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Mahjongg for the Newton, Version 1.5d
Instructions:
The goal of the game is to remove all of the tiles. You can only remove
tiles that match each other - both number and design. In addition the
plant/flower tiles and the season tiles all match each other. To remove
a pair of tiles, tap on them. If they match, they will disappear, else
the newton will ping at you. Here's the trick: you can only tap on
tiles that you can slide out to the left or right, and that are not
underneath another. Think about the real game, (played with physical
tiles) you have to be able to remove the piece without disturbing any
others.
That's it. In some ways, it's more of a soothing (?) exercise in
meditation than a game.
On the right side of the screen are a heap of buttons:
UNDO: undoes the last move. You can tap on this repeatedly to undo
moves right up to a new board. Note that it has to redraw the whole
screen, so it can be sluggish.
HELP: highlights all available matching tiles. This is a big ol' cheat
key, but I'm not good at the game, so I put it in. Note that you will
have to tap on it AGAIN to continue playing. If you already have a tile
selected, hitting the help button will blink matching tiles.
SAME: replay the same board.
NEW: play a new board.
Not a whole lot else:
There is a tile counter to tell you how close you are to being done on
the bottom right of the screen.
The info button has an overview of the instructions as well as my
mailing address. In addition, there is a Minimize feature which allows
you to "pause" a game.
Speaking of that: This is SHAREWARE. More importantly, it is my
*first* piece of shareware. If this gets a decent response, stuff I put
out in the future may also be shareware. If not, it will be
crippleware. You can either mail a cheque to the address below (or
cash!), or use Kagi to register the software. If you want to use Kagi,
you'll have to install the Register program included in this archive, or
use a web browser to get to <http://kagi.direct.net/cgi-bin/register1.cgi?JV>
How much should you pay? Depends how much you use it and enjoy it. We
suggest about $10. If you're a real diehard Mahjongg junkie, then send
more (say $20)! If you think it sucks, then you won't send anything
anyhow. If you like it, but don't think it's worth $10, then send less.
We'll think you're cheap, but what do you care.
Here's the address:
Sanjay Vakil
86 Norfolk St., Apt 4
Cambridge, MA
02139
Personal Tiles:
I know that there will be people out there who want their own tile
designs. I can't spend time converting stuff back and forth until it
work, so I will only considering creating a custom tile set for you if
you send me the information in EXACTLY the right form:
Send me a file called "tiles.r", which is a Mac Resource file with the
following elements:
resources named "tile1" - "tile42" (all of the tiles)
the last 4 *must* be the seasons, the 4 before that *must* be the flowers.
resources named "num0" -> "num9" (all of the number tiles)
The tiles are 30X20 pixels, and need to have a border.
The number tiles are 20X20 pixels and need to have a border.
Also, if the file is not correct, I'll not fix it. I don't have time.
Don't ask me about how to do this, what a resource is or anything else:
I'm not a Mac Guru and don't want to become one (I'm a unix weenie :).
I will charge $10 for this service. I can't afford to do it for free,
sorry. If you make a cool set of tiles, I may also bother you to let me
distribute them. You'd then have fame, though no additional fortune.
Legal yadda yadda:
This Mahjongg for the Newton (v1.5) is copyright 1996 by Brenda
Carpenter and Sanjay Vakil. You are allowed to make copies at will, and
upload it to wherever you like, but you must include this file,
unmodified with it. If you wish to distribute it via a medium that
requires payment (eg. CDROM Newton archive), you must contact me (Sanjay
Vakil) at the address above and send me a copy of the distribution.
We're not to be held responsible for Mahjongg mucking up the data on
your newton, or for hours lost to Mahjongg when you could have been
doing something more productive.
Acknowledgements:
I'd like to thank George Madrid for all the development help, Ben
Gottlieb for help with the scroller (and for being my only offsite beta
tester :), and Sally for putting up with me. The tiles patterns are based
on those created by Mark Holms.
Mahjongg Revision History
1.5d Fixed bug that prevented minimization
1.5c Public Release
1.5b Public Beta Release
-added minimization capability
-added confirmation dialogs to the NEW and SAME buttons
-added additional HELP mode
-if a tile is tapped, hitting HELP flashes all matches
-added close button to the info screens
-fixed [i] button sibling bug
-fixed bug with playing a new game not clearing UNDO queue
1.0 Initial release