Welcome to the Brain Games Puzzles Help File.

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1 HELP FILE

2 Welcome to the Brain Games Puzzles Help File. This help file contains instructions for the following games: Mahjongg Challenge Asianata ABC Island Real Jigsaw Puzzle Rolling Marbles Click on the game title on the left to jump to the instructions.

3 MAHJONGG CHALLENGE Mahjongg Challenge is a skillfully crafted version of the classic game of solitaire mahjongg. Aside from being able to play the classic game, we also offer several new versions of the game where various twists or variations to the original rules are added. In all there are 12 different ways to play the game. How To Play Mahjongg Mahjongg is a pretty easy game to learn but a trickier game to master. The basic idea is to match tiles that have the same picture until there are no more tiles and the board is completely clear. In traditional mahjongg you can't match any two tiles though. You need to match two "free" tiles. A tile is said to be free if it meets 2 conditions. 1st - There cannot be a tile on top of it, or partially on top of it 2nd - There must be a free space to the left or the right of it. Even a tile that is partially blocking on the left or right is considered to be a blocking tile. This picture shows all the "free" tiles on the standard traditional board when you start. Each highlight tile is "free" Also note that to match 2 tiles the pictures need not always be exactly the same image. Each set of tiles has 2 subsets (often referred to as wildcards). Any image in that set matches any other in the same set. For example any tile in this set can match any other. There is a chart later to show you all the special tiles for the sets available with this game. Mahjongg also offers a number of different games where the rules or your ability as a player are slightly different. Each of the new custom games are described later in detail.

4 The Main Menu Mahjongg Challenge offers 12 ways to play the game. In order to select and play a particular game you have to use the large arrows pictured below to scroll over to the game you like and then click on the animated icon for that game. The game selection area. Hit the arrow for more games. There are 12 game choices in all. There are 3 additional buttons on the mail menu... Brings you to the options screen Exits the game One of the ways to bring up the help file. Options Mahjongg Challenge has several options and features that you can play with to find the ideal setting for you. You can toggle sound effects and music on/off to your liking, adjust the volume in the game, and select different tile sets, layouts and backgrounds as well.

5 Tileset Wildcards Tiles have 2 sets of 4 special tiles just like the traditional set. Any tile in a set matches any other tile in the same set. These tiles are sometimes referred to as wildcards but should not be confused with the special "wildcard" tile in wildcard game mode. Traditional Flowers Kitchen Cereal & Milk Medieval Helmets & shields Mafia Handheld weapons & Cement shoes Music Guitars & Pianos Medical Tongue Depressors & Medicine Bottles Nautical Anchors & Headgear Poker Bottles & Chips n' Dip School Glue Bottles & Textbooks Sports Barbells & Whistles Traffic Warning Signs & Stop Signs Art Brushes & Tools

6 Construction Ladders & Wood Clamps Clothing Belts & Purses Computers Laptops & Scanners Gardening Flowers & Vegetable Markers

7 Simple - Hard - Medium & Classic Games Simple Mahjongg is the only game in this set that doesn't use classic mahjongg rules. The key difference is that simple match allows you to match almost any two tiles. The only restriction is that you can't match a tile that is being blocked by another tile on top of it. The other games (classic/medium/and hard) all use the traditional rules for determining which tiles are free. Hard mahjongg is the true traditional game of the set. It forces you to play a regular classic game by the rules. You don't get any help. You just have to play the board as is. This mode is good for players that are more advanced and want to keep track of their statistics playing the regular game. Medium mahjongg gives you some help, but the amount of help you get is limited so you still have to play well if you want to win. In this mode you get 3 shuffles and 3 hints. Hints are used when you're stuck and you can't spot any matching tiles. Shuffles are used when there are no matching tiles left. When you shuffle you're guaranteed at least 1 new matching pair. Easy mahjongg allows you as many hints and shuffles as you want. You're almost guaranteed to be able to win every time in this version of the game. Note: If the game ends and there are only 2 tiles left, one on top of the other, shuffling will cause the tiles to split up so you can finish the game.

