Cintos 3.2.1
released May 15, 2004
Cintos 3.2.1 is only for Mac OS X.
Please visit the Cintos website for the latest information:
May I direct your attention to the end of this document first?
Please feel free to send any Feedback you might have regarding Cintos. Feedback is what created most of the features you see in this release. I'd appreciate if you provide an email address so that I would be able to follow-up with a question or two, but you can be completely anonymous if you would like.
What is Cintos?
Cintos is a unique strategy board game. The game is played on an 8x8 board, with 2 or 4 players (0-4 humans). Play rotates with each player moving one piece up, down, left, or right by one space, capturing pieces based upon the space was moved to. The objective is to capture all of the pieces.
Requirements
Mac OS X
1.1 MB hard drive space
Contents of the Disk Image
Cintos - the game itself
ReadMe - A copy of this document
grain.jpg - An example image for use as a custom board background
template.jpg - Create your own background image by filling in the spaces any way you like.
Installation
Copy Cintos to a desired location on your hard drive (may I suggest the Applications folder). Open Cintos from your hard drive to play.
Note: Not copying to your hard drive and running from a disk image may cause Cintos to crash.
Shareware
Cintos is shareware. If you use Cintos beyond a trial period, you should register. Your registration supports the shareware try-before-you buy model in general and a responsive independent programmer in particular. Registration for Cintos is US $10, service provided by Kagi at: http://order.kagi.com/?LHK
This program may be distributed provided the distribution is a package which includes both the Cintos application and this original READ ME document. The distributor must not charge any fees for distribution of this software without express written consent. Registration codes for Cintos are a one-user license. You may freely install a registration code on multiple machines, but only one copy should be running at any one time.
What's New?
Cintos 3.2.1 builds upon the features of Cintos 3.2.0 with the following improvements:
- Board Background Images. Added 10 new background images from Ben Anderman.
- About Cintos Updates. Updated to a simpler, shorter about dialog box.
New to Cintos?
First of all, thank you for trying Cintos!
Please consider reading the "Official Rules" within the Help. The main thing to learn is how pieces are captured - the extra examples provided in Help show a variety of situations and explain why pieces are captured or not.
I suggest that you start with a Two Player game against Easy Computer players. This will give you a lot of pieces to move around and an opponent that won't eliminate you right away.
Take advantage of Learning Mode. If something happens that you don't understand, remember that you can undo moves and turn on Learning Mode to see what will happen with any move. That way you try setting up different situations and see what the result will be.
If you need some further assistance, please see the Feedback section (at the bottom) for my contact page and let me know what's puzzling you.
Version History
Cintos 3.2.0 - released May 8, 2003
- Rendevous Online Games. Host and discover local online games automatically.
- Online Games with multiple others. Any number of people can play and/or watch an online game.
- Reworked Networking. Completely overhauled the online game system to allow features above!
- Removed Online Restriction. Online games no longer have a move restriction when unregistered.
Cintos 3.1.1 - released September 24, 2002
- Custom Piece Outline/Text. Customize the text and outline color of pieces to allow for more readable and distinctive pieces.
- Check for New Version. Option to check for an updated version automatically.
- More Window Memory. Now remembers window (and column) positions of Preferences, Game Statistics, and Online Messaging.
- Bug Fix: Clicking on columns in Game Statistics (to sort) no longer causes a crash.
Cintos 3.1.0 - released August 14, 2002
- Resizable Board. The main window is now resizable from pretty darn small to as big as your machine can handle.
- Player Info drawer. Player information has been moved to a drawer which can be shown/hidden as desired.
- Toolbar. The main window now has a toolbar for quick access to New Game, Rematch, and much more.
- Static Piece Lettering. Now letters are assigned for each piece and remain throughout the game.
- Drag and drop Custom Background. An image well has been added to drag an image for the board background.
- Piece Lettering Preference. You can now hide the piece letters thru a preference (or toolbar item).
- Remove Player's Stats. Added an option to remove one player's statistics only.
- Forfeit Games. When a human player has only a few pieces left, stopping a game will count as a loss in the statistics.
- Bug Fix: Statistics window now behaves well with no stats.
- Bug Fix: The player type name (such as "Medium Computer") now shows in your custom color too.
