Alphabet Soup 1.0 (c)2004 NewCreature Design
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Alphabet Soup is freeware and may be distributed freely (without charge). If
you would like to include Alphabet Soup on a compilation CD you must contact us
for permission. Please see the "Contacting Us" section at the bottom of this
document.


Disclaimer
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NewCreature Design makes no gaurantees regarding the Alphabet Soup software. We
take no responsibility for any damages the software may cause to you or your
equipment, though it has not been known to cause any problems. Please contact
us if you have any trouble with the software and we'll see if we can resolve
the problem.


Description
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Guide your worm through the soup to spell words and earn points. Play the way
you like with several game mode selections. Words are chosen from one of three
included dictionaries, or import your own.


System Requirements
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Pentium or better PC
VGA or better graphics card


Navigating the Menu
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Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to move through the menu, LEFT and RIGHT to
modify options, ENTER to select.


Playing the Game
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Alphabet soup contains several game modes, all with a similar goal. You are
given a word and you must maneuver your worm through the soup to spell out that
word. Larger words, naturally, earn you more points.


Game Modes
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All game modes share the same basic rules as spelled out above, however, some
details about how the game plays depend on what game mode you've chosen.


  Scatter Word
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  The basic game mode, spell the given word to earn points.
  

  Blind Worm
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  Just like Scatter Word, except you must figure out what word you are supposed
  to find based on what letters are floating in the soup.
  
  
  Elimination
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  Like Scatter Word but each word you find is eliminated from the dictionary
  until no words remain.
  
  
  Poison Letter
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  Eat the wrong letter and you lose.
  
  
  Fat Worm
  --------
  
  Your worm does not get smaller as you find words.
  
  
  Skinny Worm
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  Your worm does not get bigger with each word.
  
  
  Cold Soup
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  Letters do not float around in the soup.
  

  Nibbles
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  The simplest mode, only the letter you need appears.
  
  
Dictionaries
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When playing Alphabet Soup, words are selected from a dictionary. You can use
any of the provided dictionaries or import your own. To import a dictionary
press ENTER on the Dictionary option in the menu and select the text file which
contains your list of words. The file must be formatted one word per line with
a line break at the end of the file to be imported properly.


Credits
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Programming, Concept, Design, Graphics, Music, and Sound by Todd Cope.

Additional Design by Brandy Cope.


Conclusion
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Alphabet Soup has been a blast to work on. We hope the you all will enjoy the
game. If you would like to comment or report problems with the game please
contact us using the information below.


Contacting Us
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If you have general questions about our programs or anything else you can
contact us via e-mail. Please report any bugs you find in our software as well.
Comments are also appreciated. Visit our web site for the latest updates and
releases.

E-mail     - todd@ncdgames.com

Snail Mail - 1409 Diuguid Drive Apt. A5
             Murray, KY 42071
             Apt. A5

Web Site   - http://www.ncdgames.com