8 Game Modes - Wildcard & Tool Wildcard and Tool mode are where we really start to mix the game up. Each of these modes has several special tools that you can use. There's the shuffle and hint tools that you're already familiar with, but there are also several new tools which you've probably never seen before. What the tools do is help you complete the board in one way or another. - A wildcard image The key difference between wildcard and tool mode is that in wildcard mode there will be a number of tiles in the layout that are special "wildcard" tiles featuring the image above (not to be confused with the special sets that allow you to match any from the same set). When you match 2 wildcards a tool is randomly chosen and added to the toolbar at the lefthand side of the screen. In Tool mode you are automatically given 2 of each tool to use at the beginning of the game. So in wildcard mode you never know what you're going to get, but in tool mode you always have 2 of each. Please note that if you accidentally click a tool button or just change your mind, you can always cancel a tool before you use it by right-clicking your mouse button. What are the special tools? Flip This flips a stacked set if tiles upside down. You need to choose any stack of tiles and click on it. If two tiles are one on top of the other and you flip that stack the top tile will go on the bottom and the bottom one will end up on the top. Likewise if there are 5 tiles they will reverse order. Please note that if the bottom tile and the top tile match, then you could use a flip on a stack only to have it appear as though nothing changed. Easy Pick Pick any tile you need a hint for and it will show you a match for that tile if there is one. This is useful when you're more experienced as you'll want to remove certain tiles first. In that sense it beats a random hint.

9 Clone This is a very powerful tool. You click on a tile you want to copy and then you click on another tile. Every picture matching the 2nd tile will become a copy of the first. Usually you'll want to pick a tile that's easy to match and copy it onto a tile that's harder to spot. Getting many clone tools can turn a difficult game into a very simple one. Swap With this tool you can swap the location of any two topmost tiles. When you selec the tool you must first select a source tile (the tile to swap from) and then select a destination tile. The source tile will get the destination tile's image and vice versa. So say you want to match a 1 of bamboo with another tile. You'd click on a bamboo which is blocked and move it to a spot where it's free (preferably a spot you want to clear) and then match them. This tool is tricky to learn to use effectively but when used right it's very helpful.

10 - Flipper Column flipper is another twist on traditional mahjongg. In this mode you may at any time reverse or flip the order of the images in a given column. So for example, see the scenario below: Before Column Flipping After Column Flipping In the before image there are no matching tiles. So the player chooses to flip the 7th column from the left (the column with 8-bamboos [double-m shapes]). When the column flip is completed the order of the images in that column are reversed. Before it was (from top down): East, 6-Circles, 8-Bamboos, and the 3-Flower. After the column flip it becomes: 3-Flower, 8-Bamboos, 6-Circles and the East. So why is this useful you may ask? It's useful because now the player has 1 match! The 6- circles that was previously in a blocking position is now free and can be matched with the one on the lower left. In fact, using this same technique this normally impossible starting layout can be easily solved.

11 - Spares & Doubles Spares and Doubles tweaks the rules of classic mahjongg in a couple of ways. First is that you are allowed to clear any doubles. That is, all doubles are considered "free". What's a double? A double is any pair of tiles with the same image that are right next to one another on the same level. The picture below has a double 4-Circles. See if you can spot it. Normally the two 4-Circles could not be removed, but since this is spares and doubles mode we can take them out right away. Double 4-Circles Double Conveniently Removed The other nifty thing you can do in spares and doubles is take a spare. You simply click on the spare button on the left hand toolbar and then click any free tile, and the tile you choose will be stored on the side of the screen. Initially it will have a lock as pictured on the left below: Spare Locked Spare Can Be Replaced The spinning lock on the upper left signifies that the spare is "locked" - meaning that it can't be put back into play until you've matched 2 tiles. Once any 2 tiles are matched it won't have a lock and can be replaced. If it's not locked you can click on the square to put it back into play. When you click on it it will return to it's original position unless you've removed tiles on the level below it. If all the tiles below it that might have supported it are gone it won't float in the air, but rather will fall down until it rests on the bottom or another tile. You can only hold 1 spare at a time.

