Darn It

Darn it! is a easy to learn card game for your palm.

Darn It!!

Copyright(c) 1997-1998, Darren Butler

All Rights Reserved

Thank you for trying Darn It!!, a card game that is simple to play,

hard to win and very addictive.

For the latest version of this and other Pilot apps, visit my

web page at: http://www.geocities.com/heartland/6371/pilot.html

Darn It!! is shareware, see registration info at the end of this

file.

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Description

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Darn It!! is a card game that is simple to play, hard to win and

very addictive. Place cards from the deck in a 4x4 grid and, when

the grid is full, remove pairs adding to 10. Oh, I forgot to

mention that Kings, Queens, and Jacks must be placed in the

corners, center of top and bottom rows, and center of left and

right columns respectively, and can not be removed.

Object: Play all 52 cards from the deck.

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Instructions

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Game Play:

The game consists of a 4x4 table, a deck of 52 cards and a draw

pile. Game play consists of two modes, Fill the Table and Clear

the Table.

Screen:

On the screen is a 4x4 table for placing the cards, a draw pile

and a discard pile and two rectangles. The top rectangle tells

how many cards are remaining in the deck and the bottom rectangle

specifies the game mode (see next two paragraphs).

Fill the Table:

The top card of the deck is turned over and placed face up on the

draw pile. Place this card on the table by tapping on any open

card space on the table. The card is placed and a new card is

drawn. Cards A-10 may be placed in any position on the table.

The face cards must be placed in specific places on the table.

Kings go in the corners, Queens in the two center spaces of the

top and bottom rows, and the Jacks are placed in the center spaces

of the far left and right columns. After filling the table the

mode is changed to Clear the Table.

Clear the Table:

Remove cards, and card combinations, that add to 10. Tap any two

cards, or in the case of a 10 - one card, that add to ten and

they will be removed from the table. Face cards can never be

removed. When all possible combinations have been removed start

filling the table again.

Lose:

The game is lost when either A) a face card is drawn but cannot be

placed, ie. A king is drawn but all of the corner spaces already

contain cards, or B) The table is full but no cards can be removed,

ie. None of the cards in the table is a ten or no combination of

cards adds to ten.

Win:

The game is won when all of the cards from the deck have been

played, the face cards fill the 12 outer spaces on the table and

the four inner spaces are empty, meaning that all of the

combinations adding to ten have been removed.

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Menu Options

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Options

New Game - Start a new game.

Preferences - Three options relating to game play

Fill face cards automatically - This option will place face

cards in their appropriate spaces automatically, speeds up

game play.

Animate Card Movement - Three options for animation of the cards

as they are placed on the table. 1) All, all cards "fly"

from the draw pile to the table, 2) Faces, just the face

cards animate, 3) None, no card animation. The None option

speeds up game play but it is more difficult to tell when a

face card was automatically placed (if Fill face cards

automatically is checked).

Card Back - Select one of the four available card backs by

tapping the rectangle below the desired card back.

Statistics - Statistics about games played. Statistics include

Total games played, games won, games lost, win percentage,

and loss percentage. Also displayed is the longest winning

streak, longest losing streak, and current streak, win or

lose. Tap the reset button to reset the statistics.

Info

Info - Game play and rules.

About - Information about the program.

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Registration

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Darn It!! is shareware. It is not crippled in any way and does not

have any time or usage restrictions. If you use and enjoy Darn It!!

please register it with the author. The registration fee for

Darn It!! is $7(US). Registration entitles you to all future

versions of Darn It!! and removes the *Unregistered* nag from the

top of the screen and from the About dialog.

There are a couple of ways to register:

Credit Card:

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Credit card orders are processed for us by PilotGear. You can

register via credit card online at:

http://www2.viaweb.com/pilotgearsw

If you prefer, you may phone order to (800)741-9070 or

(817)461-3480, or fax to (817) 461-3482.

Mail:

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To register by mail, send a check or money order for

$7(US funds only) to:

Darren Butler

P.O. Box 970063

Orem, UT 84097-0063

NOTE: If you register via mail, you MUST include an email address

or an additional $2 to cover the cost of the diskette and postage.

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Disclaimer

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This program is provided AS-IS; there is NO WARRANTY, express or

implied. The user assumes full responsibility and liability for any

use of this program.

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Revision History

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1.02 - Fixed a bug that would cause Darn It!! to appear to lock.

1.01 - Fixed a bug that would cause Darn It!! to appear to lock.

1.0 - Initial Release