Tetroid V1.3 (c) 2005 Jake Birkett ================================== Updated 13/09/05 www.jbcomputersolutions.com info@jbcomputersolutions.com Introduction ------------ Tetroid is a FREE puzzle game for PCs by Jake Birkett Computer Solutions Ltd. It is based on the famous Russian puzzle game by Alexey Pajitnov. It also contains an enhanced mode that uses more shapes! Jake Birkett was the lead developer, artist, musician and tester for the game. The game was developed in Blitz Plus and features original music. The game is freeware and comes with no warranty of any kind. However, the music is copyrighted, so please do not distribute it, except with the game. System Requirements ------------------- PC running Windows 95 or higher Graphics Card capable of 800x600 32-bit colour DirectX 7 or higher Sound Card (recommended) 4Mb Hard Disk Space How To Play ----------- Rotate the shapes that fall down so they fit together at the bottom of the screen. When you succeed in making a whole row, it will disappear and points will be awarded. Every 10 lines the background and music will change and the shapes will drop faster. Game over occurs when the screen fills up with shapes and a new shape cannot appear. Consider yourself a master if you can reach 100 lines! Keys ---- Use the and cursor keys to move the shape. Press the cursor key or to rotate the shape. Use the cursor key to drop the shape faster. Press to access the in-game menu. Press + to quickly exit the game. Press to display the next background. Press to play the next music track. Press to take a screenshot. Press to instantly minimise the game (even in full-screen mode) Tetroid.ini file ---------------- The Tetroid.ini file can be edited with Notepad and controls several aspects of the game as follows: You can disable music and/or sounds by changing the corresponding flags to 0. Set Fade to 0 to skip the intro. If you encounter any framerate or graphical glitches, try changing Flip False from 0 to 1. If your system cannot run 800x600 in 32-bit colour, try changing the 16Bit Graphics flag from 0 to 1. To run full-screen, change the Windowed Mode flag from 1 to 0. If you want to prevent common Windows keys from interfering with the game, change Lock Keys from 0 to 1. You can change the speed at which the shapes drop when you press the down cursor key with the Drop Faster Speed flag. Make the number smaller to go faster and larger to go slower. The default setting is 10. Version 1.3 Changes ------------------- - Changing timing code so that it'll run on slower PCs. Bug Fix: removed debug zeros from under "Lines" text. Bug Fix: made sure that boot errors show properly. Version 1.2 Changes ------------------- Bug Fix: the known issue with the Lock Keys ini flag hs been resolved by using StickyKey_dll.dll instead of Winlock.dll. Also the new .dll is a lot smaller. Version 1.1 Changes ------------------- - Windowed mode is now default. You can change to full-screen from the main menu and your choice is saved back to the .ini file. - Shape drop speed increases every 10 lines instead of each line. Also it is harder so that 100 lines is barely possible. - Advanced Mode: Big shapes appear less frequently. - Down cursor key speed has been doubled and can be set in the .ini file. - Now each shape type is always the same colour. - Boss Key! press m to instantly minimise the game (even works in full-screen mode) - Common Windows keys that interfere with the game can be disabled in the .ini file (Warning: there may be other side effects) - When the game is minimized, it will pause and the music will stop. Also the locked windows keys will become unlocked. - Tetroid icon now shows on title bar. - You can now close the window with the X or the System Menu. Bug Fix: drop speed now resets when you start a new game. Bug Fix: improved fast dropping to avoid flicker. Bug Fix: Big T shape now appears in Enhanced Mode Bug Fix: The highlighted menu item will no longer be selected if you click outside of the menu. Known Issues: If you use the Lock Keys ini flag, Alt+F4 or System Menu/Close will not work. Credits ------- Note that the backgrounds are real space! They are nebulae from the NASA website (copyright free). Thanks to Marcelo for the blitzclose.dll file. Thanks to Gerry Morton aka BlackJumper for the StickyKey_dll.dll file. Thanks to VANDOG Software for the winlock.dll file. (no longer used)