12 - Zapper Mahjongg In Zapper mahjongg you can zap out tiles with an electric blast. That's the good news. The bad news is that you still have to be careful about pairing your tiles. That is, you can't just blast single tiles away and expect to win. You'll need to zap tiles in pairs otherwise when you're nearly finished the game you'll be stuck with a mismatched set. Stuck! No More Matches! Using Zapper on two 2-bamboos gives us one new match and a hole in the long row

13 - Puzzle Mode One of the things that is not great about regular solitaire mahjongg is that a completely random layout is of tiles can't always be solved. It is possible to end up with a board where, no matter how well you play, you'll get stuck at some point (Imagine a level where 3 identical tiles are stacked one on top of the other). It's been determined that about 75% of the boards can be solved using the traditional layout if they're played well (so if your stats say you've solved 75% on Hard-Mode you're a real pro!). Puzzle mode allows 2 things. 1st it removes the uncertainty - all levels in puzzle mode have a solution and 2nd it allows you to play the exact same board again and again until you solve it. Puzzle mode also keeps track of which levels you've solved. When entering puzzle mode you'll see this screen: This is the puzzle selection screen. Each puzzle for a particular layout is a square in the grid. When you've solved a puzzle it will be marked off with a check-mark. In the above screen the player has solved 4 of the 50 puzzles for the traditional layout (NOTE: you can change the layout by clicking on the mini-layout on the left-hand side of the screen). To play a puzzle, just select a square and hit play. Every time you play that same square you will see the identical arrangement of tiles and you can try to solve the board.

14 - Time Challenge Time challenge might also have been called Arcade Mode - as it mirrors the way the game is played on coin-operated machines. In this game you have limited time to find a match. When the game starts you will be presented with the difficulty option dialog pictured below: Time challenge offers you 3 difficulty levels. Easy, Medium and Hard. Each level has different settings for the timer. The harder the difficulty, the less time you have. You start off with an initial timer setting (pictured as the big yellow number) and then you get some extra time for each tile you match. If the timer runs out before you can match another pair then the game is over. If you always like playing on a particular skill level then you can check the box at the bottom of the dialog and it will remember your setting and default to the same difficulty when you play again without prompting you. You can always go back later and change the difficulty by hitting the "difficulty" button on the toolbar.

15 - Memory Mahjongg Memory mahjongg is the same as classic mahjongg except that all the tiles are flipped over. When you want to reveal a tile's image simply cursor over it and it will flip to show you what it is. The goal here is the same as regular mahjongg except that you have to use your memory to remember where the various tiles were in order to match them. Oh No! All the tiles are upside down!

16 Advanced Notes and Troubleshooting On the startup dialog there is an "options" button. Selecting options will allow you to run the game in "Direct3D" mode. We recommend running the game using the default "DirectX" but if you have a good video card you can try 3d mode for faster play. Note that this setting may not work with all 3D cards. There is also an "advanced options" button which allows you to turn off shadow drawing. If the game appears sluggish, you may want to turn the shadow drawing off for faster play. You can also tweak the game to run in windowed or full screen mode from the same dialog, but you can also switch modes at any time during play by pressing ALT-ENTER.

17 ASIANATA Arrange many-colored balls in this exciting puzzle game. Put every ball into a combo while they try to roll away and fall down in a realistic environment. Make use of stone walls and plates, bonus balls and forces of nature. Arrange colored balls into combos in this puzzle. Make use of stone walls and plates, bonus balls, wind and gravity. Three game modes (Strategy, Arcade and Puzzle) for your enjoyment. Start Game: Click here to start a new game of Asianata. You can choose to play a game in any of three modes: Strategy, Arcade and Puzzle Options: Click here to change sounds, music, brightness and other game settings. Help: Click here to access the in-game help file.

