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BookWorm for Palm Information

Current released version: 1.0r3 - 14th January, 2003
Current release expires: never
Feedback to: Ray Seys (ray@astraware.com)
Game Info: http://www.astraware.com/games/popcap/bookworm
Recent update headlines: First Release

Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2002 Astraware Ltd, 2000,2001,2002 PopCap
All rights reserved.

Introduction

Feed the bookworm's endless apetite with words formed by connecting adjoining letter tiles. Use up any burning letters before they reach the bottom to prevent the library setting on fire. A superb word game for beginners and experts alike and a fine way to increase your vocabulary.

BookWorm Features

- Intuitive tap and drag interface
- Built in instructions
- Can be used to both teach and increase literary skills
- Over 35,000 words in the dictionary
- Animated graphics
- Sound Effects
- Built-in High score tables
- Special bonus tiles boost your score if you can use them to make a word
- Brilliant for word game fans!

How To Install

Use an extractor program such as WinZip on the PC or Stuffit Expander on the Mac to get at the BookWorm for Palm files. Install the game by double-clicking the prc file.

Use the HotSync button as usual to install the game onto your handheld. If you have a handheld with an expansion card, you may move the game over to it. Do this before you register the game!

Now run BookWorm for Palm and tap the screen to play the game!

If you've got any queries about BookWorm for Palm or the registration process, first check out our knowledge base on our website (you must be connected to the internet to access this). If this doesn't help, get in touch with us at support@astraware.com. If you've got any questions (or suggestions, we love those) about the game itself, please get in touch with us at the email address at the top of this page.

How to Play BookWorm

Simply connect letters that are touching into chains that form a word. Make words between 3 and 8 letters long and then feed them to the hungry bookworm. Making longer words will give you bonus tiles that are worth more points. Beware the burning tiles! They will burn through the tile below each time you feed the bookworm. When they reach the bottom the game is over and the library will be set on fire. You can use the burning tiles in your word to get rid of them.

Controls

You can either tap each letter in turn and then tap the last letter twice to submit a word or you can drag the stylus across the letters and release to submit a word. Tapping on the bookworm will shuffle the tiles but beware, all bonus tiles gained so far will be lost and some red tiles will appear.

Game Settings

If you access the Game settings menu you will have the option to show or hide the letter points and the glow effects. The letter points are the points that each letter is worth and is displayed on the bottom right of the tiles. The glow effects may slow the game down on some machines and can be turned off to increase performance.

Tips

Try to get long words, there is no time limit and words longer than 5 letters will be rewarded with a gold super bonus tile. Collect a few of these bonus tiles and use them all in one word for massive scores. sometimes you'll have to settle for the three letter words when you need to get rid of a burnig tile.

Try to group common endings together like 'ing' and 'tion' you'll surely be able to make a starter with a bit of effort and youll soon have some eight letter words to submit.

Try to get the bonus word, You'll get 500 times the number of bonus words you have made for each one, so if you get 9 bonus words, the 10th will be worth 5000

Registering

If you downloaded the game straight from the internet, from Astraware's web pages, or from one of the popular handheld download sites, then your copy is in 'Demo' form.

In Demo form, you can play 10 games of BookWorm for Palm for free, as you decide whether you like it or not. After these games are up, the program will display a short message asking you to register on the internet or purchase a full version from a shop!

If you beam a demo to someone else, and they also like the game, then they can register it either by purchasing a copy from a local store, or by purchasing online.

Registering Online:

For those that like the speed and convenience of buying of the internet, when you register for the game, you'll get a key which will unlock the game and remain valid for future 1.x upgrades. Go to the web page at http://www.astraware.com/games/popcap/bookworm
for more details.

You'll need to know your HotSync ID which you can find by running BookWorm for Palm, and going into the menu, and selecting the 'register' option. Your HotSync ID (or username) will be filled in for you below.
When you register, Astraware will generate a key based on your ID, which will normally be sent out by email within 48 hours of you registering. When you receive your key, go to the same register option, and enter the key into the space provided.

Astraware Products

You can find out about Astraware and the product range we have for the Palm-powered platform by visiting our website at www.astraware.com/.
Here are our top products at time of writing:

