PREFERENCES : Setup game preferences. Select the "i" in the Preference screen for detail information for each options. UNDO ~~~~ - UNDO BOX PUSH : Undo your last box push. - UNDO PUSH TILL TAP : Continuous undo one box push at a time until the screen is tap. - UNDO MOVE : Undo your last move. - UNDO MOVE TILL TAP : Continuous undo one move at a time until the screen is tap. TOOLS ~~~~~ - EXPORT MOVES : Export your current level moves to memopad. - IMPORT MOVES : Import solution from memopad into current level. INFO ~~~~ - HELP : Summary instructions about the game. - ABOUT : Author information. Please refer to the on-line available in most panel for a description of the items on the screen. Tap the "i" on the top right hand corner or the "HELP" button for a description of the items on panel. 4. DEFINE MEMOPAD LEVEL ==================== There are two ways to define MEMOPAD Level. METHOD 1. Direct definition on the PalmPilot Device ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To have MEMOPAD defined levels, follow the following steps: 1. Launch MEMOPAD. 2. Define a new category with the name 'Pikoban', without the quote and observed case. 3. In the Pikoban category, create a new memo. 4. In the memo, the first line is the title for the level. For level copyright information specify '(c)' follow by the copyright owner. Please note that 'c' is in lower case. For the level title, I will recommend the use of a puzzle group name followed by the level numbers. The level numbers within the group should have the same number of numerals. To do this prefix the level number with zeroes as required. eg. Puzzle Group "Kids", which has 20 levels, the title will be like Kids 01 (c)1999 Kiddy, Kids 02 (c)1999 Kiddy, ..., Kids 20 (c)1999 Kiddy Puzzle Group "TKM", which has 100 levels, the title will be like TKM 001 (c)1990 Tan KM, TKM 002 (c)1990 Tan KM, ..., TKM 010 (c)1990 Tan KM, TKM 011 (c)1990 Tan KM, ..., TKM 100 (c)1990 Tan KM By following this recommendation for level title, you can easily jump from one puzzle group to another, by using the -/+GROUP button in the GOTO GAME LEVEL screen. Board layout start from line 2, and uses the standard XSB format with the following symbols. # for Wall . for Goal $ for Box * for Box on goal @ for Pikoban + for Pikoban on goal <space> for Floor To make it easier to compose level on the memopad, you can use the following symbols as well: n for Wall g for Goal b for Box d for Box on goal p for Pikoban q for Pikoban on goal u for Floor The puzzle size is limited to 20x20 cells. You can have up to 9999 memopad levels, except in the unregistered version which allows you to define all the levels but only played the first three levels only. eg. TKM Sample 001 (c)2000 Tan KM ############ #.. #@# # . $ # #######$$ # # # ###### The level sequence, will be as it appeared in your MEMOPAD. If you have followed the LEVEL TITLE naming recommendation, you can turn on the MEMOPAD SORT option to have the level appearing in the sequence you have defined. METHOD 2. Define via the Palm Desktop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOSHIO.CSV and AUTOGEN.CSV contain levels that you can import into your memopad via the Palm Desktop. Follow the following steps to import the sample level. CSV, are comma seperated value which is recognised by the Palm Desktop Memopad. 1. Startup your Palm Desktop 2. Select MEMO application. 3. In the Memo Pad Category, create the Pikoban category. 4. Select Pikoban category. 5. Select File and then Import. 6. Select Comma Seperated (*.csv) for Files of Type. 7. Select YOSHIO.CSV or AUTOGEN.CSV and press Open. 8. You will see the Specify Import Fields screen. On the left is the "Palm Fields" which shows Memo, Private and Category. All three should be selected. 9. Press "OK" to complete the import process. 10. Hotsync your PalmPilot. To create your own level in the Palm Desktop, select MEMO application and create new memo in the "Pikoban" category. Follows METHOD 1 instructions and when done, do a sync to sync the level into your PalmPilot device. Note: The level definition when view in the actual PalmPilot and Palm Desktop looks weird. This is due to the propotional font. When viewed under fix font, eg. Courier it will be ok. +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | There are many levels available in the Internet that you can | | download and play in Pikoban. Search using the keyword | | "Sokoban". | | I will make available new levels to download from my website | | in CSV format. Levels contribution are most welcome, but do | | respect the level author copyright. | | | | Do visit Pikoban dedicated website for new information: | | http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/pikoban/pikoban.htm | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ 5. EXPORT SOLUTION =============== To export current level moves to MEMOPAD: i. Select MENU-TOOLS-EXPORT MOVES ii. Select the memopad category where you want to store the moves. iii. Define the four movement characters, the default is xsokoban style which is KJLH. iv. Provide a 20 letters comments. v. Press OK. Note: The memo title will be as follows: <level> <(moves/push)> <comments> eg. If the level is Classic 1 with 250/90 moves/push and the comment is "Unsolved", the memo title will be "Classic 01 (250/90) Unsolved" 6. IMPORT SOLUTION =============== To import moves from MEMOPAD: i. Select the game/level you want to import solution to. ii. Select MENU-TOOLS-IMPORT MOVES iii. Select the memopad category where you want to import from. iv. Define the four movement characters, the default is xsokoban style which is KJLH. v. Select the memo and press OK Note: The import function will automatically select the first memo within the category that matches the level description. During animated playback, use the up-down key to change the animation speed. Tap anywhere on screen to forward to last move. If sound is enabled, you can turn sound-off with the Address-Key. 7. INSTALLATION ============ Install pikoban.prc using the standard pilot application installer. 