
                          Roxie's ABC Fish
		  Copyright (C) LatticeWork Software, 1995-1998

Roxie's ABC Fish is a freely-distributable shareware program

REQUIREMENTS

Windows 95
256+ colors
Windows-supported sound card
hard drive

INSTALLATION
 
Click on the "Start" button then "Settings" and then
select "Control Panel."  Double-click on "Add/Remove Programs"
and click on the "Install" button.  Click "Next" and Windows
will find setup.exe on your floppy disk.  Click on "Finish."



UNINSTALL
To uninstall Roxie's ABC Fish in Windows 95, click on Start/Settings/Control 
Panel.  Next double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.  Scroll down 
and click on Roxie's ABC Fish.  Then click the Add/Remove button.

 

INTRODUCTION

Roxie's ABC Fish is a very intuitive, and easy-to-use program.
Children can, with no help or supervision, learn to play the game 
just by clicking on various areas on the screen.  

ROXIE'S HINTS

For example, the mouse cursor will change depending on the action 
which can be taken at that position.  When the cursor is over the 
HELP button, or over Roxie, it changes to a large question mark.  
Clicking on Roxie will cause Roxie to explain the current game 
status.  Clicking on the HELP button, allow access to on-line help
screen.  When the cursor is over the draw deck in the center of 
the screen, or over one of the player's cards on the bottom of 
the screen, it changes to a hand holding a card.  And, when the 
cursor is over the STOP button on the bottom right of the screen, 
the cursor changes to a STOP sign, showing how to exit the program.
 
Clicking on a card with the RIGHT mouse button will cause 
Roxie to say the letter or number of that card.

GETTING STARTED

The program will display a dialog box requesting the
child's name, ABC level and playing level

The ABC levels are:
	o  Uppercase letters
	o  Lowercase letters
	o  0 - 9
	o  10 - 100

The three playing levels are:
	o  Easy
	o  Medium
	o  Hard

Roxie plays an increasingly better game in the Medium and Hard 
levels.  Choose a level and click on Ok.

PLAYING THE GAME

Your child is ready to play Roxie's ABC Fish.  The goal is to 
get the largest number of books consisting of four of the same
card.  (Actually the goal is to learn letters, but don't tell your
child that!)  Your child's and Roxie's cards are on the screen,
with a draw deck in between them.  Roxie will tell your child
what the next move is.  For example, at the beginning of the
game, Roxie says "Your turn."

A good reminder to your child will be to tell him or her that if 
they are stuck, to click on Roxie's face, and Roxie will tell them 
what's going on.  For most children, this is not necessary, because 
they will be trying different things, clicking on different areas 
of the screen and discovering what works and what doesn't.  That 
will make the game more fascinating for them since THEY are the ones 
who are in charge and are running things.  A more unusual activity 
that the child is not likely to just "happen" on is that clicking
on a card with the RIGHT mouse button, will cause Roxie to say the
letter.  Telling them about this can be helpful.

At the beginning of every game, the child is first.  They will
click on a card to ask Roxie if she has any of those.  If so,
the cards will be given to the child; otherwise, Roxie will say a 
variation of "Go Fish!"  In this case, the child should click on 
the draw deck, and a card is placed in their hand.  If they drew 
what they asked for, it is still their turn.  If they did not draw 
what they asked for, it is Roxie's turn, and Roxie will ask for a 
card.  If you child has that card, he or she should click on it.  
Don't worry, they cannot make a mistake.  If the child clicks on 
the wrong card, or on the draw deck, when they have the card that 
Roxie wants, Roxie will gently correct them.

Play continues until all of the cards in the draw deck are played, 
and Roxie announces a winner.  Then the child is turned over to
explore Roxie's Grumpy Music world.  Read more about that later.

If the child or Roxie completes a book of four cards with the same 
letter, that book is placed onto their respective discard piles on 
the table.  If this causes either player to run out of cards, one is
automatically chosen for them and play passes to the other player.

ROXIE'S GRUMPY MUSIC

Click on one of the "grumps" and it will sing its note.  Watch out 
for the right-most grump!  Pick up a musical note by clicking once 
on the whole, half or quarter note at the bottom of the screen and 
moving it to a position on the staff.  Click once more to place that 
note on the staff.  Place many notes on the staff and click the "Play" 
button to hear your new song.  To try something different with the 
same newly created song, click on one of the four instrument numbers 
for a completely different sound.  To exit this part of the program,
and return to another game of Roxie's ABC Fish, click on the "Bye"
button.


CHANGE LEVEL

Click on the HELP button, and choose "Change Level" if you wish to 
change either the level or the playing skill level.

HELP
	
Click on the "HELP" button for the on-line help, or change levels 
of the Roxie ABC Fish game.

SOUND

NOTE: If you have a microphone hooked up to your computer, you can 
make the game more exciting by having your children record their 
own messages.  Use the Sound Recorder (a Windows 3.1 Accessory).  
(See your Windows 3.1 documentation).

Open one of the files with a .WAV extension using the Sound Recorder.  
Play it, and then record your own message, saving it to that same 
file.  WARNING: The file names must remain the same.  Be sure to 
delete any blank space before or after the actual voice message 
using the Edit commands.  Otherwise the program will spend time 
playing back files containing blank spaces, which may be large.  
Eliminating blank spaces will also decrease the file size.

SUPPORT

The following support of Roxie's ABC Fish is provided.  
LatticeWork Software will answer questions and fix serious bugs 
during a one-year period after order.  For problems involving 
specific hardware or software environment or feature, 
LatticeWork Software may choose not to modify the program.  In 
that case, if a problem is reported within three months after order, 
then LatticeWork Software will refund the user's order price.  
You may contact LatticeWork Software at the following addresses:
1)  LatticeWork Software
    P.O. Box 362
    Lafayette Hill, PA 19444
2)  email to support@latticeworksw.com
3)  Visit our web page:
    http://www.latticeworksw.com


DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT

LIMITED WARRANTY

THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
IS" BASIS.  LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE NOR ANYONE ELSE
WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF LATTICEWORK SOFTWARE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS.  THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