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24 ABC ISLAND Take a voyage to the pirate's island in search of the hidden treasure of ABC. Use your word knowledge as well as bonus items and gold letters to complete levels. Nice attracting views all along your journey, animated characters, three game modes (Strategy, Arcade, Quest) and much more. How to Play Click on letters to join them into a word. You must click them in the order that the word is spelled. Adjacent letters may be connected along any direction. Press SUBMIT to submit the word to get scored.

25 What You ll See In The Game Below are explanations of special letter plates and icons you ll come across in the game. BOXES When you see boxes, you may rotate it by clicking on its side or one of three letters located on invisible sides. SILVER PLATE When you use this silver letter, score for a word is increased. GOLDEN PLATE When you use this golden letter, you receive multiplied points for a word BURNING PLATES These letters set adjacent letters on fire. If it reaches the bottom of the game field, you lose a level. RUM BOTTLES Rum bottles may be used in place of any letter. STEERING WHEEL Shuffles plates on game field. ANCHOR Slows down explosions and falling plates. BOMB Destroys adjacent plates and bonuses.

26 GUNS Guns can destroy the whole horizontal row of letters. CANNON BALLS Watch out for cannon balls, they can stop you from making words. BLACK JACK Displays level completion progress. FUSE IN A BARREL When the fuse burns out, the level is over. Game Options Click Options to change Brightness, Sound and Music settings. Here, you can also toggle on/off Word Hints, Tutorial, Full Screen Play and Object swinging.

27 REAL JIGSAW PUZZLE Solve, create, send and exhibit jigsaws with feature-rich and handy Real Jigsaw Puzzle game. Turn your favorite photos into jigsaws with 16 possible piece shapes and other options. Explore 3D halls of mysterious castle while solving 100 puzzles in Campaign. Send created puzzles to your friends of upload to website. Place completed puzzles into 3D Gallery. You may create your own puzzles from your favorite pictures and images using built-in Workshop. You may customize puzzle size, choose from 16 cutting types, fine tune puzzle appearance and send created puzzles to a friend Beautiful 3D halls of Campaign mode are already equipped with lots of entertaining puzzles. Explore the whole castle while solving them all Convenient Game field have many features (such as Extra board and Ghost image) to help you solve puzzles You may place completed puzzles into a 3D Gallery to have pretty halls showing your achievements Built-in Audio Player and skinnable interface

28 Campaign Mode Campaign is the chain of 3D halls with puzzles already put up on the walls. Not all rooms and puzzles are available when you start the Campaign. The doors to adjacent halls are closed in the beginning. To open the door you need to solve all puzzles in the current room. By opening doors one by one you will examine the whole castle. Navigation Pane will guide you through Campaign halls. Navigation pane contains Campaign map, information display, Play, Help and Exit buttons. Campaign map displays the current room and your location marked with the white pointer. Play button opens a puzzle (selected with left mouse button click) for solving. You may also open the puzzle for solving by double-clicking left mouse button on it. Navigation pane displays the following information on selected puzzle: Puzzle name Picture size in pixels Number of pieces Completion status (0% to 100%) Time spent on solving

29 How To Start Solving A Puzzle There are two ways of opening the puzzle for solving: 1. Select a puzzle with the left mouse button and press Play button on the Navigation pane 2. Double-click the puzzle with the left mouse button This sign marks a puzzle that has not been opened for solving yet. This sign marks a puzzle that is not solved completely. How To Move You may use the following keys to move across Campaign halls: Up arrow or W: move forward Down arrow or S: move backwards Left arrow or A: turn left Right arrow or D: turn right Strafe: hold Shift You may look around by pressing and holding right mouse button, then moving a mouse.

