8 Pool
I : Installation
To install this game on your calculator Casio ClassPad you must have installed "Add-in installer" on your computer, If it is not the case, install it.
To install the play, just send the file 8Pool.CPA on your classpad like any other add-in.
When the game is installed on your classpad should see you in the main menu an icon named "8 Pool" like this :
If it is not the case, check that the choice of the applications shows is "all" or "additional" if you have an os version lower than version 2.00
To enter in the game, click with your pen on the icon named "8 Pool",then you should see the menu of the application:
You can consult Credits or begin a new game by clicking on one of the two rectangles. When you are seeing then screen of credits, Type on the rectangle "credits" in top to return to the menu of the application
II : aiming & shoting
Before speaking about the rules of the game, here is a small tutorial explaining how to aim and shot.
To aim :
For that nothing simpler, when you see the cue at the screen and the text "Aim" in bottom of the screen, Point with the pen at the screen in the place you want to put the cane.
To shot :
To pass in shoting mode, press any key of the keyboard (except [Keyboard], [ON/OFF] and [Clear]) or click on ESC on the screen
After that, you should see in bottom of the screen the text "shot" instead of the text "Aim", you are now in tir mode.
Note: when you are in shoting mode you can press a key to return to the aim mode.
Just put the pen on the cue and move away the cueball
And move the cue in the cueball fast or slow
The cueball should move, if you don't arrive to move it, stay slower and with keeping the pen on the screen.
You know now how to play.
III : Interface
The interface during the game, is composed of various elements, here is a description of each
1 : Show the potten balls.
2 : Color of the Player1's balls, if color where not defined, a "?" is show.
3 : Color of the Player2's balls, if color where not defined, a "?" is show.
4 : CueBall.
5 : Cue.
6 : 8 ball
7 : Grey ball.
8 : Dark ball.
9 : Show the player who play now.
10 : Show "Aim" in aiming mode or "Shot" in shoting mode .
11 : others infos, can be show when the player replay or have 2 visits
IV : Rules of the game
To play this game, you need to be 2 players, and each one must be indicated as player 1 (P1) or player 2 (P2)
When a new game is started, player 1 starts by playing, he must break, by sending the cueball one on the others balls.
If he put one or more balls, the color of the first ball is indicated like its color and that is show in (2) and (3) (see part III: interface). if he put one or more ball he can replay and in bottom of the screen the text "Replay" is show. If he put no ball, it's now to player 2 to play, and if he makes a fault, player 2 has two visits and the text "2 visits" is show in bottom of the screen.
The game continue as follows:
A ball is put : the player replay
if fault : the other player play now and have 2 visits
nothing special : the other player play
The goal is for each player to put all the balls of their color
And if no balls were put during the break, the colors will be defined when the first player put any ball, its color being allocated to the player who have put it.
Faults :
-don't touch any ball
-touching in first the ball of the other player
-Touching in first the 8 ball before having put all his balls
-putting the ball of the other player
-Putting the Cueball
When a player have put all his balls, he should now to put the 8 ball, if he do this, he win.
Loosing the game :
-Put the 8 ball before having put all his balls
-Put the 8 ball and the Cueball in the same time
Programmation & Design by Flore Love
menu picture is a screenshoot of foobillard.