# Klotski Manual

Klotski is a puzzle game of which the objective is to get the patterned block to the marker, which is done by moving the blocks in its way.

2002
Andrew Sobala
2009
Jen Ockwell (jenfraggleubuntu@gmail.com)
GNOME Documentation Project

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Andrew
Sobala
GNOME Documentation Project

     andrew@sobala.net

Lars
Rydlinge
GNOME Project

     lars.rydlinge@hig.se

Ross
Burton
GNOME Project

     ross@burtonini.com

V2.0
13th August 2002

Andrew Sobala andrew@sobala.net

GNOME Documentation Project

This manual describes version 2.12 of GNOME Klotski.

## Feedback

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the Klotski application or this manual, follow the directions in the GNOME Feedback Page.

## Introduction

The Klotski application is a clone of the Klotski game. The objective is to move the patterned block to the area bordered by green markers.

Klotski was written by Lars Rydlinge (lars.rydlinge@hig.se).

Klotski is included in the gnome-games package, which is part of the GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version 2.12 of Klotski.

This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public licence as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this licence can be found at this link, or in the file COPYING included with the source code of this program.

To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or this manual, follow the directions in this document.

## Objective

The objective of Klotski is to move the patterned block to the green markers in as few moves as possible. You do this by moving the blocks one at a time with the mouse until you can get the patterned block to the markers.

### The winning move

The patterned block should be moved to the space bordered by the green markers.

## Playing Klotski

### To Start Klotski

You can start Klotski from the Applications menu by choosing Games Gnotski.

### The main window

When you start Klotski, the following window is displayed.

#### Klotski Start Up Window

Shows Klotski main window. Contains titlebar, menubar, game area and statusbar. Menubar contains Game and Help menus.

The Klotski window contains the following elements:

Menubar
  Game menu

    The game menu allows you to start new games, view the highest scores and quit the program.

  Help menu

    The help menu allows you to view the documentation for Klotski

Game area

  The game area shows the blocks in the current game. You can drag the blocks around with the mouse as described in .

Statusbar

  The statusbar shows how many moves you have taken so far.

### Starting a new game

Use the Game menu to start a new game. The items Next Puzzle and Previous Puzzle allow you to navigate the puzzles sequentially. Each puzzle belongs to one of the four categories found in the submenus named HuaRong Trail, Challenge Pack, Skill Pack and Minoru Climb. In these submenus, each puzzle name refers to a game scenario.

#### Starting a game

To start the hardest game provided, choose Game Minoru Climb Climb 24 Pro

### Moving blocks

To move a block, click on it, hold down the mouse button and drag it to its new location. You cannot move the green blocks or the block that borders the game. You cannot move a block to a space already occupied by another block, with the exception that you may move the patterned block through the green blocks to win.

## Authors

Klotski was written by Lars Rydlinge (lars.rydlinge@hig.se). This manual was written by Andrew Sobala. To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding this application or this manual, follow the directions in this document.

## Licence

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