# The Atomic Entertainment Handbook

Dirk Doerflinger
Stephan Kulow Developer

    &Stephan.Kulow.mail;

Cristian Tibirna Developer

    &Cristian.Tibirna.mail;

Mike McBride Reviewer

    &Mike.McBride.mail;

2005-12-14
2.0

This Handbook describes &katomic; Version 2.0

KDE tdegames KAtomic game atomic entertainment

## Introduction

Atomic Entertainment is a small game which resembles Sokoban. The object of the game is to build chemical molecules on a Sokoban like board.

## Playing Atomic Entertainment

### Rules

The aim of Atomic Entertainment is to build chemical molecules using basic atoms you are given. The molecule being built is shown in a frame in the main window.

Clicking on an atom will cause arrows to appear beside it. These arrows show the direction the atom can be moved. After an arrow is clicked, the atom will move in this direction until it reaches the next border or another atom. If two atoms touch each other with the corresponding connectors, they form a molecule. The atoms can only be moved one at a time.

The level is solved when the new molecule has the same structure as shown in the preview window.

In the higher levels, some tactical skill will be necessary for solving the puzzle.

The best score in this game is actually the lower score, because the goal is to solve a level with as few moves as possible. Highscore: in the main-window shows the lowest number of moves used for this level. Your score so far: shows the current number of moves.

The scrollbar on the top right of the main window changes the game level.

## Menu Reference

### The Game Menu

F5 Game Restart Game

  This will restart the current level.

&Ctrl;H Game Show Highscores

  This will show the best scores for the current level.

&Ctrl;Q Game Quit

  Selecting this item will end your current game, and exit the &katomic;.

### The Move Menu

&Ctrl;Z Move Undo

  Undo the last move you made.

&Ctrl;&Shift;Z Move Redo

  If you have previously undone a move, you can redo it here.

### The Settings Menu

Settings Configure Shortcuts...

  This item lets you change the key settings of Atomic Entertainment. See the section for a list of the defaults.

Settings Configure &katomic;...

  In the dialog box that appears, the animation-speed of the atomic movement can be set.

### The Help Menu

&help.menu.documentation;

### Shortcuts

Default shortcuts are:

Shortcuts

Restart Game | F5
Quit | &Ctrl;Q
Show Highscores | &Ctrl;H
Undo | &Ctrl;Z
Redo | &Ctrl;&Shift;Z
Atom Down | Down Arrow
Atom Left | Left Arrow
Atom Right | Right Arrow
Atom Up | Up Arrow
Next Atom | Tab
Previous Atom | &Shift;
Help | F1
What's this? | &Shift;F1

## Credits and License

Atomic Entertainment Copyright 1999 &Stephan.Kulow; &Stephan.Kulow.mail; and Cristian Tibirna &Cristian.Tibirna.mail;.

Atomic Copyright Andreas Wuest Andreas Wuest@gmx.de.

Documentation Copyright 2000 &Dirk.Doerflinger; ddoerflinger@gmx.net

Proofreading by Michael McBride &Mike.McBride.mail;

&underFDL; &underGPL;

## Installation

### How to obtain Atomic Entertainment

Atomic Entertainment (&katomic;) is written for the &kde; project http://www.kde.org by &Stephan.Kulow; &Stephan.Kulow.mail; and Cristian Tiberna &Cristian.Tibirna.mail;. It is based on Atomic 1.0.67 by Andreas Wuest AndreasWuest@gmx.de.

&install.intro.documentation;

### Requirements

In order to successfully compile Atomic Entertainment, you need &kde; 3.0

All required libraries as well as Atomic Entertainment itself can be found on &kde-ftp;.

### Compilation and Installation

&install.compile.documentation;