User manual ABOVE BRICKS PONY GAME

[. . . ] Follow the instructions. Starting the Game Double click the 'Bricks from Above' short cut from the desktop or click the shortcut in the start menu. Controls Controls Player1 W S A D L-STRG SPACE Additional Controls ESC Exit Game Player2 / Singleplayer UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT Num-0 R-STRG Action Rotate clockwise Move down Move left Move right Activate power-up Drop power-up from array 3 Game Menu Singleplayer To play Bricks from Above singleplayer games, left-click this menu button. Resume Game To resume a running game, click on the Resume Game button. Multiplayer To play multiplayer games, left-click this menu button. Highscore To view the highscore tables, select this button. Help To take a look at the help screen, click on the Help button. Credits Talented people worked to bring you Bricks from Above. Click this button to see who they are. Quit Game Left-clicking this button will close Bricks from Above. 4 Basic Gameplay Bricks are dropping from above and are falling down. You can move and rotate the bricks to get them into a position you like. At the bottom of the screen you arrange these bricks with the goal of forming a solid line entirely across the screen. [. . . ] They enter the playing field as part of a brick. Each one has a characteristic icon on it, to hold them apart. The preview window is showing the next brick as well as an appearing power-up. If the line containing the power-up is removed, the power-up enters the power-up array. The array has 3 slots to store power-ups. Once every slot is taken, no additional power-up can be received, until you use a power-up or drop one from the array. When used, the power-up vanishes from the array and the remaining ones are refilling the gap. You can activate power-ups with the 'action' key. (NUM 0 or L-STRG) Only one power-up can be used at a time. While it is lasting, no new power-up can be activated. You can power-ups drop power-ups from the array by pushing the SPACE bar or R-STRG. Dropping a power-up adds 2 seconds to your current cool down. An on screen message displays the name of the activated power-up. (see pictures 1 and 2) Picture 1: InGame Feedback 'Inverter' Picture 2: InGame Feedback 'Line Remover' 6 List of Power-ups: Line Remover: The last (bottommost) two lines get removed even if they are not fully completed. You still receive the full score of two completed lines. The cool down is 4 seconds. Magnet: Fills in holes in your playing field. Now completed lines are being removed but you do not receive points. The cool down is 8 seconds. Lucky Bastard: Your next appearing brick is an 'I'-brick. The cool down is 8 seconds. Dropper: Your opponent's current shape is snatched away from his control and gets dropped immediately. It drops at the position it was, when the Dropper is activated. [. . . ] ( 6 ) Ingame Feedback: Displays the the names of activated power-ups and the time a power-up effect lasts. 8 Credits This project was realized in the context of the GD I 06 course. © GAMES ACADEMYTM All rights reserved. http://www. games-academy. de Sylvius Lack (Project Supervision) Bricks from Above is a Pixel Pony Game. [. . . ]