Rotate Mania

Introduction

Download

Playing

Interface

Registration

About

Rotate Mania is a new game combining elements of arcade, board and strategy. Some skill levels let you choose the one that suits you most. Beware, it is very addictive; do not start playing if you have some important appointments today ;) The game contains three different modes: STRIP MANIA, SHIFT MANIA and TIME MANIA. Several skin types make your gameplay amusing and addictive. We hope you will have lots of fun!

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

"Rotate Mania" is compatible with COLOR devices working under Palm OS 3.5 or above: Palm IIIc, Palm m505, Visor Prism, Sony PEG N700C, Sony PEG N710C.

INTRODUCTION

You can learn to play "Rotate Mania" in a minute but if you want to win - you will need to try hard :).

The goal is simple - to clear all the triangles from the board, turning the squares clockwise or in another direction with the stylus. If you form a figure containing four or more triangles of the same color it will then disappear. You can play "Rotate Mania" in three different modes: STRIP, SHIFT or TIME. EVERYTHING IS SIMPLE! BUT... In SHIFT mode if the figure disappears, one new small triangle will fall into the line at the bottom. When the bottom line is full it will be lifted to your board and a new game round will begin. If the squares reach the top of the board the game is over. In TIME mode the bottom line is gradually filling with triangles that form squares. If the squares reach the top of the board the game is over.
It's rather difficult to classify this game. This is surely a board game, it's a puzzle (you have to think hard before turning squares), it's a strategy (each player can choose his own strategy to score a great number of points and complete the game). So, the genre of this game you can choose for yourself...

DOWNLOADING

To download "Rotate Mania", use the ordinary Palm DeskTop HotSync process or equivalent to install RMania.prc on your device.

PLAYING THE GAME

You can play "Rotate Mania" in three different modes: STRIP, SHIFT or TIME. Each mode contains three skill levels: NOVICE (two colors), EXPERT (tree colors) and MASTER (four colors).



STRIP MANIA
The board is filled with squares made of four small triangles of different colors. Your goal is to turn the squares clockwise or in another direction thus forming figures containing four or more triangles of the same color that will then disappear. You may use button with arrow (/) to change the direction of rotation (by default the direction is clockwise - ). If you remove a whole column, it won't come to the board again and the score will be doubled. If all the squares of a certain color are moved off the board the score doubles too. The game is over when all the figures are taken off the board or no more moves are possible. You may use button if you don't know which square to move. Watching Demo will help you to understand the rules of every game.



SHIFT MANIA
The scene is like in the previous game but as soon as you make a move or a figure disappears, one new small triangle will fall into the line at the bottom. When this line is full it will be lifted to your board and a new game round will begin. If you remove all the triangles of some color, say red, no more red triangles will appear on the board and all red triangles will be removed from the bottom line. The game is over if the squares reach the top of the board or no more moves are possible.


TIME MANIA
The board and the rules are just like in the previous games, but here the line at the bottom is gradually filling with triangles that form squares. You should move off the board as many squares as possible before the line at the bottom is filled up with squares - this line will be added to the board. The game is over when the squares reach the top of the board.

Score calculation
The points for removed figures are calculated in the following way. You receive 2 points for the first triangle, 4 points for the second triangle, 6 points for third triangle, 8 points for fourth triangle, and so on.

Color shoot-out
If you remove all the triangles of some color, say red, no more red triangles will appear on the board and all red triangles will be removed from the bottom line. This will simplify the game.

Bonus
If you remove a whole column the score will be doubled. If all the squares of a certain color are moved off the board the score doubles too.

That's all... Good luck!

INTERFACE

Icon
You can find the game under this icon in "Games" category on your device.

Splash screen

After the game loaded a short melody will be played and you can enter the game menu by tap at any place on the board.

Window "Menu"

You can call Menu right from the game, clicking the button Menu on your device. It also appears at first launching of the game.

CONTINUE - appears if you have an unfinished game.
NEW GAME - launches new game. Attention ! If the game is not finished it will be interrupted without any warning. Be careful not to loose your game. Also, there is option AUTORUN for game (see below)
OPTIONS - game options
HELP - here you can receive short help and information about us.
TOP 10 - here your best results, which you can publish on the net, are stored
BUY ME - information how to register the game (*)
REGISTER - the form for entering the registration info (*)
EXIT - to quit the game (you can quit the game clicking the button applications from any window of the program

(*) - these items will be removed from the Menu after registration

Attention! All windows except the main one are dialogs. You can leave them using buttons (OK) and (CANCEL).

Window "Options"

You can set up your preferences in the window "OPTIONS". To change the option's value, just click the appropriate option name

GAME - here you can change the game mode (strip, shift, time)
LEVEL - here you can change the difficulty level of the game (novice, expert, master) (*)
SOUND - here you can tune the sound volume (off, low, med, high)
AUTORUN - the option that allows you to start the game without the splash screen and menu (after the program launching you go directly to the playing field) (*)
SKINS - here you can change the skins of the triangles

(*) - these options are active in the registered version of the game .

Window "TOP 10"

You can look at best game results in this window.

GAME (Strip/Shift/Time) - this button displays the results for different game modes
LEVEL (Novice/Expert/Master) - this button displays the results for different levels
PUBLISH - this button opens the window with the code for publishing the best result on the Web

Window "PUBLISH"

Shows the information needed to publish the best result in the chosen level on the Web.
Attention! Please be careful when filling the code in the publish form at our site.

REGISTRATION

This game is shareware. If you want to play it after the two-week trial period, please register it. This can be done securely at http://absolutist.com/palm

After the registration:

The reminder window "BUY ME" will not nag you any more.

Registered users have the following advantages:

to choose the game level (expert or master)
to launch the game in autorun mode (without splash screen or menu displaying)
to preserve the running game when you quit the program
to keep the points in the table of top scores

You can register the program at http://absolutist.com/palm/

Window "BUY ME"

It contains the information about where and how you can register the game. This window appears also as the reminder in the course of the game.

Window "REGISTER"

Enter your license information into the form: fill First and Last names into the first and second lines, respectively, and the license code into the last one. Two NAME fields has room for 11 characters each, including spaces; if your name, or surname, is longer just stop when no room is left, the registration code will still work. Using the virtual keyboard, you can enter letters, digits, a period, a dash and a space. You can choose the line tapping it with the stylus, the cursor (a blinking square) will show the line where you are now. When you begin typing, the prompts (FIRST/LAST NAME, REG CODE) will disappear.
Typing is done by means of the virtual keyboard, where the special buttons mean:
- space
- backspace (deletes of the symbol before the cursor)
- deletes the whole line

SUPPORT & UPGRADES

The information about new versions, upgrades, discounts, etc could always be found on the Web at http://www.absolutist.com/palm/rmania/

Our support team can be reached by e-mail at support@absolutist.com

You will find more games for Windows PC and Palm handhelds here:
http://absolutist.com/games.html
http://absolutist.com/palm

And that's not all! Every time you need a little diversion, welcome to our online section at
http://absolutist.com/online/

COPYRIGHT

Rotate Mania is a shareware ("try before you buy") game.

Permission is granted to anyone to use this software. Redistributing the program is only allowed if it is not yet registered, except for the following restrictions:

The authors and origin of this software must be clearly stated, you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
This copyright notice may not be removed from or altered in a redistribution package.

Registered copies of Rotate Mania cannot be further redistributed.

This software is provided 'as is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the Icestone Trustee Limited or Absolutist.com be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.