Game Goal
Scoring
Timed Game
Information on screen
Starting new game
Pausing current game
Turning sound on and off
Changing game modes and options
Viewing top scores
Support

Game Goal
Lines game is played on a 9x9 board, which is randomly filled with colored balls. Your goal is to align balls into a rows of the same color by moving balls on the board.

To move a ball, click on it - you'll see the ball jumping. Then click on the destination field. If the move is legal, the ball will now move to its new position. The ball can be moved for unlimited distance but there must be a free way from its starting point to the destination.

Aligning five or more of balls of the same color in the row will make them disappear and you will get score points.

New balls will appear after every move that does not complete a row. When the board is completely filled with balls, the game ends.

Scoring
The score you get for dissolving a row depends on its length. Build longer rows to get more points. As you can see below, it is much better to build one 9-ball row than two 5-ball row.

Since diagonal rows are more difficult to build, they are scored as they have one ball more. In other words, 8 ball diagonal row will give you 17 points instead of 12.

Build several lines in consecutive turns to get the combo bonus! The first row scores as usual, the second is doubled, the third is tripled and so on.

Timed Game
If you choose time based play mode, in the beginning of the game you'll be given 45 seconds to make a move. When time runs out, next set of balls appears on the board.

Every time you achieve 100 points the time for next move is decreased for 5 seconds. However you will always have 10 seconds to make a move, despite of how large your score is.

Information on screen
Top section of game screen provides you an information about your score followed by time remaining to make a move. In right top corner you will see balls which will appear on the board next.

Starting new game
Choose Game > New. The score and board will be cleared and new game will start

Pausing current game
Choose Game > Pause. Small window indicating that game is paused will appear over the board. To continue the game tap OK button on the window.

Turning sound on and off
Choose Game > Sound to turn sound on. Choose it again to turn sound off.

Changing game modes and options
Choose Game > Options... to change game modes. Dialog will appear.

Preview next ball's positions
Check this box if you want to see not only the balls' colors, but also the positions where they will appear on the screen. Selecting this option make game much more easier.

Timed Game
Check this box to enable time based play mode.

Autosave game on exit
Check this box to save the game in progress automatically when program exits. Next time you start the program, you can continue your last game at the point where you left it.

Top scores
Game maintains the list of top scores for each game mode, along with names and date the game was played.

Choose Game > Highscores... to show top scores.

At any time you can submit your scores to our online hall of fame. To do this:
1. Select the score you want to submit
2. Tap "Publish score on the web" button
3. Follow instructions in "Publish score dialog"

Exiting the program
Choose Game > Exit to exit the program.

Support
This game was created for your pleasure by www.not-big-deal.com team. Visit our website to find more about this game updates and more new games. If you have problems, wishes or questions, feel free to write us on support@not-big-deal.com, or just leave a message in our website's guestbook.

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