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- Welcome to Crazy Pipes
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- The object of this game is to avoid
- spilling any water for as long as
- possible. Use the mouse to place
- sections of pipe on the board so that
- the water has somewhere to flow.
- When the game starts, you will see a
- piece on the board with an "S" next to
- it. This is where the water will flow
- from. The blue bar at the left of the
- board shows how much time you have
- until the water starts flowing. When
- it reaches the bottom, the water will
- flow from the starting piece into the
- section of pipe you placed after it.
- The water will continue to flow until
- it comes to a square with no pipe in
- it, or to a pipe which is not
- attatched to the one before it.
- You can place a section of pipe on
- any blank square. You can also destroy
- a previously laid section of pipe by
- placing a new one on top of it, as long
- as the water has not yet flowed into
- it.
- As soon as the water spills, the
- round is over. If you have managed to
- get the water to flow through the
- number of pipes shown at the top of
- the screen, you will advance to the
- next round. Each round adds more
- obstacles such as pits(where you can
- not place any pipes) and holes in the
- walls, which the water may use to
- "wrap around" to the opposite side
- of the board.
- To quit a game in progress, press
- the escape key.
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- Scoring is as follows:
- 300 points - making a loop(water flows
- both horizontally and
- vertically through an
- intersection)
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- 100 points - for each piece the water
- flows into.
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- -100 points - any piece which the water
- has not flown through at
- the end of the round.
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- -50 points - Placing a piece on top of
- an old piece
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