WinNibbles V1.0

Copyright © 1996 Tyler Dauwalder

General

Introduction

Quick Start

Controls

How and Why to Register

How To Contact Me

Game Menu

New

Open

Save

Save As

Options

Stop

Exit

Help Menu

Contents

Register

About

Legal Stuff


Introduction

The Story

WinNibbles is a Windows version of a game that shipped with MS-DOS 5.0, Nibbles.  The object of the game is to guide your snake through the level, eating up all the flashing PowerBlocks that appear. Each time you eat a PowerBlock, your snake grows longer and another PowerBlock appears somewhere else in the level. Once you eat nine PowerBlocks, you pass the level. The trouble is, the snake you control doesn't know how to stop, so you must keep him out of harm's way as he moves through the level with reckless abandon. If your snake ever crashes into any part of the level or any snake (including himself), he loses a life. This becomes increasingly harder as you eat more and more PowerBlocks, as your snake gets longer and longer each time. If you run out of lives, the game is over.

Miscellaneous

WinNibbles was written in Borland Delphi, and as far as I know achieves comparable speed results on Windows 95 and Windows 3.x.  If you have a 486/66 or better, speed should not be concern, and you may even have to slow the game down a bit in the Options dialog. I tried very hard to get this game to run as fast as it could, but I know it's not perfect, and there is still some noticeable decrease in speed on animated levels with lots going on. Just as a note, WinNibbles, for reasons unknown to me, will not display the title screen when running Windows with Large Fonts. The game itself still runs, you just don't get the pretty picture when you're not playing. As soon as I can figure out a way to fix this, I'll issue an upgrade.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact me.


Quick Start

Starting a Game

To start a new game, Choose Game|New on the menu bar. A dialog will appear, asking how many players you wish to have, one, two, or three. Choose the number of players you want to have, and click OK. The screen will go black as the first level loads, then the level will fade in (256 color displays) or just appear (hi-color and true-color displays.) Then the game begins.

Ending Your Game

To end the current game, choose Game|Stop to bring you back to the main screen, or Game|Exit to stop the game and exit WinNibbles.


How To Contact Me

I can be contacted one of two ways:

By e-mail at:

dauwaldt@adsnet.net

or by postal mail at:

Tyler Dauwalder

401 Angford Drive

Ellensburg, WA 98926


Legal Stuff

WinNibbles Copyright © 1996 Tyler Dauwalder,  All Rights Reserved.

Warranty / Disclaimer:

WinNibbles is provided as is with no warranty, expressed or implied.  Any use of this product by you is done so at your own risk.  The author of this product will not be held liable for ANY damages incurred through the use or inability to use this product.  The shareware version of WinNibbles may be distributed freely, although I would appreciate being contacted if it is going to be included on any CD's or the like.

A Note to all:

Feel free to give a copy of WinNibbles Shareware to all your friend, neighbors, realtives, employees, bosses, acquaintances, and so on. You may not, however, distribute a copy of the Registered version of WinNibbles, or the registration code.


Asks for the number of players in the game, then starts a new game.


Loads a previously saved game.


Saves the current game. Saving your game saves the number of players in the game, the level you are on, and how many lives each player has. To load a saved game, choose Open from the Game menu.


Saves the current game under a different filename.


Options

Resolution

Changes the size of the WinNibbles window. The choices are:

Low:

Running Windows at 640x480 resolution or greater

Medium:

Running Windows at 800x600 resolution or greater

High:

Running Windows at 1024x768 resolution or greater

Difficulty

Changes how much your snake grows each time it eats a PowerBlock. Choices are:

Easy:

Grows very little

Medium:

Grows a decent amount

Hard:

Grows a lot!

Sounds

Turns sounds on or off.

Speed

Changes how fast the game runs. Ranges from 100 (fastest) to 0 (slowest).

Colors

Lets you change the color of the background and the levels. There are nine different choices for the bakground color and 13 different choices for the level color.


Stops the current game and returns you the main screen.


Exits WinNibbles, even if there is a game in progress (remember to save first!)


Displays this help file.


Displays a dialog that allows you to register your copy of WinNibbles by typing in the registration code.

How To Register


Displays the WinNibbles About Box.


Controls

Controlling your snake is fairly simple. The snake can move in one of four directions: Up, Down, Left, or Right. To change its direction, just press the corresponding key on the keyboard:

Player 1:

Up:	Up Arrow

Down:	Down Arrow

Right:	Right Arrow

Left:	Left Arrow

Player 2:

Up:	I

Down:	K

Right:	L

Left:	J

Player 3:

Up:	W

Down:	S

Right:	D

Left:	A

To pause the game, press the spacebar.


How and Why To Register

Well, it's simple. The shareware version doesn't have all the features that the registered does. The shareware version only lets you play up to level 10 (instead of all 50 levels)  and you have only five lives for the entire game.

Registering lets you play all 50 levels and gives you 25 lives for the entire game. You don't have to register to play the first ten levels over and over, just to get the extra stuff.

Registration is just $12.50 US for one license ($5 per each additional licence), sent to me at the address below. It's best to send a check or money order; don't send cash unless you have to (be sure to conceal it well if you do.) If you include an email address when you register I'll email you the registration code right away. If you don't have an e-mail address, you'll be sent the registration code by postal mail. Entering the registration code unlocks all of WinNibbles's features.  (To enter the code, choose "Register..." from the "Help" menu. Enter the code in the dialog that appears.)

You can run the program ORDER.EXE, which will gather all the necessary information about you and print out a readymade order form you, or you can just include your name, address, email address, etc. when you mail your registration.

The address to mail everything to is:

Tyler Dauwalder

401 Angford  Drive

Ellensburg, WA, 98926

USA

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.