30 Puzzle Bank Puzzle Bank stores all your puzzles. You may perform all available operations (such as Modify) on your puzzles here. You may also arrange puzzles on the Puzzle Bank desktop at your choosing. Puzzle Bank menu contains the following buttons: Make Your Own Puzzle - brings you to the Workshop where you may create your own puzzles Information - shows or hides Information pane Player - shows or hides music player window Options - shows or hides Options pane Tools - shows or hides Tools pane To start solving a puzzle just double-click it with the left mouse button of Select a puzzle and press Play button on the Tools pane. Puzzle Status Indication The puzzle is solved completely (and may be placed into the Gallery). If some part of the puzzle is solved, indication shows completion percentage. Number of pieces. "NEW!" sign marks puzzle that was just created by you. Information Pane The Information pane displays the following info: Puzzle name Puzzle author name Picture size in pixels Number of pieces Completion status (0% to 100%)

31 Time spent on solving puzzle Audio Player You may play your favorite audio tracks while solving puzzles using Audio Player. Player window contains the following controls: Play control buttons Previous track Play Pause Stop Next track Volume level Playlist Player window contains following playlist control buttons: Add to playlist Remove from playlist Clear playlist Shuffle Repeat

32 Options, Settings & Tools Options Pane - Lets you customize game interface settings, display help file or visit developer's website. Skin - Display skin selection menu Settings - Shows game board color and pattern selection menu Help - Displays game help file More games - Brings you the games catalog on developer's website Quit - Quits the game Settings Pane - Lets you customize primary and extra board color and pattern and to toggle game sound FX Color buttons bring color selection dialog for the corresponding board Pattern buttons bring pattern selection dialog for the corresponding board Sound FX checkbox toggles game sound FX Default button resets color and pattern settings to defaults Apply button applies settings Tools Pane - Allows you to perform following operations on your puzzles: Play - Opens selected puzzle for solving on Game field Create - Brings you to the Workshop where you may create your own puzzles Modify - Brings you to the Workshop where you may modify selected puzzle Rename - Changes selected puzzle's name Delete - Removes selected puzzle Scatter - Shuffles puzzle pieces in selected puzzle so you may start it over Exhibit - Places the selected puzzle into the Gallery. Puzzle must be completely solved Send - Brings you to the Puzzle send dialog for sending puzzles to a friend

33 Gallery You may put your solved puzzles up on Gallery walls to have a pretty hall showing your achievements. You may then move across Gallery with arrow buttons or W/S/A/D (the same way as in Campaign halls). Pick-up pane helps you in putting up and taking down puzzles. You may also operate puzzles with the mouse. Pick-up pane holds your picture until you choose a place in the Gallery to put it up. It also contains information about the selected picture and control buttons: Help - displays game help file Remove - removes a picture Pick-up pane holds from the Gallery Exit - exits the Gallery The following information about the selected puzzle is displayed on pick-up pane: Puzzle name Puzzle creator name Picture size in pixels Number of pieces Time spent on solving puzzle Puzzle solving date Amount of hints used How to Move You may use the following keys to move across Gallery: Up arrow or W: move forward Down arrow or S: move backwards Left arrow or A: turn left Right arrow or D: turn right Strafe: hold Shift You may look around by pressing and holding right mouse button, then moving a mouse. How to Put Up or Take Down A Picture Pick-up pane holds your picture until you choose a place in the Gallery to put it up. To take picture down from the wall or put it up on the wall you need to place mouse cursor over the desired picture or empty frame on the wall and press left mouse button.

34 Remove a picture from the Gallery 1. Take the picture down from the wall by clicking it with the left mouse button. It is placed on Pick-up pane. 2. Press Remove button on Pick-up pane to remove the picture from the gallery.

