PC Version

Game

• Next Puzzle (F2) - Goes to the next puzzle.
• Restore - Retrieve a set of puzzles.
  The top of the Select screen tells you the file name of set you are working with.
  There are from 1 to 64 puzzles per set.
  A set of puzzles has an extension of fpc.
• Save As - Save a set of puzzles under a new name.
  (with extension fpc).
• Save Current - Save one puzzle to a file.
  This saves the current puzzle using the filename you supply.
  This fpc file will contain just this one puzzle.
  This is useful when creating your own puzzles.
• Exit - Leave and save.

Puzzle

• Select Select a puzzle.
  Brings up a list of puzzles in the current set.
  Click the mouse on a puzzle to work.
  Shows green if the puzzle has been solved and the entry is red if the puzzle is multi-colored.
• Modify - Allows creation or editing of puzzles.
  • New - Create new puzzle.
    Adds a puzzle to the end of the set with a default size of 20 rows by 20 columns.
    Click on the number in the Row or Col box to change the size of the puzzle.
    A maximum of 30 columns and rows is allowed.
    When you have completed creating the puzzle press the Done button.
    A maximum of 64 puzzles is allowed per set so if you want more use one of the Save As commands to start a new set.
  • Edit - Edit the current puzzle.
    Press Done when you are finished.
    This changes the definition of this puzzle.
  • Color - Change colors while creating or editing a puzzle.
  • Cheat - Look at the answer to the current puzzle.
  • Author - Comment Field
  • Difficulty - How hard is it to work.
  • Sound File - Attach a sound file.
    Played when puzzle is worked.
• Animate - Color or do something when the puzzle is solved.
• Correct So Far? - Checks to see if your solution is correct up to this point.
• Hint - Fills in a column correctly on the current puzzle.
  Only three hints allowed per puzzle.
  This is slightly better than cheating.
• Erase All - Erases all the puzzles so they can be solved again.
• Erase - Erase the current puzzle so it can solved again.
  Doing this command while you are editing the puzzle will delete the puzzle (data).

Options

• Display Counts - Display size of segments.
• Sounds - Toggle sound effects on or off.
• Green Circles - Toggle the green circles on or off.
• Messages - Toggle on/off.

Buttons and Keys

• Exclude Square - When the box with a . is clicked with the mouse the cursor changes to a small cross.
  Click on squares you know are not colored.
  Click on one of the colored boxes to paint squares with that color.
  The right mouse button will erase a square.
  Use the space bar to cycle from Exclude Square to color mode.
  The tab key will cycle between the colors.
• Undo - (Ctrl Z) - Backs up one grid at a time. Only goes back to last time the puzzle was saved.

Create Your Own Puzzles

Ambush is a cool way to learn math!