After almost three months of work, Pontes Backgammon 1.0 has been realized.
This is an on-line and off-line Backgammon game programmed in BGT.
You can play on-line and off-line with a partner in the same room or against the computer. Playing with a partner in the same room, the board turns automatically for white and for black alternately; it’s a good way to have a board at home, cheaper than a physical one.
All the information about this game can be found at www.backgammon.pontes.ro, read first of all the Help Section.
Download Pontes Backgammon 1.0.
The beta is still enabled, you can play entire games for some days without buing the game. In demo mode, after removing the 4th checker from the table, the game closes. The name in demo mode is "DemoTester". The price is just 13 euros. The key is available forever, after reinstalling Windows or changing the PC, we will replace the key with another one and the old one will be disabled.
You can choose a favorite pair of dice during the game, you can listen to your favorite music using the Music Player installed under the board, there is a clock cuckoo and many others.
Available Keystrokes
During the Game:
F1 opens this Help.
F2 opens the chat in an on-line game. Escape closes the chat..
F3 changes the board notation. There are two possibilities: points from 1 to 24 or from 1 to 12 (A for white's side, B for black's side).
F4 says current point / position.
F5 rolls the dice. Also the Enter key rolls the dice. When the dice are rolled, these keys says the dice not used.
F6 chooses your favorite pair of dice.
F7-F8 set the TTS voice rate.
F9-F10 adjust the TTS voice volume.
F11 opens a menu where it's possible to enable / disable the sounds during the game. Use up or down arrows to choose an item, left and right arrows to enable / disable it. For instance "Say all points automatically" option can be disabled after the user is accustomed with the board. Enter saves sounds settings.
F12 says the current time.
Space takes or puts down a checker. Using Space also re-enter a checker.
Delete bears off a checker from the board, when all the checkers are in the home board.
The arrows move the "cursor" on the table.
The numbers 1 to 0 makes the "cursor" to jump the corresponding number of points.
`, the key before numbers, changes the moving direction when using the number keys.
Home and End move the "cursor" directly to the edges, home in home board, end to the opposite part.
W says your partner's nickname.
S announces the score.
T says the time elapsed since current game started.
H says how many checkers are in the home boards.
I says the checkers on the bar.
O says the checkers removed by players.
P says the number of moving possibilities.
X opens the music player.
Z, X, C, V, B - the functions available in Winamp. N says the current track playing and the number of tracks loaded in the play list.
Control + S saves current off-line game.
Control + O opens a saved game.
Escape closes the game after confirmation and goes into Main Menu.
Alt + F4 closes the game after confirmation.
Keystrokes in the Chat Section:
Page-Up / Page-Down: read the messages from history.
Home or End go to top or bottom of history.
Insert copies all the messages into clipboard.
Delete cuts a message from the history.
Read all the information in the Help Section.
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