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Kaleidopee
Version 1.0
⌐ 1997 The Article 19 Group Inc. http://www.article19.com
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Introduction
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Kaleidopee is an award-winning, mind-stretching brew of visual enchantment,
deep music, and play. Some parts are twitch, some parts think. Through it all,
you eat and grow. One big restaurant, Alice. You might just find that growing
in this Wonderland poses some... challenges.
This mental isometric excercise comes to you courtesy of The Article 19 Group
Inc. So join with Kaleidopee and do away with some of the possibilities...
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Shareware
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Please note that Kaleidopee is not a free product.
Kaleidopee is distributed as shareware. You are permitted to use it on a trial
basis for up to 30 days from the date of receipt. If you wish to continue
using Kaleidopee beyond that period, you are expected to pay a registration
fee of $15 US to obtain a license to use Kaleidopee. Please note that
unregistered copies of Kaleidopee have a maximum score of 30, but are
otherwise fully functional. Instructions for how to purchase and register
Kaleidopee are included below in a section entitled "How To Purchase And
Register Kaleidopee".
After we have processed your registration, we will send you a license code
that you enter to complete the registration process. This removes the shareware
notices and the maximum score limit, and personalizes your copy of Kaleidopee.
Our mission is to offer high quality products at a reasonable price, on a "try
before you buy" basis. Supporting us by registering Kaleidopee is the only way
you can ensure that we will continue to produce more high quality software
distributed as shareware
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System Requirements
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MACINTOSH
* Motorola 68020, 68030, 68040 processors (68040 recommended) and all PowerPC
processors.
* System 7.0.1 system software or later
* A color monitor which supports a minimum of 256 colours and 640 x 480
resolution.
* A keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
* At least 2048 K of available RAM (4096 K recommended)
WINDOWS 3.1 / 95
* 386, 486 processors (486 recommended) and all Pentium processors.
* A color monitor which supports a minimum of 256 colours and 640 x 480
resolution.
* A keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
* At least 2048 K of available RAM (4096 K recommended)
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Instructions and Controls
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OBJECTIVE
The objective of Kaleidopee is deceptively simple: Grow. To grow you need to eat.
Every time you eat a food pellet (the flashing circular object) you get a point
and you get longer. Seems simple enough except you have one major constraint:
DON'T HIT ANYTHING! And we do mean anything. Not a wall. Not another snake.
Not even yourself. No problem when your body is 10 or 12 units long ...BUT...
see how easy it is when you're 100 units long...
MOVEMENT
Use the "Controls" feature in the game to access the Control configuration screen.
Here you can select the keys you will use to move Kaleidopee around the play area.
You can select any key from "a" to "z", or any of the four arrow keys (the keypad
is not supported).
VOLUME
Use the number keys on your keyboard to control volume. 1 is low, 7 is high, 0 is mute.
OTHER CONTROLS
* Typing a "p" pauses the game. Typing "p" again unpauses the game.
* Typing an "r" or hitting the space bar aborts a game and returns you to the Main Menu.
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How To Purchase And Register Kaleidopee
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(1) Open the REGISTER application by double-clicking on its icon. You will see a window
entitled "Register".
(2) Fill in your name, mailing address (optional), and email address (optional) in the
appropriate boxes.
(3) Fill in the number of copies you wish to purchase in the "Single User" box. Each
copy costs $15 US.
(4) Choose your payment method from the pop-up menu labeled "Method:"
(5) Send in you payment to our distributor Kagi Shareware by following the directions in
the "Payment Details" box, or consult the "About Kagi Shareware" section below.
(6) After your registration has been processed you will be sent a License Code which you
will use to register Kaleidopee.
(7) When you run Kaleidopee you will be prompted to register the application. Click on
the "Register" button and enter your name and License Code in the appropriate spaces.
Click on the "Save" button when you have finished entering the information to complete
the registration process.
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ABOUT KAGI SHAREWARE
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Kagi Shareware handles all of our payment processing.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi. Their
email address is sales@kagi.com and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either
Copy the data from REGISTER and paste into the body of an email message or you can Save
the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to
compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the
data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email
acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you
provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the REGISTER
application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi
1442-A Walnut Street #392-2WS
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
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Support / Contacting The Article 19 Group Inc.
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All questions, comments, and feedback about the game should be sent directly to The Article
19 Group Inc. using the contact information provided below. To ensure a speedy response, we
recommend using email whenever possible. If you have a technical question or are having
trouble running Kaleidopee on your system then please include the following information in
your message: Computer platform (Mac or PC), the version of your system software, the amount
of physical RAM, and the amount of free hard-drive space.
The Article 19 Group Inc.
4840 Acorn Street, Suite 175
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4C-1L6
Tel: 514.350.5552
Fax: 514.350.5553
Email: ask@article19.com
WWW: http://www.article19.com
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Credits
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Concept and Creative Development: Robert Gordon & Paul Cholmsky
Programming, Interface Design, and Artwork: Robert Gordon
Kaleidopee Story: Paul Cholmsky
Music and SFX: Ned Bouhalassa
Kaleidopee Snake Character Artwork: Brian Abracen & Jeff Abracen
Special Thanks to our beta-testers: Axel Abstoss, Steve Bissonnette & Mark Bodanis.
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And Finally...
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Don't forget to visit the Kaleidopee Home Page on the World Wide Web at:
http://www.article19.com/kaleidopee/
We will be regularly posting high-scores sent to us by registered Kaleidopeeans.
In order to have your score posted on the site you will need to email us your 'kdata' file,
which is found in the same directory as the Kaleidopee application. Please send the 'kdata'
file as an attachment to an email addressed to ask@article19.com with 'Kaleidopee Highscore'
in the subject line. Top scores will be updated weekly.
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This document is Copyright ⌐ 1997 The Article 19 Group Inc.