Xiola™ 2.0 is a game that tests your memory skills. The game makes random sounds on different buttons of your game board. The game boards consist of 3 to 9 buttons. The object of the game is to repeat the same sequence of the randomly generated sounds. The game was mainly created for little kids that begin to explore their young minds. However, even adults might find it challenging. Hope you enjoy playing Xiola™ 2.0 as much as I enjoyed making it.
Changes and/or Updates:
Xiola™ 2.0 - 6/95. Completely rebuilt, added six new games (3 buttons...9 buttons), background pattern can be changed now, game is a full screen with status indicators i.g. how many sounds are playing, level, chances left, etc. I implemented a score tracking system, which leads us to....of course a Hall of Fame for the 10 best scores. Speed, Level and Game can be choose through menus. Lastly, a cheat feature was added to help you on when there are just too many sounds. Overall...a good six months of hard work. Enjoy.
Xiola 1.1 - 1/95. I redrew the buttons to make them look more like real push buttons in 3-D (hope it worked for you). I fixed a bug that was causing the game to go crazy when the starting level was set to greater than 25 and/or the increase more than 5 and of course both less than one. It wasn't really a bug, I just had to do some input error checking there.
Xiola 1.0 - First released version 12/94.
The tools used to develop the game were: Performa 630CD, PowerBook 165c, Think Pascal 4.0.1, ResEdit 2.1.2, SoundEffects 0.9.1, Adobe Photoshop™ 3.0, ClarisWorks® 2.1v3, Canvas™ 3.0.4 & Tons of thinking time.
The Xiola™ 2.0 crew is:
Author, Design, Programming: Caesar B. Vielmas
Testing: Caesar B. Vielmas, Gerardo Vielmas
Support: Caesar B. Vielmas, Gerardo Vielmas, Kelly Myrick, Maria Nieto & All Registered Users
Comments are always welcomed as long as they are constructive.
Please write to:
Caesar B. Vielmas
5455 Ashbrook #808
Houston TX USA 77081
or
Internet > st42q@jetson.uh.edu
Books like: Macintosh Pascal Programming Primer and The Inside Macintosh Series helped me develop this game. You should buy them if you want to get into the art of programming...and one more thing...Be very, very patient!!!
My best advice is: "If you find a big stone in your path, don't try to move it, go around it." believe me, it will save you a lot of trouble.
Legal Stuff
Warning: This program is protected by Copyright laws and international treaties. Non-registered versions only may be distributed freely through any media. The freely distribution of any registered version is strictly prohibited. Violators of these laws will be prosecuted and charged to the maximum extent of these laws.
PowerBook®, Performa®, ResEdit™, SoundEffects™, Photoshop™, ClarisWorks® and Canvas™ are registered trademarks of their respective authors.
Thanks
I want to thank everyone that helped me answer all the questions that I had while developing this game. I'm not good with names, but you all know who you are, Thank you all!!!.
And to all of you, registered users, my best regards and thank you very, very much for your support. Without you guys, I would be a very discouraged programmer.
I must specially want to thank Alice Ring from Milwaukee. She was my very first registered user in version 1.0. This is back in the day when Xiola was nothing like it is today. Thank you very, very much.
I also want to thank my wonderful mother Maria de Jesus Nieto for not giving up on me, day after day and night after night, all those times when she would call me to go eat dinner or go eat breakfast, I would just keep staring at the screen. Te quiero mucho mami.
And how could I forget, My beautiful girlfriend Kelly Myrick for being so patient with me while working on Xiola™ 2.0 at her house and at my house and everywhere I had a chance to, instead of visiting with her and she never gave up on me. Thank you baby, you are the greatest!!! I Love You !!!.
