Keith Boothroyd Apps

Welcome to KeyScarab.Long ago, in the days time forgot, pharaohs would sit aroundatable and play the long forgotten game of “KeyScarab”. The gameisplayed with 55 stones with coloured inserts - Ruby, Gold,Green,Blue and Sand coloured. That’s eleven stones of each colour(Fivesets of eleven). Engraved on the coloured inserts areelevendifferent symbols (hieroglyphs).When you first start the game, you are dealt 7 stones, shownatthe bottom of the screen. The arrow button will enable youtoscroll right to display to view your stones.The object of the game is for you to play all of yourstonesbefore the computer (Taking it in turns to play a stone).In the middle right of the screen, you will see the playzone,with a stone in the middle of the play zone. The play zonewillchange colour to the colour of the insert of the stone in play.Forexample: If the play zone is gold, then you must play a goldstone,or you could play another colour with the same symbol. Whenyouplay the latter, the play zone changes colour to thestoneplayed.If you cannot play a stone, tap the stone middle left ofthescreen to request another stone. Keep doing this until you getastone you can play. Then play that stone.Look out for stones engraved with an image of a scarab. Thesecanbe played any time, no matter what colour the play zone is, andtheyenable you to set the play zone colour to the colour ofyourchoice.When you have played all of your stones, your score iscalculatedby the value of the stones the computer has remaining.Scores aredisplayed on screen.Pharaohs would play this game with their children, to teachthemwisdom and forward planning, tools required for the future.Thestones and game were never placed in the pyramids, but passed ontothe next generation of pharaohs, until a day that timeforget.Hope you enjoy playing the game.Good luck.Keith Boothroyd (Author and programmer)

This is re-make of a game I first wrote fortheAmstrad PCW computer back in 1993.The object of the game is collect all the apples from the tree.Usethe left hand button displayed on the screen to control Jackanddodge the dinosaurs.The game becomes more difficult at each level. At the top ofthescreen, you will find the jump button (J), that will makeJackjump.Points are given for each apple collected (or eaten by Jack).I hop you like playing this game. Please watch out for more gamesbyKeith Boothroyd by visiting http://gate11.orgfree.comKind regardsKeith Boothroyd.

Introduction:The object of the game is to collect all 15 carrots fromthefield. The carrots are protected by the owlies (Bird likepeople) .The only way to protect yourself from the owlies is tofire orbs atthe owlies to trap them in bubbles.The bubbles don’t last forever, before they pop to release theowlieinside. However, if you trap an owlie close to an alreadytrappedowlie, when the bubble is formed around the second owlie,the vacuumwill remove the trapped owlie from the field.At the start of a life cycle, your main character will appearinthe centre of the screen, in the safe zone. This is representedbyfour fires and a ring that keep owlies from entering thearea.The field (play area) is 3 screens wide, and at the leftandright edges of the play area are red barriers that you can usetobounce the orbs off.Instructions:The main character is controlled by tilting your phone inthedirection you wish to move.You fire orbs by tapping the fire button at the top right ofthescreen.Walk over carrots to collect them.The menu button on your phone will allow you to turn sound onoroff.You can also use the menu button to switch between Horizontalorvertical mode.Hope you enjoy playing this game.Good luck!Notes from the author: I was inspired to write this gameafterplaying games such as Angry Birds, Flappy Bird and CandyCrush.

WARNING: WICKEDLY ADDICTIVE!!At Candy Farm it’s harvest time, and your help is needed forthissweetest challenge ever!With colourful crisp graphics, this game is designed to pushyourgaming skills to the max!The object of the game is to collect as many sweets as you caninyour trolley.You move your trolley left or right by tilting your phone ortabletin the X-axis, more you tilt the faster the trolleywillmove.When you start the game, a ball will fire out of your trolley anditwill endlessly bounce around the screen. Use your trolley todeflectthe ball and prevent it from touching the ground, becausewhen theball hit’s the ground you lose a life (A ball).When the ball hits a sweet at the top of the screen, it maydislodgeit and the sweet will drop to the ground. Use your trolleyto catchthe sweet before it lands on the ground.Tilting your phone or tablet in the Y-axis will make the sweetfallfaster or slower.The game will start off with 3 rows of sweets on level 1 andonlevel 3 or above, there are 5 rows of sweets. However, on level4and above, the speed of the ball will increase - this pushesyourhand and eye co-ordination to the limit!

