Index
Paulie Python Help Index

The Index lists all Paulie Python Help topics.

To learn how to use Help, choose How to Use Help from the Help menu.

Registering this Software (what you get)

Registering the Shareware Version

Receiving the Commercial Version

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor

Getting Started

Overview

Starting a New Game

Options

Scheme of Things

Icon

Attitude (speed)

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Other Screen Set

ScreenSculptor

How to Get ScreenSculptor

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


Registering this Software
Registering this Software (what you get)

This section explains the options and benefits of registering Paulie Python.

Registering the Shareware Version

Receiving the Commercial Version

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


Registering the Shareware Version

If after a few days you decide you would like to keep the Shareware version of Paulie Python, you must register it.

To register the Shareware version of Paulie Python, send just $5.00 to:

Craig P. Thompson

Way Out West-ware

1815 W. Temple Street

Chandler, AZ  85224

You will gain the satisfaction of knowing you are encouraging the development of quality Shareware programs.  Thank you for supporting the Shareware concept.

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Receiving the Commercial Version

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


Receiving the Commercial Version

The commercial version of Paulie Python includes the following bonus features:

*  ScreenSculptor screen builder - no limit on number of screens.

*  Start each game with five lives instead of three.

*  Earn an extra life after each five screens.

*  Automatically registers your Shareware version

To receive the commercial version of Paulie Python, send just $14.95 to:

Craig P. Thompson

Way Out West-ware

1815 W. Temple Street

Chandler, AZ  85224

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Registering the Shareware Version

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


Building Screens
Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor

ScreenSculptor allows you to create an unlimited number of screen sets, each containing up to 100 screens.  The Edit option lets you edit existing screens or create new screens and screen sets.  To create a new screen or screen set, simply type in a new name in the screen chooser dialogue box.  Screen sets can reside in any directory on any drive.

You may use either the keyboard or the mouse to create your screens.  The left mouse button draws with the currently selected shape.  The right mouse button erases shapes.  The cursor keys on the keyboard move the keyboard cursor.  The spacebar toggles the keyboard draw-mode.  The delete key toggles the keyboard delete-mode.  When finished editing a screen, select the Done option to save your work.

Each screen must have exactly one Paulie Python head shape and one or more Mice.

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Registering the Shareware Version

Receiving the Commercial Version


Getting Started

This section will help you begin playing Paulie Python immediately.

Overview

Starting a New Game


Overview

The object of the game is to guide Paulie Python through multiple scrolling screens eating all the Mice without crashing into the walls or himself.  The screen is completed when all the mice are eaten.  Avoid the bouncing balls.  Paulie can be killed if he gets hit in the head by a ball.  The bonus for a given screen is the amount of time left on the bonus timer multiplied by the level.  You can either use the cursor keys on the keyboard or the mouse to control Paulie's movements.  Each mouse Paulie eats adds to his length making it more difficult to avoid crashing into himself.

The sound may be toggled on and off using the F3 key or the Sound option on the Game menu.

The game may be paused by using the F4 key or the Pause option on the Game menu.

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Starting a New Game


Starting a New Game

To start a new game, select the New option from the Game menu or press the F2 key.

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Overview


Options

This section explains Paulie Python's many options.  Paulie Python remembers your favorite settings from one session to the next.

Scheme of Things

Icon

Attitude (speed)

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Other Screen Set


Scheme of Things

This setting allows you to decide what will happen after Paulie Python clears the screen of Mice.  The Grand Tour option progresses through the screens one after another in the order they appear in the screen set.  The Surprise Me option randomly chooses the next screen from all screens in the current screen set.  The My Way option prompts you to choose the next screen each time a screen is cleared.

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Icon

Attitude (speed)

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Other Screen Set


Icon Options

When the Paulie Python main window is minimized to an icon, this option determines whether the icon is animated.

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Scheme of Things

Attitude (speed)

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Other Screen Set


Attitude (speed)

The speed of the game action is set by Paulie's attitude.  He can move like a Garter Snake (slowest) all the way up to a Black Mamba (fastest).

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Scheme of Things

Icon

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Other Screen Set


Control Options
Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

When set to Keyboard, you must use the cursor keys to change Paulie's direction.  When set to Mouse, you can use either the mouse or the cursor keys.  When the mouse is set to Full Screen, you do not have to keep the cursor in the main window, but the function keys and menus are disabled.  When the mouse is set to Client Area, the function keys and menus are accessible, but Paulie's direction can only be changed when the cursor is in the client area of the main Paulie Python window.

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Scheme of Things

Icon

Attitude (speed)

Other Screen Set


Other Screen Set

This option allows users of the commercial release to chose from an unlimited number of screen sets residing in any directory of any drive.  Each screen set may contain up to 100 screens.

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Scheme of Things

Icon

Attitude (speed)

Control (keyboard vs. mouse)

Receiving the Commercial Version

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


ScreenSculptor

This section shows you how to create an unlimited number of screens and screen sets.

How to Get ScreenSculptor

Building Unlimited Screens with ScreenSculptor


How to Get ScreenSculptor

The ScreenSculptor comes with the commercial release of Paulie Python.

Receiving the Commercial Version