35 How To How to start solving a puzzle There are two ways of opening the puzzle for solving: 1. Select a puzzle with the left mouse button and press Play button on the pane. 2. Double-click the puzzle with the left mouse button. How to select a puzzle You may select one or several puzzles in the Puzzle Bank by doing the following: Click a puzzle with the left mouse button to select it. Click and hold the left mouse button over an empty desktop space and drag your mouse to cover the area, then release the left mouse button. All puzzles in the area will be selected. You may also select multiple puzzles by clicking on it with the Ctrl button pressed. Multiple selected puzzles may be moved together. To remove the selection, click on the empty desktop space. How to create a puzzle 1. Press Create button in menu or Tools pane to be brought to Workshop where you may create puzzles from your own pictures. 2. In the displayed window locate the desired image file on your hard drive and click Open button. If the image size is bigger than the screen resolution, the image will be shrinked automatically. 3. Choose the desired puzzle settings (such as cutting type and number of pieces) and press Make button. 4. Enter the name for your new puzzle and press OK button. How to modify a puzzle 1. Select a puzzle in the Puzzle Bank. 2. Press Modify button on Tools pane to be brought to Workshop where you may modify your puzzle.

36 3. Change puzzle settings. 4. Apply your changes by pressing Make button. How to remove a puzzle 1. Select one or more puzzles in the Puzzle Bank. 2. Press Remove button on the Tools pane. How to rename a puzzle 1. Select a puzzle in the Puzzle Bank and press Rename button on the Tools pane. 2. Enter new name for your puzzle and press OK button. How to place a puzzle into the gallery When you finish solving the puzzle, the game prompts you to place it into the Gallery. You may also place puzzles there manually by doing the following: 1. Select a completed puzzle in the Puzzle Bank and press Exhibit button on the Tools pane. 2. The Gallery will open. Place mouse cursor over the desired frame on the wall and press left mouse button. 3. Press Exit button to leave the Gallery. Please note: only completely solved puzzles may be placed into the Gallery. How to make a surprise puzzle You may use this setting to surprise your friend of to make puzzle solving more difficult - you can't see the whole picture until you assemble it your self. If the puzzle was created with Surprise setting: Actual picture thumbnail in Puzzle Bank is replaced with the placeholder Picture and Ghost image are not available on the Game field when you solve a puzzle You may toggle Surprise setting on the Cutting pane when creating or modifying a puzzle.

37 The Game Field Game field is the place where you solve puzzles. You are brought to Game field from Campaign or Puzzle Bank when opening a puzzle for solving. You may exit Game field at any time - your puzzle progress will be saved and the next time you open this puzzle it will look just as you left it. Extra board helps you store some pieces unnecessary at the moment to clean some room on the Game field. To move puzzle pieces to the extra board, grab pieces with the left mouse button (mouse cursor will turn into hand), drag it to the board image in Board Navigation pane and drop there. To move pieces back you may either grab it right from the Board Navigation pane or switch to the extra board, grab pieces and drag it to the primary board image. Some functions on Game field will not be available if the puzzle was created as Surprise. After the puzzle is completely solved you will be prompted to place it into the Gallery. Button Bar Button bar at the top of the Game field contains the following controls: Puzzle solving time clock Clicking on the clock pauses the game (time stops ticking) Game Menu. Toggles Game Menu pane Extra board. Toggles Extra board pane Exit button. Returns you to Campaign or Puzzle Bank window. Your puzzle progress will be saved automatically Game Menu The Game Menu contains the following useful features: Hint - Highlight one pair of puzzle pieces which may be connected. Picture - Shows or hides a window with the whole picture copy (unavailable on Surprise puzzles). Ghost - Shows or hides semi-transparent picture copy on Game field wallpaper (unavailable on Surprise puzzles). In Grid - Arranges unconnected puzzle pieces into a grid on the Game field.