Kishboo issue 2 (Spring 2015) is aFREEe-Magazine, containing 9 articles by writers, a puzzle, aquiz,info bites, a letters page, book reviews and 10 high qualityshortstories for you to read and vote on. Because the contents ofthemagazine are built into the app, you can read it anywhere. e.g.onan aeroplane.However, wi-fi is needed to connect to the Internet to vote forthebest story. The winner of the short story competition receives£50(GBP) and the runner-up will receive £25 (GBP).The e-Magazine is published 4 times a year (Winter, Spring,Summerand Autumn).When wi-fi is available, the app will display a small advert ontopof the screen, and any funds raised by the displaying of the adsisused to fund the running costs of the e-Mag.For more information please visit www.Kishboo.co.ukHope you enjoy reading the e-Magazine.Kind RegardsKeith Boothroyd (Programmer)

Kishboo issue 3 (Summer 2015) is aFREEe-Magazine, containing 7 articles by writers, a puzzle, aquiz,info bites, a letters page, book reviews and 10 high qualityshortstories for you to read and vote on. Because the contents ofthemagazine are built into the app, you can read it anywhere. e.g.onan aeroplane.However, wi-fi is needed to connect to the Internet to vote forthebest story. The winner of the short story competition receives£50(GBP) and the runner-up will receive £25 (GBP).The e-Magazine is published 4 times a year (Winter, Spring,Summerand Autumn).When wi-fi is available, the app will display a small advert ontopof the screen, and any funds raised by the displaying of the adsisused to fund the running costs of the e-Mag.For more information please visit www.Kishboo.co.ukHope you enjoy reading the e-Magazine.Kind RegardsKeith Boothroyd (Programmer)

WARNING: WICKEDLY ADDICTIVE!!Guide Candy Bobbin Bird through obstacles in this amazing,awesomeflying adventure set in the land of eye- catching candy. Onetapcontrol, it's fun and easy to play, just like flappy bird!Share this game with your friends. Beat their scores!With colourful crisp graphics, it's the sweetestchallengeever!

This app is designed to help you keep trackofyour holiday hours using an SQLite database. It's an ideal appforworkers that don't have fixed holiday times and where you haveacertain amount of holiday hours each year to book.The first time you run the app, it will ask you to set thetotalholiday hours available. Don't worry if you enter anincorrectvalue - you can change this later from the settingsmenu.The app will allow you to add, edit or delete holidayentries,using an easy to understand interface.Security is a main part of the design, and the importantfeaturesof the app such as Delete, Edit or Changing the hoursavailablerequire a password.The default password is "snowdrop” but you can change thislaterfrom the settings menu.

Pyramid Pairs.This game is designed for one player and should act as a toolforthe mind (You could say it’s a workout for the mind.)Introduction.Long ago, in the days time forgot, pharaohs would play thisgameto exercise their mind to improve concentration.The game is played with two identical sets of “Scarab Stones”eachset of stones consists of 55 stones with coloured inserts -Ruby,Gold, Green, Blue and Sand coloured. That’s eleven stones ofeachcolour (Five sets of eleven). Engraved on the coloured insertsareeleven different symbols (hieroglyphs).The object of the game is to find the matching pairs.When you play the game you will see 18 identical pairs stones,faceup, in a six by six grid. You have until the countdowntimer(displayed at the top of the screen) gets to zero. To memorizeasmany location of the stone as you can.When the timer reaches zero the stones will flip over, and youhaveto find as many pairs as you can.On level one you only have to find pairs by the colour oftheinserts, and you don’t have to remember the symbols(hieroglyphs)on the stones.On level two you only have to find pairs by thesymbols(hieroglyphs) on the stones and not the colour or shape oftheinserts.However, on level three or above you have to find the pairsbyboth, symbols (hieroglyphs) on the stones and the shape andcolourof the inserts.For every correct pair you find you are rewarded a gold coin,andwhen you have 5 or more gold coins a SHOW button will appear atthetop right of the screen. When you tap the show button thestoneswill flip face up for a short period of time before flippingbackover. However, when you tap the SHOW button it will cost you 4goldcoins.If you guess the locations incorrectly the black bar at thetopof the screen will decrease and the amount of incorrectguesseswill be displayed as a number.The round (level) ends when you find all the 18 pairs or whenyouguess the locations incorrectly 36 times, at which point, anycoinscollected in that round are banked.If you found all 18 pairs you move on to the next level. However,ifnot, you lose one of your four lives and replay the samelevel.Hope you enjoy playing the game.Good luck.Keith Boothroyd (Author and programmer)

Proplexer (A.K.A Mastermind) is a classic code cracking game,wherethe software picks 5 coloured marbles and places them at therightside of the board. You have to guess the combination andcolours ofthe marbles. The software will use light blue pins to letyou knowhow many marbles are of the correct colour and in thecorrectlocation, and it will also use yellow pins to let you knowhow manymarbles are the correct colour but in the wrong location.You usethe feedback to deduct what colours to use, or not to use inyournext guess. The app is designed to use a drag and dropinterface tomake your Proplexer experience as enjoyable aspossible. We havealso designed the game in landscape mode to allowuse on android TVsystems. This is one of the first apps in the“Wooden-apps”collection, and we hope you like the game.

Help the pixies to defend a plot of land against the invadingtrolls