Free fun puzzle game software for mac

Slider is a fun puzzle game where the player tries to clear combinations of colored pearls from the board to earn points. Along the way special pearls give the game a strategic aspect.

The goal of Slider is to combine 3 or more Pearls of the same color in a row or a column of the game board. The combined pearls will then be removed from the board. The pearls above the removed items will fall into the open spaces and new random pearls will fill up the board from the top. The player can make one move per turn, and the move must result in the removal of game pieces from the board. If the move does not result in the removal of pearls, the move will be automatically reversed (moves involving special pearls are an exception to this rule - see below).

To perform a move, the player uses the directional buttons around the game board. The player may move a row one place to the left or the right, and a column one spot up or down. The pearls in a row or column will then all shift one place in the direction of the button pressed. The first pearl in the direction of the move will "wrap around" to the other side of the row or column. For example, when shifting a row to the right, the right-most pearl will disappear and reappear on the left side of the row. Therefore, the "wrapped" pearl may create a combination on the side it reappears.

The player recieves points for the number of game pieces removed from the board. The more pearls are removed from the board with one turn the more points will be given per pearl (for example removing 7 pearls or more at once will yield twice the points per pearl than removing just 3). Additionally, the pearls randomly replacing the removed pearls may also form combinations and will also be removed from the board, thus creating a cascading effect. Cascades will also create additional bonus points.

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The object of this game is simple: Change all of the blocks in the puzzle to white. You do this by clicking on blocks until all blocks in the puzzle are white. When you click a block, all adjacent blocks are changed by one color according to the key shown in the lower right. Red becomes green; Green becomes blue; Blue becomes yellow; Yellow becomes cyan; Cyan becomes purple; Purple becomes white; White becomes red.

When the game begins, the puzzle is a 2 by 2 grid, and you are given one minute to solve the puzzle. Successfully solve the puzzle, and the remaining time is carried over to the next level. In addition, the time alloted for a new level is level plus one minutes. So, level one, you have two minutes, plus the unused time from level zero. Level three gives you four minutes, plus the unused time from level two.

As the levels increase, the puzzle size increases.

Level 0 - 3, 2x2
Level 4 - 15, 4x4
Level 16 - 35, 6x6
Level 36 - 63, 8x8
Level 64 - 99, 10x10
Level 100 - 143, 12x12
Level 144 - 195, 14x14
Level 196 - 255, 16x16
Level 256 - 323, 18x18
Level 324+ 20x20

The complexity of the puzzle increases as the level increases as well. On level zero, the computer generates the puzzle by "clicking" one block. So to solve the puzzle, you should be able to simply click one block, turning all 4 blocks white. On level one, the computer does this twice, and thus the puzzle can be solved in 2 clicks. So for each level, the puzzle can be solved in level plus one clicks.

There could be multiple paths to correctly solving the puzzle. If at any point you decide that you have gone down the wrong road, you can reset the board to its original state. However, the time spent thus far on solving the puzzle is still spent, and is not returned. To reset the board, click the "Reset Board" button.

You can begin a new game at any point by clicking the "New Game" button. You will start over at level zero.

The game can be paused at any time by clicking the "Pause" button. While the game is paused, the time remaining to solve the puzzle remains unchanged. The board is hidden from view, and the "Pause" button flashes to indicate that the game is paused. Simply click the "Pause" button a second time to resume play.

When you are done playing the game, you can quit, by clicking the "Quit" button. The current game will end and the application will close.

This game should run fine on Mac OS X and Mac OS 9

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