Astraware Palm Packs
GameHouse Games Pack 1 | Get shuffling with Nisqually, blast those blocks with Collapse and test your word power with TextTwist!
GameHouse Games Pack 2 | Make crazy chains in Glinx, match stunning gems in Gem Drop, and get them balls bouncing in Bounce Out!
It's A Blast! Shooting Pack | Let out your tension with some target practice with Galaxy Ranger, Police Range and Bang Bang!
Palm Games Pack 2001 | Zap!2000, Biplane Ace and Bzzz! together for under $25 - save over 25%
PopCap Games Pack | Get the web games revolution that is Bejeweled, plus Alchemy, Seven Seas, Mummy Maze and Atomica!
Astraware Palm Games
Abysma | It's a race against time as you attempt to fill in the puzzle pieces before the descending bar of doom!
Alchemy | Turn lead into gold in Astraware's addictive PopCap puzzle game!
Astro Defence | Defend your city from the asteroid threat!
Atomica | Make Molecules in Dr. Atomica's Laboratory in Astraware's addictive PopCap puzzle game!
Bang! Bang! | Backyard blasting fun
Bejeweled | Bejeweled is a Palm version of the incredibly popular and addictive online game by PopCap
Big Money! | Coin collecting fun in another Pop Cap classic!
Biplane Ace | Dogfight against rival fighter pilots
BookWorm for Palm | Feed the bookworm’s loquacious appetite with words made from connected letter tiles.
Bounce Out | Brain bending ball matching action
Bzzz! for Palm | Fly-catching action for the Palm
Candy Cruncher for Palm | Candy Crunching Fun
Collapse! | Tap matching blocks in this simple but frantic GameHouse game.
Dynomite | Get prehistoric with this dino egg-citing game!
Elixir | Collect valuable elixir from a stack of capsules without upsetting the balance in this ultra addictive game from Trixiam Studios.
Eye of Horus | Unleash your magical powers with this Astraware puzzle game.
Galaxy Ranger | Be a Galaxy Ranger, Save the Universe!
Gem Drop | Gem dropping, jewel matching fun
Glinx | Make chains of gems as long as you can!
Link Letters for Palm | Form chains of words by altering single letters in Astraware's version of a classic word linking game
Mad Gab | ...It's not what you SAY, it's what you HEAR!
Mahjongg | Relax your mind with the most authentic Mahjongg solitaire game for Palm-powered handhelds
Mars Needs Cows | The challenging PopCap puzzle game of animal abduction!
Mummy Maze | Escape the maze and outsmart the mummy in this great PopCap game!
Nisqually | Make lines of blocks to clear the screen and complete the level
Noah's Ark | Save pairs of animals from the rising water in this great PopCap game!
Police Range | Police Range is a fast game of reactions, dexterity, accuracy and good judgment!
Ricochet | Classic brick blasting fun comes to the Palm in this conversion of the PC favourite.
Rooks Revenge | Try to kill king in this real time chess game from ASAP Games.
Round Up | Marble Moving Madness
Seven Seas | Ship Ahoy! Blast pirates with a broadside and navigate through dangerous waters, in this PopCap puzzle game
T-Blaster | Practice your graffiti/text entry by blasting aliens!
TacTic | A twist on the classic Tic-Tac-Toe game pits you against the brain
Text Twist | Juggle letters to make as many words as you can in a limited time!
What Word for Palm | Word finding fun on your palm
Zap!2000 | Arcade gaming on the Palm has never looked so good!
Zap!2016 | The essential showcase for your 16-bit color Palm
Astraware Palm Applications
e.Guide | Your essential TV episode guide for Palm
Timetable Lite | Know whats when with Timetable!
Timetable ProPlus | The essential tool for teachers and students, with assignment tracker
Astraware Pocket PC Games
Abysma for PocketPC | It's a race against time as you attempt to fill in the puzzle pieces before the descending bar of doom!
Abysma/Elixir TwinPack for PPC | Buy the brain-busting Elixir and Abysma together and save $5!
Alchemy for Pocket PC | The Pocket PC version of this gold making game
BookWorm for PPC | Feed the bookworm’s loquacious appetite with words made from connected letter tiles.
Bounce Out! for Pocket PC | Brain bending ball matching action for the Pocket PC
Collapse! for Pocket PC | Tap matching blocks in this simple but frantic GameHouse game.
Diamond Mine | The Pocket PC version of the addictive PopCap gem-swapping game, Bejeweled
Elixir for Pocket PC | Collect valuable elixir from a stack of capsules without upsetting the balance in this ultra addictive game from Trixiam Studios.
Nisqually for Pocket PC | Make lines of blocks to clear the screen and complete the level
Rooks Revenge for Pocket PC | Try to kill king in this real time chess game from ASAP Games
Seven Seas for Pocket PC | Ship Ahoy! Blast pirates with a broadside and navigate through dangerous waters, in this PopCap puzzle game
Text Twist for Pocket PC | Juggle letters to make as many words as you can in a limited time!
What Word for Pocket PC | Word finding fun on your Pocket PC

Release Revision History!

Release 1.0r3 : 14th January, 2003

- Fixed Bug that meant that the leter Z never occurred.

Release 1.02 : 9th January, 2003

- Less heap requirements mean it now works on Palm V and Palm Zire machines.
- Palette corruption on Game Over screen fixed

Release 1.0r1 : 29th November, 2002

First Release

Feedback

If you've got suggestions about how to improve Astraware BookWorm for Palm - or with reports of any problems you've had, then please contact us!

BookWorm for Palm enquiries/feedback: bookworm@astraware.com
Registration problems: registrations@astraware.com
General Astraware enquiries: feedback@astraware.com

Contributors

Original Game Design

- Jason Kapalka

Programming

- Ray Seys (Palm, PPC)
- Nick Newhard (PC)

Artwork

- Stov Thorley (Palm,PPC)
- Tysen Hendersen (PC)

Thanks also to the many beta testers for their helpful suggestions throughout November 2002.

Legal

Astraware Ltd takes no responsibility for any adverse effect that this software could cause to your machine or the data on it: backup important data before using BookWorm for Palm. BookWorm for Palm is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other intellectual property laws and treaties. BookWorm for Palm is licensed, not sold.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble this software.
Astraware’s and its suppliers’ entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be, at Astraware’s option, either (a) return of the price paid, if any, or (b) replacement of the product that does not meet the warranty and which is returned to Astraware with a copy of your receipt. This warranty is void if failure of the product has resulted from accident, abuse, or misapplication. Any replacement software product will be warranted for the remainder of the original warranty period or thirty (30) days, whichever is longer. These remedies are not available without proof of purchase from an authorized source.

Written permission must be obtained before distribution of this game, either in demo form or full form, through any online or offline methods.

Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2001,2002 Astraware Ltd, 2000,2001,2002 PopCap.

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