예전에 Palm에서 많이 하다가 최근에는 스마트폰에서 자주 하는 프리웨어 게임 Vexed!
m4655, 옴니아, m4650, x1, 아이폰 등의 스마트폰에서 사용할수도 있는데,
꽤 중독성이 높고, 아주 많은 레벨판이 있어서 심심할때마다 하나씩만 깨도 시간이 꽤 걸릴듯 하다...
소코반이라는 비슷한 게임도 있다는...
옆 그림처럼 각 퍼즐의 도형을 모두 처리를 하는것인데, 짝수개가 있다면 쉽지만, 홀수개까지 있으면 3개씩 처리를 해야하는 복잡함이....
뭐 어찌보면 단순한 게임일수도 있지만, 두뇌용이라고 하는것은 한번 막히면 인간의 두뇌가 한쪽으로만 돌아가서 꽉 막혀버린다...
고정관념이라고 할까.. 편견이라고 할까...
그런것을 깨지 못하고, 하던 방식으로만 계속하면 절대 답이 안나온다는...-_-;;
뭐 info 를 누르고, show solution 을 누르면 정답을 보여주지만, +5 점이 붙게된다.
(복잡한판은 해결책을 봐도 헷갈린다는...-_-;;)
이 게임의 독특한 점은 스코어가 높아야 좋은것이 아니라, 낮아야 좋다는것... 잘하면 - 점수도 가능하다는...
현재 꽤 많은 판을 깨고는 있는데, Impossible Pack나 Panic Pack은 정말 한두판 깨기도 어렵다는...
암튼 한번 막히면, 지금 생각하던 방식을 버리고, 새로운 방식으로 접근을 하면서 잠자는 두뇌, 한쪽으로 꽉만힌 두뇌를 한번 깨워보시길~
This automated installer will automatically install
the correct version of Vexed onto your Palm, as well as
all levelpacks, so it's the most convenient way to
install Vexed.
Vexed is a puzzle game
in which your goal is to move similar blocks together,
which causes them to disappear. Once all the blocks are
gone, you've solved the level and you're presented with a
new level to solve.
You move blocks by putting the stylus on them and dragging
to either the right or left. If an empty space is
encountered, "gravity" takes over and the blocks fall towards
the bottom.
You can move more than one block left or right with a
single drag of the stylus. The block move stops on the first
block in which an action can occur, or where you ended
dragging the stylus.
New with Version 2.1 is a "tap" method of moving blocks in
addition to dragging. Use your stylus to tap the block you
wish to move. Then tap the open space where you want the
block to move to. The destination must be an open space to be
valid. The tap method lets you tap on a row different from
the block.
The Vexed scoring is based on a
golf-like "par" concept. The level pack has a solution
stored for each level. If you solve the level in the same
number of moves as what is stored in the level pack, you
get a score of 0, or par, for that level. Note that the
stored solution may not be the most efficient one, so you
can beat "par" and have a negative score.
The score displayed in the title bar is a cumulative score
for the entire level pack.
Using the Solution feature adds five to your score.
There is a 15-move undo facility. Once you've made a move
a "U" icon appears at the bottom of the screen. Tapping it
will undo the previous move. The buffer holds 15 moves. The
undo buffer is not saved across invocations of Vexed.
Memorize and Recall
Solving a difficult level might take many attempts
involving many moves. The memorize feature lets you save
where you are in a level, and restart from that point. Tap
the "M" icon at the bottom of the screen, and an "R" icon
appears. Tap the "R" (recall) icon to restore the game board
to its status when you memorized it.
Level Replay
You can replay all of the moves made in the current level,
and also of the previous level. These options are under the
"Game" menu.
Note! The replay functions use the memorize buffer
described above. If you replay a level, your current memorize
buffer will be emptied.
Restart
Tap the restart icon at the bottom right of the screen to
restart a level from the beginning.
Note! The Undo, Memorize, and Replay data is not saved
when you exit Vexed!
Block Check
You can display just one type of blocks in order to help
you solve the puzzle. Hold the stylus down on a block while
pressing the page up key, and only blocks of that type will
be displayed. Once you lift the stylus, the game board is
redrawn.
The preferences options you
set in the preferences menu option are saved in something
called the "saved preferences." This data is also saved
back to your PC when you hotsync, so if you do a hard
reset, you'll be able to restore this information.
The state of the current level is also saved in
preferences, but this time in the "unsaved preferences."
This means that when you re-invoke Vexed, it'll go to your
most recent level and you won't start the level from the
beginning. Instead, it will go to the point at which you left
off. But this data is not included with your hotsync to your
PC, so you'll have to restart the level from the beginning in
the event of a hard reset / restore sequence.
Preferences
You can set the following settings affecting how the
program works in the preferences screen found in the Game
menu (or the "/R" shortcut):
Piece move animation
This animates (and slows down) the movement of blocks as
they move sideways. Unselect this to speed up game play.
Gravity animation
This animates (and slows down) the movement of blocks as
they fall due to gravity. Unselect this to speed up game
play.
Piece elimination animation
This animates (and slows down) the erasing of blocks as
they disappear. Unselect this to speed up game play.
Blinds Effect
This is the animation effect you see when a level is first
loaded or reloaded. Unselect this to speed up game play.
Skip Intro
Select this option to skip the animated introduction each
time you run Vexed. You can also tap the screen or press the
page up / page down keys to interrupt the animated
introduction.
