Clicking
the NEW GAME button will set out the letters for the letter SET and
LEVEL.
In the above screen-shot the robot has been used to push
three of
the letters together to form the word BAT. The robot is
moved by
either using the arrow keys on the keyboard or by clicking the blue
arrows with the mouse. The words can be formed anywhere in
the
play area as separate words or linked together in 'cross-word' style to
use letters twice. The aim is to get as high a score as
possible
from the given set of letters. Each letter has its score
shown in
the top top-right and the highest scores are usually obtained when the
highest score letters are used twice to make words. Only two
and
three letter words in common usage (and on the program's internal word list) count.
The robot can only push the letters, it cannot pull them so if a letter is pushed against the wall it can then only move along the wall. If it is accidently pushed onto the wall it can usually be moved back by clicking the UNDO button which will undo the last move. If that does not work (as it was not the last move) then the player can start again with those letters by clicking the NEW GAME button.
When the player has formed all the words they can then clicking the SCORE IT button will show the score for each word that is on the word list and the total score. The highest score obtained so far for that letter set and level is shown in the purple panel (21 in the above screen shot)
The robot can only push the letters, it cannot pull them so if a letter is pushed against the wall it can then only move along the wall. If it is accidently pushed onto the wall it can usually be moved back by clicking the UNDO button which will undo the last move. If that does not work (as it was not the last move) then the player can start again with those letters by clicking the NEW GAME button.
When the player has formed all the words they can then clicking the SCORE IT button will show the score for each word that is on the word list and the total score. The highest score obtained so far for that letter set and level is shown in the purple panel (21 in the above screen shot)
There are three LEVELS of play with five different SETs of letters in each level and more letters to deal with in the higher levels.