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Table Of Contents

1.  Game Rules
2.  Scoring
3.  Options
4.  Notes


1.  Wordage is similar to the game Lingo.  Your goal is to guess the 5 letter word.
You will be provided with the first letter of the word and must guess the rest of the word.
Your guess must be an actual word.  If your guess is a legitimate word, you will be told whether
each letter in your guess occurs in the word or if each letter occurs in the word and 
is in the correct position.  Letters highlighted in yellow are in the word but in the wrong
position.  Letters highlighted in orange are in the word and in the correct position.

For example:

Let's assume the hidden word is GIANT

You will see

G - - - -

If you were to guess the word 

G A I N S

you will see (O = orange highlight, Y = yellow highlight)

O Y Y O -

G is in the word and in the correct position
A is in the word and is out of position
I is in the word and is out of position
N is in the word and in the correct position
S is not in the word

Your word must start with the letter of the hidden word or you forfeit a guess.

You get 12 guesses and receive less points the longer it takes you.  

A right/wrong position does not help indicate the number of occurances of a letter.

For example:

Hidden Word: ABYSS

Guessed word: ATOMS

Result: O - - - O

You will not be able to tell that there is another S in the word. But:

Hidden word: ABYSS

Guessed Word: ASSET

Result O Y Y - -

Will show there are two S's in the word.

You have 5 minutes to get through the first round.  You must get through 5 words in 5 minutes.

After the first round, you will reach the bonus round.  
In the bonus round, you are given the first letter of the
word and another letter within the word.  
Guess as many words before time runs out.

Go for high score!

2.  Scoring

Each guess costs 100 points.  Additionally, there is a time bonus of 600 points for each word.  
Bonus points are only awarded if a word is guessed within 1 minute.  You lose 10 possible bonus points each second.

Thus a word has a maximum total point value of 1800 points.  
1200 if guessed correctly the first time and 600 points if guessed immediately.

If you achieve a high score, left and right will cycle through the letter entry.
x will advance position and enter letter
L will delete a letter
R enters name

If you press R without entering your name, your name will be "JUNKMAN".


3. Options:

Press start to select a option from the main menu

Controls
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Horizontal:

Your first button press indicates the row of letters you wish to select from
Your second button press chooses the letter

Circle will deselect a row selection
L will delete a letter
Once 5 letters are input R will enter word

In my opinion, this control style allows for the fastest input.

Vertical:

Your first button press indicates the column of letters you wish to select from
Your second button press chooses the letter

Circle will deselect a column selection
L will delete a letter
Once 5 letters are input R will enter word

Cursor:

Directional input moves cursor
x inputs letter

L will delete a letter
Once 5 letters are input R will enter word

Background
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Select a background

Font
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select a font for the letters

Quit
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Return to main menu

4.  Notes

--You don't actually have to get all 5 words correct to advance to the second round.  You just have to get
through 5 rounds.  If your time expires before you get through 5 rounds, you fail.

--You can add backgrounds.  Backgrounds must be 480x272.  You must also have a thumbnail with '_tn' 
appended to the end of the filename.  The thumbnail must be 120x68.  For example, if you have a 480x272 background
with a filename:

mytestbackground.png

you must have a thumbnail 120x68 with filename:

mytestbackground_tn.png

Filenames cannot contain a _ otherwise.

Both should go in the backgrounds/ folder.

--The wordageback.png background is required.  It is the default background for the high score screen.

--You can add fonts, but it's tedious.  If you really want to, it must be 416x64. 
A-M go on the first row 32 pixels high.  
N-Z go on the second row 32 pixels high.  
Each letter is 32x32.  The letters should be masked out (i.e. the background should be transparent).  
Place the file in the fonts directory, it can then be selected in the options.

This may be obsolete as I'll probably change it to TrueType fonts.

--The score list obviously reads the scores from scores.txt.  I don't recommend you change this text file manually.

--I think I have a memory leak somewhere.  After extended play, the game will freeze.

--24960 is my high score.  It is included as the top score on the high score list.  
I got it with control style "Horizontal".  

Good luck beating it, it took me a while!