MindThump is a simple and addictive game of mental agility.
MindThump is US$15 shareware and with your payment you will receive an electronic copy of “Inside MindThump” detailing how the game works and tips for improving your play.
The game consists of a board of 12 symbols chosen from a set of 81. Each symbol has four characteristics:
• Colour (red, purple, blue)
• Shape (star, circle, square)
• Shading (solid, shaded. hollow)
• Count (single, double, triple)
Your task is simply to pick sets of 3 symbols where each characteristic (independently) must be either all the same or all different.
This is the crux of the game, so I will repeat this - each characteristic (eg colour) must be either all the same (eg red,red,red) or all different (red, purple, blue), but not two the same and one different (eg red,red,blue). To make a set, three symbols must match (all the same or all different) for all four characteristics.
Here are some examples:
This is a set - all different colours, same shape, same shading, same count.
This is a set - all different colours, shapes, shadings, and counts.
This is a set - same colour, same shape, all different shadings, all different counts.
This is not a set! Although the shape, shading and counts are all different, there are two of the same colour, so the colour characteristic fails, and since all four characteristics must match these three symbols do not form a set.
Why are you still reading? You could be playing by now!
Modes of Play
The game offers three modes:
Practice - This is a good place to start, it shows you a board of 12 symbols and lets you choose sets (click three symbols). If you still don’t know what a set is, click the Hint button and MindThump will show you a set. You can also set the difficulty level from 1 to 100 (1 is very easy, 100 will gradually get very hard).
Solo Run - You start off with sixty seconds, and you get a bonus ten seconds for each correct set you select. Keep choosing sets until you run out - the objective is to get as many sets as you can before your time runs out. There is always a set on the board, although they get harder to find as you go along.
Time Trial - This is for experts. You must choose sets until there are no sets on the board, then click the “Board is Impossible” button - but beware, there is no penalty for clicking an incorrect set, but you must be certain the board is impossible before clicking the button, if it isn’t you lose! When you click the button, the board is redealt and the game continues for three complete runs (that is, the game ends when you click the button for the third time). The objective is to get the minimum average time.
Have fun, and remember if you pay for this game (only $15), you not only support the shareware concept and increase the likelihood we’ll update it or write other games, you will also receive an electronic copy of “Inside MindThump” detailing how the game works and tips for improving your play.
Registering
This program is Shareware, which means if you use it, you must pay for it. A single license costs US$15.
You can pay in one of two ways: on-line registration using a web browser, or off-line registration using the Register program.
Our online registration can be found at:
<http://order.kagi.com/?PL>
Or, using the Register program, you need to:
1. Get hold of a copy of the Register program: Register is distributed with the package. You can also get Register from the following sites:
<ftp://ftp.stairways.com/>
<ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/peterlewis/>
<ftp://ftp.amug.org/pub/peterlewis/>
..or there are download links on the following Web page:
<http://www.stairways.com/register/topay.html>
2. Run the Register program and fill out the form: You need to enter your name, email, postal address, and the shareware you wish to pay for. The form accepts many different payment methods such as: US Check, Money Order, Cash (in many different currencies), Visa, Mastercard, American Express, First Virtual, and Invoice (to be given to your accounts payable department).
3. Send it to Kagi Shareware: Then either email the data generated by the registration program or print it and send it via postal mail or fax. Credit card information is encoded by the Register program.
The address to send the completed form is output by Register when you Print or Copy the completed form. The addresses are:
Email: <shareware@kagi.com>
FAX: +1 510 652 6589
Snail-mail:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-PL
Berkeley, California, 94709-1405
USA
You may distribute this program electronically any way you wish as long as you don’t charge for it (reasonable download costs are ok). You must distribute the package in its entirety.
You MAY NOT DISTRIBUTE this program on any disk or CD without our explicit permission.
We don’t guarantee any support, but we always answer my Email. If we don’t answer Email it is because your message didn’t get to us, or our reply bounced, so please try again and include a valid Internet address if you can.
Site Licensing
World-wide license: US$2000
Universities or companies site license: US$500
A site license covers usage of the program on an unlimited number of machines which are owned by the licensed organization within 100 miles of some arbitrary central point.
World Wide license removes the 100 mile radius restriction.
Fine Print
Peter Lewis and Stairways Software Pty Ltd hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether express or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Peter Lewis and Stairways Software Pty Ltd will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if Peter Lewis, Stairways Software Pty Ltd, or an agent of his has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Peter Lewis or Stairways Software Pty Ltd be liable for any damages, regardless of the form of the claim. The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality and performance of the software.
US Government:
Government End Users: If you are acquiring the Software and fonts
on behalf of any unit or agency of the United States Government, the
following provisions apply. The Government agrees:
(i) if the Software and fonts are supplied to the Department of
Defense (DoD), the Software and fonts are classified as "Commercial
Computer Software" and the Government is acquiring only "restricted rights"
in the Software, its documentation and fonts as that term is defined in
Clause 252.227-7013(c)(1) of the DFARS; and
(ii) if the Software and fonts are supplied to any unit or agency
of the United States Government other than DoD, the Government's rights in
the Software, its documentation and fonts will be as defined in Clause
52.227-19(c)(2) of the FAR or, in the case of NASA, in Clause
18-52.227-86(d) of the NASA Supplement to the FAR.
