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2.6 KiB
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62 lines
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/* auto-generated by genhelp.sh */
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/* DO NOT EDIT! */
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const char help_text[] =
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"#Chapter 24: Inertia "
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"\n"
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"You are a small green ball sitting in a grid full of obstacles. Your "
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"aim is to collect all the gems without running into any mines. "
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"\n"
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"You can move the ball in any orthogonal _or diagonal_ direction. "
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"Once the ball starts moving, it will continue until something stops "
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"it. A wall directly in its path will stop it (but if it is moving "
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"diagonally, it will move through a diagonal gap between two other "
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"walls without stopping). Also, some of the squares are `stops'; when "
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"the ball moves on to a stop, it will stop moving no matter what "
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"direction it was going in. Gems do _not_ stop the ball; it picks "
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"them up and keeps on going. "
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"\n"
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"Running into a mine is fatal. Even if you picked up the last gem in "
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"the same move which then hit a mine, the game will count you as dead "
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"rather than victorious. "
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"\n"
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"This game was originally implemented for Windows by Ben Olmstead "
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"[11], who was kind enough to release his source code on request so "
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"that it could be re-implemented for this collection. "
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"\n"
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"[11] http://xn13.com/ "
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"\n"
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"\n#24.1 Inertia controls "
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"\n"
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"You can move the ball in any of the eight directions using the "
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"numeric keypad. Alternatively, if you click the left mouse button "
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"on the grid, the ball will begin a move in the general direction of "
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"where you clicked. "
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"\n"
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"If you use the `Solve' function on this game, the program will "
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"compute a path through the grid which collects all the remaining "
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"gems and returns to the current position. A hint arrow will appear "
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"on the ball indicating the direction in which you should move to "
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"begin on this path. If you then move in that direction, the arrow "
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"will update to indicate the next direction on the path. You can "
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"also press Space to automatically move in the direction of the hint "
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"arrow. If you move in a different direction from the one shown "
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"by the arrow, arrows will be shown only if the puzzle is still "
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"solvable. "
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"\n"
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"All the actions described in section 2.1 are also available. In "
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"particular, if you do run into a mine and die, you can use the Undo "
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"function and resume playing from before the fatal move. The game "
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"will keep track of the number of times you have done this. "
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"\n"
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"\n#24.2 Inertia parameters "
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"\n"
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"These parameters are available from the `Custom...' option on the "
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"`Type' menu. "
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"\n"
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"_Width_, _Height_ "
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"\n"
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"Size of grid in squares. "
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"\n"
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;
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const char quick_help_text[] = "Collect all the gems without running into any of the mines.";
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