8. DISCLAIMER ========== The author will not take responsibility for any form of damage or loss that occurs when/by using this program. By using the program, you have agreed on all the conditions stated here. 9. REGISTERATION INFORMATION ========================= For registration information, please read the REGISTER.TXT file. 10.DISTRIBUTION ============ This manual and all accompanying files may be distributed freely, provided that: - Neither text nor any other file is modified in any way. No file may be omitted nor added in the distribution. - No money may be charged for the program nor for any accompanying files, other than the usual downloading time fees charged by commercial BBSes and online services. - I want to know where my program will be distributed. Please notify me if it will be included in printed matter, floppy, or CD-ROM before its publication. No matter what the circumstance, I would strongly appreciate a copy of whatever collection in which it is included. 11.SHAREWARE AGREEMENT =================== Pikoban is a ShareWare. After registeration, it does not mean that you own the software, you are only licence to use it in one machine. All ownership and Copyright of the software belongs to Tan Kok Mun. Please read LICENSE.TXT for the complete LICENSING AGREEMENT. 12.HISTORY ======= 12/07/2000 - version 3.0 23/06/2000 - Version 2.1 Version 2.1 and above requires a minimum PalmOS 3.0 and above to run. For older PalmOS user, please use the older version of Pikoban. PalmOS 2.0 is dropped from this version onward. This is due to the limitation of PalmOS 2.0 memory stack and is not able to support the larger board size of 32x32. New Features - Support for board size up to 32x32. Do be aware that the object will be very much smaller at that size and will be harder to play. You may want to enable Right-left Wall Truncation to improve the object size (when possible). - Added Right/Left Wall truncation. The puzzle is always enclosed by wall. To have larger object size you can enabled display truncation, which will cause some part of the wall on either sides to be truncated from the display. Select 1 for minor truncation and 2 for more truncation. Set to 1-Small or 2-Small to enable truncation when the boardzise is larger than 22x22. In some puzzle this option has no impact. - Options to backup the score/statistics database. - Current title level is display at the bottom of the screen. Updated - Corrected Classic levels copyright information. - When hardware key is enabled for movement, the Calender Button when pressed will go to the previous level and the Memopad button will go to the next level. - Code optimization, speed up response. - The Display Warning when using grey-scale for PalmOS older than 3.5 will only display once for each game session. - The MEMORIZED indicator is now at top right hand corner. - Display is smoother during update. Fix - Preview screen displaying rubbish when no level is defined in MEMOPAD. 18/06/2000 - Version 2.0 New Features - Support B&W, Gray Scale(4 and 16) and Color display. Note: Requires supported hardware and PalmOS 3.0. Gray scale in PalmOS 3.0 to 3.3 are not officially supported. If you encounter problem, please switch to B&W mode. - Move and push statistics and person initial. - Best move/push statistics for each Game Level. - Support New Level via Memopad. - Smart menu. You can just write the menu shortcut character without specifying the menu shortcut. eg. Just write "U" or "u" to Undo. Bug Fixes - Resolves compatibility issues with PalmOS 3.5. - Fix undo problem after Memory-Recall. 06/04/1999 - Version 1.9.2 - Resolves compatibility issues with TRG memory. 30/01/1999 - Version 1.9d - Fix display problem in Goto Game/Level for Palm OS 1.x. - Fix undo box moves, with "Combine box moves enabled" when Pikoban is "trapped". - Fix DB error while exiting from game (in rare cases). 05/12/1998 - Version 1.8 - The PRC is now smaller than before. 29K compare to previous version which is 32K. Registered users will benefits much more (32K memory saving) cause both Game Levels are now available in one single game. - Change Undo Last Move to Undo box moves. You can now undo the last ten box movements. - Combine box move fox undo. When enabled in preferences, the same box movement will be combined as a single move for undo. This effectively increases the undo capability. - Support Hardware key for movement. Enable it within Preferences. - All new Goto Game/Level. Ability to switch between the two available games (Registered Users only) and Level. It now shows, which level has been solved with a TICK. You can mark/unmark the level. - Support Palm III list icons. - Resolve compatibility issues with the new generation of Palm EZ processor. 08/06/1998 - Version 1.7 - All new flexi movement. If there is a path to the location you specified, it will find it and move there in the shortest path possible. You can push the cargo while moving either horizontally or vertically only. Special thanks to ArsΦne von Wyss for giving me the insight on the implementation. 23/05/1998 - Version 1.6 - Double L-path movement. - Corrected the Same Level play when a puzzle is solved. - Fix PalmPilot III compatibility. 30/05/1997 - Version 1.5 - Boxes in the final location is shown differently. - Fix display problem when the menu shortcut is used. - Nicer "Memorize" indicator. - Corrected the misleading 50+ button in the GOTO Panel. 21/05/1997 - Version 1.2 - Added Next Level and Prev Level menu. - Added ability to memorized current position and ability to restore memorized position. - Some minor bug fixes (Memory shortage problem after long play and blinking within MENU). 06/04/1997 - Version 1.1 - The graphics are bigger and easier to see for some levels. - L-path movement capability, to reduce screen tapping. 02/04/1997 - Version 1.0 13.PROBLEM ? ========= If you should wish to contact me, I can be reached at: E-Mail : kokmun@pacific.net.sg Web Page : http://home.pacific.net.sg/~kokmun/