Sound
Select this option to turn on sound effects.
Block Set
This is a pop-up menu to let you select between 3
monochrome or 6 different block sets.
Note! If you turn off the first three animations, the
replay and solution functions will be very fast, so you
probably need to keep at least one of them on if you use
Solution or Replay.
There are now many more
level packs available. The Classic and Classic II levels
are no longer built-in to the Vexed prc file, and they are
all now installed on the Palm separately. Use the Level
Packs option from the Levels Menu to work with level
packs. The level packs screen will display which level
packs you have installed on your device. For each level
pack it also shows your current score, the highest level
you've solved, and how many levels are in the level pack,
for example:
Confusion Pack:10 (4/60)
The level packs screen also gives you information about the
source of the level pack and types of levels found within.
See the Level Packs page under More Info for more on the
level packs.
You can elect to see the
solution for a level. Select the Show Solution option from
the Levels Menu to view the solution. Viewing solutions
adds 5 to your score!
Selecting the Show Solution option saves your current
level state and the solution screen is drawn. It
automatically starts displaying the solution and will
continue unless you tap the screen or press the page up /
page down keys. If you interrupt it, use the arrow icons at
the bottom of the screen or the page up / page down keys to
step forward and back through the solution.
Tapping the restart icon in the bottom right corner of the
screen restarts the solution from the beginning.
Tap the Done button to exit the solution and return to the
level where you left off.
Tapping on the title bar will open
up the two pull down menus available, Game and Levels.
Game Menu
The Game Menu has the following options:
Preferences
Use this option to set the Game Options described above.
They are stored in the Palm's "saved preferences."
Replay Current Level
Show all the moves made so far in the current level from
the beginning.
Replay Previous Level
Show all moves made in the previous level. If you haven't
solved a level yet in your current session this option is not
available.
Beam Vexed
This menu option lets you beam the Vexed program to
another device. Go into the Level Packs menu form to beam
individual level packs.
How To Play
This displays some brief instructions on how to play the
game.
About
Displays information about Vexed. Tap the Credits button
for information about the authors of Vexed.
Levels Menu
The Levels Menu has the following options:
Level Packs
This option opens up a screen to deal with level packs.
Move the cursor up and down through the list to see
information about each level, including the author and a
description of the level pack.
This is the format of the level packs in the list:
name:level pack score (highest level completed / number of
levels in the pack)
For example, "Confusion Pack: 10 (4/60)"
To load a level pack, move the cursor to the pack desired
and tap on OK.
You can beam level packs to another device by selecting
the pack to beam with the cursor and tapping on Beam.
You can delete a level pack by moving the cursor to the
level pack you wish to delete and tapping on Delete.
Blocks Remaining
This option displays how many blocks there are remaining
of each type.
Clear Solved Levels
The program remembers which level you were playing and how
many levels were solved when the program exits. Use this
option if you want to reset this and have the program think
you're starting over on the very first level.
Show Solution
Select this option to see how to solve the current level
as described above. Viewing the solution will add 5 to your
score.
Refer to the icon at the
top right of this page for an example of the Vexed screen.
Title Bar
This is the format of the information on the title
bar:
Level number
The number of the level within the level pack, starting
with level 0.
Level name
Each level pack has a theme used to assign names to
individual levels. For example, the Children's Pack uses ice
cream flavors. It's more fun to be stuck on level Chocolate
Chip than level 23, isn't it? If you wish to modify the level
names there is a tool to add titles to the level pack
databases within the source code zip file.
Current number of moves
How many moves you've taken so far in the level.
Par moves
The number of moves for this level in the solution stored
in the level pack ("par"). Note that the solution stored may
not be the most efficient, so it is possible to beat par and
get a negative score.
Score
Your total score for the entire level pack. It is the sum
of your moves above or below par for each level completed.
The lower the number, the better your score.
Gameboard
Under the title bar is the game play area, a grid of
blocks 10 by 8.
Control Icons
Underneath the game board are a set of control icons. From
left to right, here are their functions:
First
The left-most icon jumps to the first level in the level
pack, level 0.
Previous
The second icon with the arrow pointing to the left moves
to the previous level. If you're on level 0 this does
nothing.
Level Select
The magnifiying glass icon brings up a form to let you
select exactly which level you want to select. Use the up and
down arrows or the page up / page down keys to select the new
level. It will display all levels in the level pack, but you
cannot select a level higher than one past the highest level
you've solved.
Next
The right-hand pointing arrow will move up to the next
level past your current level. You are only allowed to move
to levels up to one past the highest level you've solved.
Last
The fifth icon jumps to the one past the highest level
you've solved.
Undo
The sixth icon from the left is an uppercase "U"
character. This icon appears after you've made your first
move in a level. Tapping this icon moves back one move. The
buffer for the undo function holds 15 moves, so you may only
go back that many moves.
Recall
The seventh icon from the left is an uppercase "R"
character. It appears when you tap the "Memorize" icon,
discussed next. Tap the Recall icon to return the gameboard
to the state it was in when you memorized it.
Memorize
The eighth icon from the left is an uppercase "M"
character. Use this function to memorize the current state of
the gameboard in order to return to it later.
Restart
The icon in the bottom right erases all moves taken in the
current level and lets you start the level over from the
beginning.
예전에 Palm에서 많이 하다가 최근에는 스마트폰에서 자주 하는 프리웨어 게임 Vexed! 