- A few less notable bug fixes and tweaks are also included.
Cintos 3.0.2 - released July 16, 2002
- Lettered Pieces. Pieces are now given letters for easy keyboard selection.
- Copy & Paste. Menus were shuffled to conform to the OS X standards (File, Edit, Game). Copy, Paste, Spelling, and Speech options were added.
- No move, no turn. In the rare event that a player has no moves available, Cintos beeps and skips to the next player.
- Consolidated Main Window. The main window has been consolidated to remove extra space around the board and player indicators.
- Statistics Help. Help was added regarding the Game Statistics.
- Custom Background Samples. An example image and a template background image are provided.
- Bug Fix: Statistics now update when the statistics window is open and a game ends.
- Bug Fix: Turns are properly updated after redoing moves.
- A few less notable bug fixes and tweaks are also included.
Cintos 3.0.1 - released June 24, 2002
- Close Window menu option added.
- Bug Fix: Computer players eliminating themselves does not "freeze" the game.
- Bug Fix: Changes to Online Name and Online Port are always used.
- Bug Fix: When the host disconnects, the connection is closed after 5 seconds.
- Bug Fix: Connecting to an online game now shows all players correctly.
- Bug Fix: Online Default Board Setup is now saved correctly.
Cintos 3.0 - released June 18, 2002
- Online Play. Play against others via the internet.
- Online Messaging Window. Chat with others during an online game (complete with spell check and Taunt button).
- Game Statistics. Detailed statistics are collected based on Player Names (including winning and losing streaks, moves to eliminate players, and more).
- Custom Colors. Select any colors you desire for each player.
- Custom Board Image. Select any standard image file for the board background.
- Apple Help. Revamped help with many clickable, searchable pages.
- Window memory. Positions for most windows will be automatically saved.
- Space Highlighting. Learning Mode now shows the result of moves by color highlighting spaces moved to.
Cintos 2.2.1 - released May 15, 2002
- "Hard" Computer Player. New computer player with more advanced logic.
- Animated piece capture. Pieces and territory blend colors at a configurable speed.
- Simplified New Game sheet. The sheet has been reworked to a simpler, smaller interface.
- New board backgrounds. Three new board backgrounds: hills, bumps, and peg board.
- Trashing pieces. Dragging pieces to the trash no longer removes them from the board.
- Stylish icon. A more stylish icon to fit in with OS X.
- Cintos now registers preferences in a friendly way.
Cintos 2.2 - released April 24, 2002
- Added "Easy" Computer Players. The existing computer players are now "Medium".
- Added the ability to enter Player Names.
- Added Preferences for Computer Speed and Board Backgrounds.
- Consolidated the game options (human/computer, board setup, player names) into a New Game sheet. The New Game sheet allows storing a default game setup.
- Added a "Pause Computer" button to the main window.
- Removed dialog for "Computer Players are Paused" and some others.
- Renamed "Free Play" to "Learning Mode".
- Fixed a problem where undo wasn't always restoring the correct "current player".
- Fixed memory leaks, including one causing Cintos to use much more memory each time a computer player moved.
Cintos 2.1 - released April 7, 2002
- Computer opponents. Basic computer opponents are added, which can be any (or all) of the players. Quick icon buttons show whether players are human or computer controlled and allow the player type to be easily changed.
- Undo/Redo. Moves within a game can now be undone or redone. Games saved from this (and later versions) will have a full move history, allowing you to undo all the way back to the new game position.
- Enhanced graphics. The board and pieces have new stylish graphics. Player status now shows small pieces to indicate how many pieces a player has remaining.
- Opening files from the Finder. You can now drag a game save onto Cintos 2.1 to open it.
- About menu now has real information Ð contact information, Cintos site, and special thanks.
- Help menu now features the Cintos Tutorial.
- Free Play / Normal Play button moved to more intuitive Turn Free Play On/Off menu item.
- New Game and ? (Help) buttons added to the main window.
Cintos 2.0 - released March 24, 2002
- First release for Mac OS X only.
Feedback
I welcome and strongly encourage your feedback in any form, but especially comments, questions, problems, confusions, suggestions, or even complaints. Please use the contact page on my website to reach me:
http://www.johnhaney.com/contact/
Cintos is Copyright 2001-2003, John Haney.