                        INSANE GAME
                        version 0.3
                       April 29, 1997

written by... 
Phil Schwarzmann
20908 Keeney Mill Rd.
Freeland, MD 21053
(410) 343-0459
pschwarz@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us

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http://www.bcpl.lib.md.us/~pschwarz/ti82.html

NOTE: This version of this program is not near completion.  Many parts of the
program are not done and this program is only a beta copy.  If you want to
report any errors or bugs please contact me!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. About this beta copy
3. Controls
4. Whats new in this version??
5. Comming Soon!
6. Version info

1 INTRODUCTION

Insane Game was orginally called "Same Game" written by some oriental guy
long ago.  Later it was reproduced by Martin Hock (oxymoron@aimnet.com) for
Zshell, then Jimmy Mardell designed it for Fargo, soon after Bill Nagel
wrote it for TI-83 assembly and now me (Phil Schwarzmann) is making it for
the TI-82.

2 ABOUT THIS BETA COPY

This version is not near done yet.  Its very slow (for now, will be MUCH
FASTER later) and the coding is very inefficient and sloppy.  There are no
bugs that I know of but I do no it's not done yet.  So far, you can create a
randomly generated new game board, move the cursor around, press on the 2nd
key to select a shape, then the shapes surrounding it will disapear like they
should be then the shpaes that are supposed to drop only drop down one space
and not all the way like they should.  Also, the game doesnt know when there
are no moves left on the board.  You must press the MODE button, then
option 2 to end your game!

3 CONTROLS

ARROW KEYS -    This will move the cursor around the screen.

2ND KEY -       Pressing this will select a shape.

MODE -          By pressing this a menu will appear along with your current
                score and a high score.

                (1) CONTINUE - This will continue your current game.
                (2) END GAME - This will end your game.
                (3) SAVE GAME - Version 0.7 is expected to have a save game
                                and load game feature.

4 WHATS NEW IN THIS VERSION

Version 0.4 now lets you end your game by pressing the MODE button and
selecting option 2.  It also has a high score.  Also, the shapes now
fall down but only one space, not all the way down like they should.  Version
0.5 will fix this bug.

5 COMMING SOON!

Well as you know this is not near completion.  Here is what is coming soon...

- More efficient coding that will make the program smaller and MUCH FASTER.
- A teacher key
- A save game feature
- The rest of the game
- stuff

6 VERSION INFO

Version   Information
0.1       This version created a randomly generated board and let you
                move a cursor around.

0.2       This version let you select a shape and began the process of
                erasing shapes.

0.3       This version fixed many many bugs with the erasing process and
                board generator.

0.4       This gives you a score, a high score, the pieces now drop down one
                space, and you can end the game.
*** HOPE YOU ENJOY IT! ***
