Thank you for downloading Nspire Reversi (known to some as Othello). This game
can be played on a calculator, emulator (such as nspire_emu), TI's Student
Software, and online (on the Document Player).



========    ASCII    ========

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88   8 88eee  8ee8  88eee 88   8 8eee88 88

(Computer font by Mike Rosulek)



========    INSTALLATION    ========

Nspire Reversi was designed to work fully on both real calculators and emulators
as well as TI's official Nspire simulators, including the Student Software and
the online TI-Nspire Document player.

To play on a handheld:

	Start up the Student Software (on Windows or Mac) or TiLP (on Linux, found
	at http://lpg.ticalc.org/prj_tilp/), connect your calculator, and load the
	Reversi.tns file onto it. You must have a 3.0 OS on your calculator for this
	to work. To run, simply find Reversi in My Documents and open it.

To play on the Student Software:

	Start up the Student Software and open a blank document. Drag-and-drop the
	Reversi.tns file onto the document window. It should load the title screen
	immediately. Either Computer or Handheld mode will work.

To play online:

	Go to TI's Document Player at
	http://education.ti.com/html/nspireplayer/3.0.1/application/ and drag-and-
	drop the Reversi.tns file onto the page. It should load the title screen
	immediately.



========    MENU    ========

At the title screen, click or press Enter to enter the players menu. "Human"
refers to a user playing; AI comes in two forms, as Comp (easy) and Comp (hard),
roughly referring to how good they are at the game.

To select with a keypad:

	Left and right arrow keys select a player for the black side, and up and
	down for white. Remember that white always goes first.

To select with a cursor:

	Click the arrow icons to select players for black and white. Remember that
	white always goes first.



========    GAMEPLAY    ========

Reversi is a game between two players (or one human and an AI). The game begins
with four pieces in the center of the 8x8 grid, two black and two white. Players
take turns setting down pieces of their color, until both players cannot play
another piece (such as when the entire board is filled).

Every time a piece is laid, each of the opponent's pieces that lie in a straight
line between that new piece and any "anchoring" pieces of the same color are
"flipped" to the active player's color. A valid move must flip at least one of
the opponent's pieces.

When the game ends, the player with the most pieces on the board of his color
wins.

If you don't understand this, try http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi#Rules or
just start playing. It's really easy to pick up, so go ahead and try it!

Keypad controls:

	Use the arrow keys to navigate to a valid position, then press Enter to put
	a piece down. If the AI is playing, press any arrow key, Tab, or Enter to
	continue. It plays almost instantly.

Cursor controls:

	Click on a valid position to put a piece down. If the AI is playing, move
	the cursor to continue. It plays almost instantly.



========    HINTS    ========

If you're really stuck, press Tab (if you're using a keypad) or move the cursor
out of the grid for a hint. Please don't cheat unless you really have to and
you're sure nobody's looking.



========    CONTACT    ========

Made by Deep Thought (ti.42.plus@gmail.com)
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========    RIGHTS    ========

Copyright (C) 2011 DEEP THOUGHT

You are free to download, use, and transfer this software at will. If the source
has been made publicly viewable (in the case of TI-BASIC programs, if the
program is not edit-locked), you may assume that you are allowed to edit it as
well, as long as you and the original developer (DEEP THOUGHT) are clearly
identified.