 
 Shangai 1.00 Instructions
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 Table of contents

  1. What is Shangai?
  2. How to play
  3. Strategy
  4. Other important things
  5. Credits
  6. Hot keys



 1. What is Shangai?

  Shangai is a solitaire version of the ancient oriental game, Mah-Jongg. Winning requires 
  good reaction velocity and eyesight.


 2. How to play

  The object of Shangai is to remove all of the pieces from the board. All pieces have 
  matching pairs. Pieces can only be removed if they are free. The piece is free if
                      1) it has no piece on TOP of it
                      2) it has space on its RIGHT or LEFT side

  Click one or the either piece which matches to each other, then click the other and 
  both of them will disappear. It could sound like easy, but pieces increase themselves 
  all the time relatively to difficulty.


 3. Strategy

  Try to remove pieces from right and left side to center. Also keep an eye on that piece 
  formation doesn't come too high or too flat. It decreases possibilities to win. If you 
  want to get your name on high scores list, don't try to play small layouts with low 
  difficulty. Higher difficulty doubles scores and the highest triples them.


 4. Other important things

  - Editor
    You can also make layouts yourself. Start 'Editor.exe', make layout with mouse and save it.
    Remember to profit fill-tool and hot keys.

  - Themes
    It doesn't really matter which theme dresses the board. They are just for variety.

  - Legal information
    This game is freeware, which means that feel free to share this software to others.

  - If you have problems with display, change the resolution to 800x600.


 5. Credits

  - The whole game was created by Janne Seppänen
  - The programming tool was -Borland Delphi 6 Personal Edition-


 6. Hot keys

  In Layout editor:

  F1 --- New layout
  F2 --- Save layout
  F3 --- Save layout as...
  F4 --- Load layout...
  F12 --- Exit
  Insert --- Fill
  Shift+F1 --- Add one piece
  Shift+F2 --- Add two pieces
  Shift+F3 --- Add three pieces
  Shift+F4 --- Add four pieces
  Shift+F5 --- Add five pieces
  Ctrl+Shift+F1 --- Delete one Piece
  Ctrl+Shift+F2 --- Delete two Pieces
  Ctrl+Shift+F3 --- Delete three Pieces
  Ctrl+Shift+F4 --- Delete four Pieces
  Ctrl+Shift+F5 --- Delete whole square

  In Shangai: 

  F1 --- Help
  F2 --- New game
  F3 --- Load game
  F4 --- Save game
  F5 --- Restart
  F6 --- Pause
  F11 --- Main Menu
  F12 --- Exit



