Hexy

A Windows Puzzle Game

Version 1 August 21, 2002

Written in Euphoria using the SDL and SDL_Mixer Libraries

Mark K. Akita – mkakita@earthlink.net

 

 

 

Welcome!

Hexy is a game that requires some deep thinking and fast action as well as a little luck.  The object of the game is to score as many points as possible in the allotted time by placing the hexagonal tiles on the board.  When placing a tile next to a tile that has previously been placed the colors of the adjacent faces must match.  If you place a tile next to 3 or more previously placed tiles then you’ll score a bonus and have the neighboring tiles removed from the board!

 

What you need

The Hexy distribution zip file contains the following:

 

Hexy.exe                      The Hexy executable program file… double click on this to run it

Hexy.exw                      The Euphoria source code

SDL.dll                          The SDL library

SDL_Mixer.dll                The SDL Mixer library

SDL_Wrap.ew               The Euphoria SDL wrappers

SDL_Mixer.ew               The Euphoria SDL_Mixer wrappers

Readme.HTML               This document in HTML format

Readme.TXT                  This document in plain old text format

Bitmaps                        A folder containing the images used by Hexy

Audio                            A folder containing the sounds and music

 

All this stuff should be unzipped with the directory paths intact.

 

How to play

When you first run Hexy you’ll see the main screen.  From here you can select the skill level (easy, medium or tough), start a new game, turn the sound/music off or on, and exit the program.  To start a new game press the “Play” box.

 

You can use to mouse to position the tile, use the left button to drop a tile on the board, and use the right button to rotate the tile counter-clockwise.  Pressing the “Esc” key will quit the game and take you back to the main screen.

 

Acknowledgments

·         SDL_Mixer was written by Sam Lantinga, Stephane Peter and Ryan Gordon and is distributed under the GNU Lesser Public License.