Gametime

Gametime is a timer designed specifically for use with family and board games.

Gametime 1.0

Gametime is a timer designed specifically for use with family and

board games. It turns your PalmOS machine into a replacement for your

Boggle(tm) timer (if you've lost it), or you can use it to enforce a

time limit on turns in games like El Grande. There are lots of timer

programs for PalmOS, but Gametime has several features not found on

other timers:

o During game play, everything can be accessed with one big button. So

you can put your stylus back in its slot, and just use your finger

to turn the timer off and on, like the Calculator app.

o There's a nice big analog display, so you can see at a glance

approximately how much time is left.

o There are two digital displays, one of which is upside-down. This is

so you can leave your PalmOS machine in the center of the table, and

players on the other side of the table can easily read the display.

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The center analog display acts as the sole button during normal

use. Press the button once to start the countdown. When time expires,

an alarm will sound, and the timer will reset, ready for the next

player's turn.

If the player finishes his turn before time expires, he can press the

button again. The display will pause for a moment, and then reset. If

the button is pressed again while the time is paused, the countdown

will resume.

Gametime bookmarks the time whenever it's paused. If you want to

restart from that time, press and HOLD the button. The countdown will

resume from where it was last stopped.

You can use this feature if a player needs to take a break in the

middle of his turn. Press the button to bookmark the time. It will

reset, but when the player is ready to resume, hold the button down

until the timer starts from the bookmarked time.

Or, if you like, simply turn your PalmOS machine off to pause the

countdown indefinitely.

There are two settings you can configure, accessed from the Options

dialog which you can bring up from the menu. The Run Time specifies

how long each player's turn is; it can be set anywhere between ten and

zero minutes, in 15-second increments.

By default, Gametime plays a short alarm when time expires, and a

ticking noise for ten seconds before time runs out, as a warning. You

can turn off the warning ticks, or make Gametime silent altogether. If

you have turned off Game Sound in your user preferences, Gametime

won't make any noise, regardless of its settings.