38 By Edges - Arranges unconnected puzzle pieces among the edges of the Game field. Settings - Shows board color and pattern selection menu. Help - Displays in-game help. Exit - Returns you to Campaign or Puzzle Bank window. Your puzzle progress will be saved automatically. Extra Board Extra board helps you store some pieces unnecessary at the moment to clean some room on the Game field. This may be useful when you solve a puzzle with the large number of pieces. The Board Navigation pane helps you switch between boards and drag pieces from one board to another. Current board is highlighted in this pane. Color and pattern settings may be defined independently for each board. To switch between boards click the desired board image in the Board Navigation pane To move puzzle pieces to the extra board, grab pieces with the left mouse button, drag it to the board image in Board Navigation pane and drop there To move pieces back you may either grab it right from the Board Navigation pane or switch to the extra board, grab pieces and drag it to the primary board image Selecting Puzzle Pieces You may select one or more puzzle pieces on the Game field by doing the following: To select one piece, click it with the left mouse button To select multiple pieces, click and hold the left mouse button over an empty desktop space and drag your mouse to cover the area, then release the left mouse button. All pieces in the area will be selected You may also select multiple puzzles by clicking on it with the Ctrl button pressed Multiple selected pieces may be moved together. click on the empty board space. To remove the selection,

39 Moving/rotating/joining puzzle pieces Moving a piece Click and hold the left mouse button upon a piece, then drag it to the new position and release the button. Rotating a piece Click and hold the left mouse button upon a piece, then click the right mouse button while holding the left one. Joining pieces If two adjacent pieces are brought alongside of each other, they connect with the click sound. Joined pieces are then moved and rotated as a whole.

40 Workshop: General Info Using Workshop you may create or modify your own puzzles made from your favorite photos and images. You may customize puzzle difficulty by changing number of pieces and other options. Created puzzles may be sent to a friend. Cutting pane lets you customize puzzle pieces number and appearance, Image pane helps you select a source picture, Information pane displays useful puzzle info. Image Pane lets you manipulate the source picture: Change Image Lets you choose an image file to create the puzzle from. If the image size is bigger than the screen resolution, the image will be shrinked automatically. Image Size Move the slider or press arrow buttons to change the size of the image. Reset Size Press to restore the original size of the image (if the original size is bigger than the screen resolution, the image will be shrunk). Cutting Pane Cutting pane lets you customize puzzle pieces number and appearance: Piece Size Move slider or press arrow buttons to change the size of the piece. Curvature Move slider or press arrow buttons to change piece curvature. Cutting type Choose from 16 piece edge forms. Bevels Toggles beveled piece edges. Rotation Toggles the randomly rotated pieces. Surprise Toggles making of a Surprise puzzle.

41 Modifiable Allows subsequent changes to the created puzzle. May be useful for sending or publishing puzzles. After tuning all the settings press one of the buttons below: Make Applies the settings and creates a puzzle. Make & Play Creates a puzzle and opens it for solving on the Game field Back Cancels puzzle creation and returns to the Puzzle Bank

42 Sending A Puzzle Real Jigsaw Puzzle allows you to send your puzzles to a friend. People who receive these puzzles may play it even if the game isn't installed on their computers. Real Jigsaw Puzzle creates one executable file containing puzzles you send and all that is required to play it. This file may be ed from within the game (if your have properly configured client program such as Outlook Express installed) or saved to disk (e.g. to upload it to website). The person who receives the file needs just to open it. You may also send a puzzle once you have created it in the Workshop or solved it of the Game field. You may send a puzzle to a friend from Workshop, Game field or Puzzle Bank. Once you have created a puzzle in the Workshop or solved it of the Game field you have an option to send puzzle. If you check this option, you'll be brought to Puzzle send dialog. In the Puzzle Bank select one or more puzzles and press Send button on the Tools pane to be brought to Puzzle send dialog How to send puzzles via Press Send button in the Puzzle send dialog to puzzles from within the game. You must have properly configured client program installed to use this feature. In the new message window appeared fill in the recipient field and send message. If you are unable to puzzles using the Send button Use the Save button in the Puzzle send dialog to save the file to your hard disk. Exit the game, start a new message, attach the file you saved and send the message. How to save the puzzle to hard disk Press the Save button in the Puzzle send dialog. You will be prompted to specify a folder where to save the puzzle to and the name of the file. You may then attach this saved puzzle to message

