Using Zingles
easy – boards contain around 35 givens medium – boards contain around 30 givens hard – boards contain around 25 givens
blank – board contains 0 givens. Use this level to enter external boards
Zingles also supports a popular game variation whereby the pieces along the diagonals of the board are also required to be unique. Games with unique diagonal pieces are a little easier to solve. When you start a new game you will be asked whether you wish to play a game with pieces on the diagonals being unique.
Zingles ensures that all the games it generates only have a single solution. These are known as ‘true’ games.
Replay game
You may either wish to replay a game you have completed or simply remove all the pieces currently played and start again. In either case simply choose the Replay game menu option in the board view.
Preferences
Zingles offers the ability to
restrict moves made to only those that are legal or allow totally freeform moves. display the positions of the pieces that were initially ‘given’ or not.
Use the Preferences menu option in the board view to set up your game play preferences.
Managing games
Zingles allows you to store multiple games on your Series 80 device. You may wish to have multiple games in progress at the same time or for example create a temporary game to be able to use the solver whilst continuing with other games. Zingles has no limit on the number of games it can manage, however you are encouraged to keep the list reasonably small.
To create a new game simply choose the New game menu option from the “game list view”. You will be asked to give the game a name so you can identify it later.
Opening a saved Game
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Deleting a game
To delete a game that you no longer wish to keep, highlight the game you wish to delete and choose the Delete game menu option. A warning message is displayed asking you whether you wish to delete the game. Confirm that you wish to delete the game by pressing Yes. To cancel, and save the game, select No.
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