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- THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES A COLOR MONITOR TO RUN ! (>= 256 colors)
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- The goal of Ariane's puzzle is to reproduce a figure
- by pushing buttons that move the squares contained in the puzzle.
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- No ! It is not the most wonderful game in the world but it is interesting.
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- The puzzle is a matrice of colored squares surrounded by green buttons.
- A green button shifts all squares related to that button (up, down, right or left).
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- You may ask for :
- - a random puzzle where color of squares are generated randomly
- - a square puzzle where the pattern to reproduce is a square
- - a line puzzle where the pattern is a set of horizontal line
- - a cross puzzle where the pattern is a cross sign
- - etc, etc
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- The dimension of the puzzle can be set to any number from 3 to 13 squares.
- A square puzzle of 3 by 3 is very easy whereas a random puzzle
- of 13 by 13 is very hard.
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- Computer can solve any puzzle but it used a very stupid algorithm to do so.
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- This program has been asked by my 6 years old little girl. And she has used it !
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- Menu description
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- Apple
- About : Display the about dialog presenting a picture containing "Le casse-tête d'Ariane"
- which means "The Ariane's puzzle"
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- Puzzle
- New : display a dialog asking for the number of squares for the puzzle to create
- Close : close the active puzzle
- Restart : generate a new pattern
- Do it for me please : let the stupid computer do the puzzle
- Quit : close everything and quit application
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- Edit
- Undo : undo an action (unlimited number of level)
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- Kind
- Random : set the type of puzzle to "random"
- Square : set the type of puzzle to "square"
- ...
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- Option
- Sound
- On : activate sound
- Off : desactivate sound
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- Warning : This is an ALPHA version but it's FREE.
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- Gilles Gouin
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- Compuserve : 73447,1422
- America Online : GillesG
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