
                                NIBBLES 2!!!!
                                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                  By Stuart Cameron from DigiCraft Software

About
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        Nibbles 2 is a game which I wrote around 1 1/2 years ago as an
        exercise in learning Turbo Pascal 7. It's rather addictive, and
        I still play it occasionally, so I thought I'd finally get around
        to tidying it up a bit and releasing it as Freeware. And here
        it is!

        Nibbles 2 is based on the example QBASIC program which comes
        with MS-DOS version 5. A couple of friends of mine were
        addicted to it, so I decided to improve on the original
        slightly, and it was a good excuse to learn Pascal.

        The program uses MOD-OBJ by Mark J. Cox, a shareware MOD player
        which can be found on pretty well any BBS. I thought I'd throw
        it into the program for the sake of it to add a bit of music
        (and I think the Mission Impossible music makes all the
        differene!).

        This will hopefully be the first and final release of the game,
        but if you find any bugs and really want them fixed, I'll
        probably give in and fix it and release an update. 8^)
        Contact me at the address at the bottom of this file.

Also from DigiCraft Software
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        Our first release was MegaMaze v1.0. In this game each player
        controls a spaceship which they fly around a maze, collecting
        gems and various weapons which can be used to annihilate the
        opposition. All gems must be collected within the time limit
        to complete a level. We recently released an update to MegaMaze
        version 1.1, which includes an optional 32 bit graphics mode.
        It runs in VGA in 256 colours, and supports SoundBlaster or
        PC Speaker. MegaMaze is Shareware. The final version includes a
        total of 40 levels (there are 10 in the Shareware version), a
        maze editor, and a high score facility. All for only $10 plus
        postage!

        Keep an eye out for the upcoming release of Reflector Chess, a
        multi-player game in which players move mirrors and space ships
        around a playing board and attempt to shoot the other player's
        pieces by bouncing the weapons fired from the ships off the
        mirrors.

How to play Nibbles 2
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        To start the game, press the number on the keyboard of the number
        of players you want (1-4). The game will then start. Use the
        keys shown on the title screen of the game to steer your nibbles
        around the screen. If you crash into anything (including your
        tail) you die. Collect the numbers as they appear on the screen
        to get points. As you eat more, your tail grows.

The Editor
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        The editor is VERY basic and is only included for the sake of
        it, but basically you select the colour to draw with in the top
        left using the mouse, then draw your screen below. When finished,
        click on the save button. You will be asked for starting positions
        and directions for each of the players. For example, if you
        wanted player 1 to start in the top left facing down, you would
        click on the starting position, then press the down arrow key on
        the keyboard. Do that for each of the 4 players and your level
        will be saved. Exit the editor and rename the LEV.DAT file to
        LEVn.DAT, where n is the level number.

Donations
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        DigiCraft Software is made up of myself (Stuart Cameron) and
        Andrew Leigh. I do all the programming, and Andrew does the
        graphics in our software. I wrote Nibbles 2 before DigiCraft
        Software was formed, but we've decided to release it anyway.

        We are both Uni students who are trying to make a bit of
        money on the side with programming, and we would appreciate
        any donations if you decide to keep this software. $10 (Australian)
        is a reasonable amount considering what commercial software
        costs. Donators and those who register all of our Shareware
        products will be informed of any future upgrades to our
        software.

        If you make a donation of $10 (Australian) or more for
        Nibbles 2 we will send you the latest version of the game,
        along with the FULL TURBO PASCAL 7 SOURCE CODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
        (It should work on older versions but I havn't tested it).

        All payments should be by cheque, made payable to DigiCraft
        Software and sent to the following address:

                DigiCraft Software
                P.O. Box 533
                ELTHAM  VICTORIA  3095
                AUSTRALIA

        By donating you are encouraging us to continue producing high
        quality, cheap software. Please support us!

Contacting us
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        If you find any bugs in any of our software, or if you can
        think of any improvements or comments we would appreciate it
        if you could let us know. We can be contacted at the address
        above by snail-mail, or via the internet at:

    dooze@edna.cc.swin.edu.au  - Stuart Cameron (until the end of 1997)
