Copyright (C) 1999 Andrei Fedukov Distributed by Ultisoft, Inc. All Rights Reserved 2 Hooked! -------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: 1. Game status 2. Brief description 3. Installation 4. Playing single game 5. Playing DeathMatch 6. Movement keys 7. Skill levels 8. Rating system 9. Shareware limitations -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game status 2 Hooked! is shareware. You may install this program to test and evaluate it; after that you must either register this program or delete it from your computer hard drive and other storage devices. (see "license.txt" file for details). To register online you may visit http://www.ultisoft.com/2hooked.htm or you may register via mail - simple print and fill out registration form (USorder.txt, AUSorder.txt or UKorder.txt). After you register you will get registration code and name by e-mail. 2. Brief description 2 Hooked! is classic arcade worm-like game. You have different modes to play: four skill levels, Custom mode and DeathMatch. On standart modes your task is very simple: just try to not hit anybody or walls and eat an apples to grow up 3. Installation For playing 2 Hooked! you must have Comic Sans MS fonts installed on your PC. If you havn't it installed, just copy files COMIC.TTF and COMICBD.TTF into your WINDOWS\FONTS directory (included). 4. Playing single game When you start the game first time you must create your account - simple click in main menu. Enter your name and press . Now you are the current user, your name will be shown in main screen. This name will be used for your statistic. When you start the game next time you may not enter your name - the game remember last user. To create new account just click again and enter desired name. This user become 'current user'. All statistics will be counted for him. To change 'current user' simple . 5. Playing DeathMatch On DeathMatch you play against you friend - just eat the apples of your color and ... don't die and help to die to your friend. To play DeathMatch simple click in main menu. The first player is yellow worm and the second is aqua. Just eat the apples of your color to grow up. When you die your friend get a score. So be patient. 6. Movement keys The standart movement keys for single player game is UP, RIGHT, LEFT, DOWN keys. To change them simple click in main menu. To change the key just click on desired box and press desired key. To play DeathMatch select keys for first and second player just clicking on desired box. Pause key: 'Pause Break' key. Music ON/OFF: F1/F2. 7. Skill levels The game has four predefined skill levels: Beginner, Amateur, Professional and Master, and custom level. Each of standart levels has it's own parametres: CPU worms: it's just how many alien worms will help you to die. The more CPU worms - the more difficalt to play. Timer Interval: it's the timer intervals between game turns. The more interval - the more easy to play. Turn probability: it's the probability of the turning of the CPU worm. The more probability - the more ... I don't know, try yourself. You may play Custom skill level - on that level you choose all parametres by yourself. On this level there is no any statistics. To change current skill level simple click in main menu and select desired skill level. 8. Rating System 2 Hooked! has great statistic system for you to play again and again to make it better. Each user that has it's own account has different statistic for all four skill levels. To see current statistic just click in main menu. Each user on each skill level (except Custom level) has this parametres: Games: this is how many games this player have played on that skill level. Eaten: it's how many apples this player have eaten on that skill level in summary. Average: it's average number of apples user have been eaten each game. This parameter calculated very simple: Eaten / Games. HiScore: this is the greatest result user have ever scored. In the game screen you may see all this parametres of current user on current skill level. Also you may see one more parameter under the Average - it's just how your Average will change if you die right now. On the upper right corner of the game screen you may see the absolutely High Score for this skill level. All this parametres are saved in file 'stat.dat' in your 2 Hooked! installation directory. You may take part in Global Rating - simple e-mail this file to the author: sud@land6.nsu.ru with subject 'stat'. All this results will be posted on http://www.chat.ru/~sud. 9. Shareware limitations 2 Hooked! is shareware so before you register it you will only have: The only available modes to play is Amateur skill level and DeathMatch, every 3 minutes of gameplay you will get ordering screen, you can not get more than 30 score, you can't take part in Global Rating sending us your stat file. After you register you will get all modes available to play, all nag screens will be removed, you may send us your stat file for Global Rating, you will get full support, free future updates and new versions of 2 Hooked! -------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACTS: 2 Hooked! homepage: http://www.ultisoft.com/2hooked.htm Email Ultisoft, Inc.: ultisoft@mind.net Email author: sud@land6.nsu.ru