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   3 <title>Generic block game help</title>
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   7 <div class="header"><img src="gfx/gbgtitle.png" alt="Generic block game"></div>
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  10                 <th><a href="general.html">General information</a></th>
  11                 <td><a href="variationhelps.html">Included variations</a></td>
  12                 <td><a href="variations.html">.var file reference</a></td>
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  16 <h2>General information</h2>
  17 <p>Generic Block Game is made in FreeBasic. It is similar to Tetris or Columns, but the rules are flexible.</p>
  18 <p>It is licensed under <a href='../COPYING'>GPL 3</a> or later.</p>
  19 <p>Following things can be changed by editing sets of rules, called <a href="variations.html">variations</a>.</p>
  20 <ul>
  21 <li>Playfield size</li>
  22 <li>Blocks number and shapes</li>
  23 <li>Game goals</li>
  24 <li>Game mechanics (gravity/no gravity)</li>
  25 <li>Graphics</li>
  26 </ul>
  27
  28 <h2>Game controls</h2>
  29 <h3>Block manipulation</h3>
  30 <table>
  31         <tr>
  32                 <th>key</th>
  33                 <th>action</th>
  34         </tr>
  35         <tr>
  36                 <td>
  37                         <img src="gfx/keyleft.png" alt="left arrow" title="left arrow">
  38                         <img src="gfx/keyright.png" alt="right arrow" title="right arrow">
  39                         <img src="gfx/keydown.png" alt="down arrow" title="down arrow">
  40                 </td>
  41                 <td>move block</td>
  42         </tr>
  43         <tr>
  44                 <td>
  45                         <img src="gfx/keyup.png" alt="up arrow" title="up arrow">
  46                 </td>
  47                 <td>move block or rotate, depending on variation</td>
  48         </tr>
  49         <tr>
  50                 <td>
  51                         <img src="gfx/keyenter.png" alt="enter" title="enter">
  52                 </td>
  53                 <td>fix or drop the block, depending on variation</td>
  54         </tr>
  55         <tr>
  56                 <td>
  57                         <img src="gfx/keyspace.png" alt="space" title="space">
  58                 </td>
  59                 <td>rotate</td>
  60         </tr>
  61         <tr>
  62                 <td>
  63                 </td>
  64                 <td>
  65                 </td>
  66         </tr>
  67 </table>
  68
  69 <h3>Interface</h3>
  70
  71 <table>
  72         <tr>
  73                 <th>key</th>
  74                 <th>action</th>
  75         </tr>
  76         <tr>
  77                 <td>
  78                         <img src="gfx/keyesc.png" alt="Esc key" title="Esc key">
  79                 </td>
  80                 <td>exits game, exits menu</td>
  81         </tr>
  82         <tr>
  83                 <td>
  84                         <img src="gfx/keyf1.png" alt="F1 key" title="F1 key">
  85                 </td>
  86                 <td>open help window</td>
  87         </tr>
  88         <tr>
  89                 <td>
  90                         <img src="gfx/keyf2.png" alt="F2 key" title="F2 key">
  91                 </td>
  92                 <td>restart game</td>
  93         </tr>
  94         <tr>
  95                 <td>left mouse button</td>
  96                 <td>drag to move window, select in menu</td>
  97         </tr>
  98         <tr>
  99                 <td>right mouse button</td>
 100                 <td>open/close menu</td>
 101         </tr>
 102         <tr>
 103                 <td>
 104                         <img src="gfx/keys.png" alt="s key" title="s key">
 105                 </td>
 106                 <td>display score</td>
 107         </tr>
 108         <tr>
 109                 <td>
 110                         <img src="gfx/keyt.png" alt="t key" title="t key">
 111                 </td>
 112                 <td>change tiles look (if available)</td>
 113         </tr>
 114         <tr>
 115                 <td>
 116                         <img src="gfx/keyplus.png" alt="+ key" title="+ key">
 117                 </td>
 118                 <td>increase speed (if available)</td>
 119         </tr>
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