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Features include:
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For Color Devices (Palm IIIc, HandSpring Visor Prisim):
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If you like this game please register it. Registration is only $5 and
can be done at Palm Gear. When
registering you must provide your HotSync ID. To find your HotSync ID in the
game hit the MENU icon on your organizer, then select the "About Program"
option. You will see a REGISTER button, click on it then hit the "REGISTER"
again on the bottom left. You will be shown your HotSync name as seen on the
screen to the left (Joe User for example).
Once registered from PalmGear you will be given a UNLOCK code, enter it in the "Code:" area then hit the ENTER CODE button. This will unlock all the features in the game. [ TOP ] |
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In rubies you control a ball  that is constantly
going up and down by making it go left and right on the playfield. The object
of the game is to clear all the Rubies  from the
playfield. To do so you must first clear all the color bricks  .
(NOTE: Shape bricks  are used in the Black and White
version instead of colors.) To clear a color brick your ball must be
the same color of the brick. If the ball is the same color as the brick when the
brick is hit it will disappear. To change the color of the ball you must hit a
color changer brick  (B&W:  ).
Thou be careful, cause when a level starts out you are set the LIGHT-BLUE color (B&W: Solid white)
and there is no changers for that color on the playfield. If you messed up and hit
a color changer before removing all the LIGHT-BLUE bricks from the playfield you will
need to restart the level (and lose a life). To restart the level hit the restart
level button (PageUP is default, and can be changed in configuration screen).
The current brick color that can be removed is shown on the bottom right of the screen. Also if you are currently holding a key, it will be shown there.
On the playfield there are also SKULL blocks Once all your lives are gone, either by restarting levels or hitting skull blocks the game ends.
There are also locks
And finally there is the changer brick Finish the levels fast, cause you get a time bonus for clearing the level in under a minute. Below the playfield is a horizontal line with the time bonus countdown. One the line reaches all the way to the left, you will not get a extra time bonus when you finish the level. [ TOP ] |
Rubies allows you to create your own puzzle mode databases and release them as shareware (or better FREEWARE!! (-:). To start the level editor once in the main menu, click on the MENU button of your organizer and select "Level Editor".
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DataBase Manager (Figure 1)
To create a new database, type in the name of the database you wish to create in the field area (says "New DB" on screen), then hit the CREATE DATABASE button. You will be taken to the MAIN EDIT VIEW SCREEN.
To load or delete a database, first select it from the Pop-Down list (RUB-Original) shown above, then hit the SELECT DATABASE button to load it, or DELETE DATABASE to delete it. You will be then taken back to the MAIN EDIT VIEW SCREEN. (After a delete, a default database will be loaded.)
Modify the database name (text seen when a player starts to play your database), and the name of who made it (hey you!!!).
If the max level is complected the player wins the game by completing the database. You may have a max of 99 levels in one database.
When a database is released, you may also opt to write-protect the database with a password. Do this by entering a password and hitting LOCK. Now your database will be read-only, until it is unlocked by putting in the password in the field and hitting UNLOCK.
After you set all your settings, hit OK to exit and save, or CANCEL to abort any changes you have made.
To edit the playfield, just select which shape you wish to place via the LEFT and RIGHT arrows, then click on a grid location to place that shape there. To erase a shape just use the LEFT and RIGHT arrows until you get to the blank space, then click on the grid to erase what is currently there.
From this screen you can get access to the MORE PROPERTIES screen. To do so hit the MORE button and a screen such as Figure 5 will be shown.
In this screen you can name your level as well as set the initial location of the ball, and it's initial movement direction.
When done in the MORE PROPERTIES screen hit PREV to return to the MAIN EDIT VIEW area.
When you wish to SAVE/UPDATE your level, just hit MENU on your organizer and select the "Save/Update" option. This will show the level location screen (Figure 6) where you can select where you wish to place that level in your database.
This database is designed for use with Rubies. The latest version of the game can be found at http://www.doron.com/palm/ or PalmGear. Please install the latest version of Rubies to use this database. For problems with this database please address support to: [your e-mail] |
To get the database to your users, you will need to get it out of your Palm device. To do this, hotsync you organizer and look for your database in the backup directory. On PC's it will be something like: C:\Palm\[YOUR HOTSYNC NAME PART]\backup. The file will be called RUB-[DBASE NAME]-DZK3.PDB.
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. These blocks
should be avoided at all costs, cause if hit you will lose a life and need to restart
the current level.
and keys 
on some
of the levels. You must collect a key (can only hold 1 key at a time) to open a lock.
, which when hit reverses
your controls till another changer brick is hit.