Brief Description:
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Whitewash board game. On-line instructions are included.
Play either computer or opponent.
Whitewash is a new board game where you fire on to a coloured board.
The coloured squares around where you fired change to a lower value colour.
When a square becomes white, you recieve a point.
When the whole board is white, the player with the most points wins.


Enjoy.



Full Manual:
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WHITEWASH by Peter Weighill

  WHITEWASH is a logic game where the objective is to reduce the counters to white by successive hits before your opponent does the same.

INTRODUCTION

  This game is based upon the c64's ability to show colour on a screen and the idea is basically to strip off the various colour layers until white is found.
  There are three levels of complexity, novice, average and champion.
  At each level you can either play another person or the computer. The computer can even play itself.

SET UP BEFORE GAME

The following questions will be asked,
1. Are the instructions required (YN)?
   It is a good idea to look at these before you play your first game.
   The instructions show you how the game is played in novice mode.
2. How many players are there (012)?
   0 is where the computer plays itself. This can give you an idea of how to    play the game and what the best moves   are.
   1 is where you play against the C64.
   2 is for 2 players.
3. If last answer was 1 then it asks Do you wish to go first (YN)?
4. Which level do you want (NAC)?
    N for novice   level.
    A for average  level.
    C for champion level.
5. Is all data correct (YN)?
   If you have input something wrongly or you want to see the instructions
   again then type N.

CHOOSING A LEVEL

Novice,  for those who find thinking a little difficult.
Average, for those with average intellect usually found amongst computer buffs.
Champion,for budding chess grandmasters.

  In order to assist those who find it too difficult to work out a move, there is even a help function available in novice and average levels.

MOVING THE CURSOR

  A joystick may be used in EITHER port, or you can use the following keys.
 Up    - 1
 Down  - <
 Left  - CTRL
 Right - 2
 Fire  - Space

OPTIONS MODE (DURING GAME)

  Press the C= key down until the options window appears on the board. The computer must finish its move on the board before the options window appears.
  There are three options to choose from:
      Q - QUIT
      H - HELP
      C - CONT

  Help will show you the best move to make, as many time as required in novice level, twice in average level, but none in champion level.
  After help is chosen, the cursor will be placed by the computer on the best move. You have to press fire to take it.

GAME PLAY

  The idea is to place the cursor on the square which will produce the greatest number of white squares when the fire button is pressed.

  For novice level, each time the fire button is pressed, the colour level will be reduced by two, with the  squares directly around being reduced by one colour level.
  There is a similar result in the aver-age and champion levels, but for the average level game, the cursor square colour drops by three, the next ring of squares by two and the outer ring by one.
  For the champion level, the centre drops by four, with the 3 rings around it dropping by three, two, and one, the further away from the cursor they are.
  For novice level there are four colour levels before white is reached, seven colours for average and 10 colours for champion. The colours are shown on the game screen between the board and the info panel.

INFO PANEL

  The computer will keep a record of white hits during the game and display the score in the info panel.
  It also shows the cursor position, in the current players colour and the last move taken by the opposition.

END OF GAME

  At the end of each game the computer will show you how well you have done, or not done.
  It stores all the game results from 0,1 and 2 player modes in a table showing games won and points received.


Best of luck.
Hope you can 'WHITEWASH' the board.
