You set them up, and you knock them down. This is a simulation of the infamous ‘domino effect’: a falling object strikes the next standing object and it in turn falls and strikes the next …
In this case the ‘domino’ objects are more like playing cards in that they are thin. Your view is from the top of the falling field. In the edit mode you’ll normally observe each domino as if it has fallen. The thick line represents the base, which doesn’t move during the fall sequence. The thinner outline encloses the area that the fallen domino will cover. For a domino to strike another domino the hitter outline must enclose any portion of the hittee base.
Only one domino can initially start the falling action. To visually identify it, you’ll find that the base is not drawn.
There are 3000 dominoes available. You may set the color and sound of each one. Whether or not they make noises as they collide, and if their bases appear at the beginning of the fall sequence are changable on a global basis.
When you invoke a Fall command (⌘G, ⌘F, or ⌘D) after modifying a setup, you’ll notice two progress windows sequentially appear on the display. They track the two stage processing required to determine when the dominoes should fall. If you invoke a Fall command again without adding, deleting, moving, or rotating any dominoes in the setup, these processes are not repeated. They’re not required if you modify the domino colors or sounds.
Once you’ve registered your copy you may save setups at any time. When you reload them, you pick up where you left off. If a fall was run before the save, the preprocessing will be skipped. If you saved in the middle of an edit, you just continue from the point of saving.
You may stop any long activity such as falling, or processing the fall sequence by the command period (‚åò-.) combination.
The ‘Help’ menu contains items that explain how to build, save, modify the falls, et cetera. You’ll probably want to read ‘Mouse Techniques’ first. This explains the basic ways to build and edit a setup.
The name of the creator of a loaded setup will appear in the enclosure below this text scroll area. If you’ve registered your copy, your automatically the creator of all the setups you save.
Registering Falling Dominoes
You can load, observe the falling patterns, and edit any setups that came with your copy of Falling Dominoes. To save setups you’ll need to register your copy. The fee is $10, and should be sent to:
I assume no liability for any problems, lost or corruption of data, or damage this game may cause to your computer system or peripherals. It has been tested on the following Macintosh models without any observed problems:
SE, Classic, IIsi, IICi, PowerBook 170 &180, and Quadra 605 & 950.
VERSION HISTORY
1.0.0 released 10/20/93
1.1.0
a) ‘Undo’ for domino editting
b) Fast Fall and Drop times reduced by 50% with sound disabled
c) Hideable window sizing controls
d) Improved domino flashing for location identifying