43 ROLLING MARBLES Rolling Marbles is the original and addictive action/logic game. The idea of Rolling Marbles is to burst out color marbles by their grouping with the help of various rotators. In the One- player mode, there are 50 action and 25 logical levels. You will have to train a lot before you will get through all of them up and progress to the highest difficulty level. If you prefer playing against someone, try the 50 levels in the Two-player mode. You can play via modem, serial cable, IPX local area network or Internet. If you manage to fly through 50 levels, you can create new levels in the Editor. CONTROLS Left mouse button Right mouse button SPACE F9 ESC rotate left rotate right new marble (only in Two-player mode) save screen to file screenxxx.bmp back

44 HOW TO PLAY THE TWO PLAYER MODE? 1. In the main menu select TWO PLAYERS. 2. Select a communication channel and fill out your name. 3. Select your opponent and press the button JOIN. If there is not anybody while, press the button RESCAN. Or, press NEW to create a new game: Game options: * Difficulty * Use of the space bar (Use space bar to generate new marbles. Then you gain an advantage against your opponent.) * The view of the opponent's playing field (small view on your opponent's playing field) WHAT IS AN ADDITIONAL GAME? The additional game is a pack of levels that you can create in the editor. Maybe you will find some additional games on our web pages in the future. If you will create a good additional game that contains 3 or more levels, it as a zipped file to webmaster@tibosoftware.com. We will publish it with your name on our homepage, so all the other Rolling Marbles gamer all over the world can play your additional game. HOW TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL GAME? Copy a directory that contains new levels (e.g. created by you) to the Addgames directory in the game directory. Run Rolling Marbles and press ONE PLAYER - ADDITIONAL GAME - choose your new additional game and press the OK button. TROUBLESHOOTING If Rolling Marbles appears to play sluggishly on your computer you might try the following: * Turn off the Shadows in the Options menu * Minimize Sound Volume in the Options menu (this is functional on some computers only)

45 SUPPORT INFORMATION System Requirements 1Ghz Pentium or better Windows 2000/ME/XP/Vista 256MB RAM or higher 150MB free hard drive space DirectX compatible video and sound cards CD-Rom / Mouse / Keyboard Installing Brain Games Puzzles on your PC 1. Insert the Brain Games Puzzles CD into your CD-ROM drive 2. If your computer is configured to detect a newly inserted CD, the Autorun menu will appear. If the Autorun menu does not appear after a few moments, click on the Start button, then select Run, and type D:\setup.exe (where D is the letter of your CD-ROM drive). If you are not sure of your CD-ROM drive s letter, double-click on the My Computer icon. 3. Click on the Install option, and follow the onscreen instructions for installation and setup. 4. Upon successful completion of the install, you can launch the program either from the Brain Games Puzzles on your desktop OR by going to Start/Programs/On Hand Software/Brain Games Puzzles. Customer Support The quickest way to find an answer to your question is to click on this link: This will take you immediately to the On Hand Software support site where we have posted the most frequently asked questions (FAQ s) and help files. There are also some patches to programs that you can download. In a minute or two you can often find the answer you are seeking. However if you don t find an answer to your specific question there, we have also included a Support Form so that you can tell us which operating system and computer you are using, as well as including your question. This form provides us with a more complete picture of the technical specs (computer brand, operating system) that we need to analyze and respond to your question. You ll find the form at the bottom of the support page. We hope that you will quickly and easily find the information that you need on the support site or by using the product form.

46 REPORTING BUGS If you find a bug in our software, it would be helpful if you reported the bug to us via to info@onhandsoftware.com To report a bug, please us with BUG REPORT in the subject line. Please include the following information in your What operating system you are using The software name and version # from the CD (ie PC103-01) The error message A brief description of what you were doing when the error appeared (ie did it happen upon launching of the game, or on a specific game level) Your name and address so we can contact you when the bug is fixed. When reporting bugs, detailed s are necessary so we have a written record of the information our programmers will need to fix the problem.