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- This game has been built Quad-fat under NEXTSTEP 3.3 and several bug
- fixes and enhancements have been made to it.
-
- Here is a list of changes I have made to the game so far:
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- * Now works on ADB keyboards and should work on ALL keyboards
- * New main menu options to mirror those on game window
- * Fixed bug that caused "Pause/Resume" menu cells to have the
- wrong title sometimes
- * Which balls come next is now more random (the seeds used to be
- the same every time for every level).
- * There is now a "paused" graphic when the game is paused
- * A rudimentary preferences panel has been added
- * There are seven backgrounds to choose from, thanks to
- Allan Noordvyk <allan@cetus.ali.bc.ca> for sending them
- in; many of them were "borrowed" from BoinkOut
- * The GUI has been cleaned up a little bit
- * Highscore file permissions set properly for shared use
- * More levels
-
- This app has been tested on Motorola, Intel, HPPA, and Sparc
- architectures. It has been tested on machines with and without ADB
- keyboards. As far as I know, it works fine. If you do happen to
- find any problems, please let me know about them so I can fix them!
-
- I do have a to-do list, and there are some things I didn't get done
- for this release. There will be more releases, including an OPENSTEP
- compatible release as soon as I can get it out. The to-do list
- currently includes these items:
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- * try to make the response less sluggish
- * add a "what's coming next" visual (which can be turned off)
- * be more liberal about allowing movement
-
- If you think I should add something to that list, please let me know!
-
- The original README is appended to this document.
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- Later,
-
- -Don Yacktman
- don@misckit.com
- <a href="http://www.misckit.com/don.html">My home page</a>
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- I built this tiny program under NeXTSTEP 3.2 for both m68k and 80x86.
- Hopefully it will run on your machine.
-
- The idea of the game is very simple: you are supposed to arrange the
- balls so that they make rows or triangles of the same color. If you
- succeed the rows and triangles vanish to free room for other balls.
- The game ends when there is no more room available.
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- You can use left and right arrow keys to move the falling balls to the
- left or right, the up and down arrows to change the order of the balls
- and the space key to drop them.
-
- Command-n starts a new game.
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- Command-p will pause the game, then any key will resume it. Hiding
- the application automatically pauses it.
-
- If first levels are too boring for you, hit Command-2 or Command-3 to
- leap directly to the second or third level.
-
- If you want to share the same score table with other people, just
- launch the application from the same file Balling.app, located on
- a file server in your local area network. The score table is located
- inside Balling.app and the application will accurately synchronize
- your score table.
-
- Have fun!
-
- The program is shareware: if you enjoy balling, send a check or
- money order to:
-
- Dimitri Plotnikov
- 10910 Harpers Square Ct.
- Reston, VA 22091
-
- Thanks,
-
- Dimitri Plotnikov
- Home phone: (703) 860-9260
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