Features of Horses 2.0

1. Board Frames

Horses 2.0 handles 25 different board frames: from the simplest 7 rows * 7 columns to the biggest 15 rows by 15 columns boards.

Click on the button 'Options' and select the number of rows and the number of columns that fits your taste.'






2. Board Tokens

Horses 2.0 handles about 50 different tokens that you can choose from 10 classes.

 

Class	Source	Available Tokens
Animals	www.Iconshock.com
Art Toys	www.fasticon.com
Bugs	www.fasticon.com
Creature Balls	www.fasticon.com
Magnets	www.fasticon.com
Monsters	www.Iconshock.com
Solar System	www.danwiersema.com
StarWars	www.Iconshock.com
Super Heroes	www.Iconshock.com
SuperMario	ph03nyx.deviantart.com

Click on the button 'Options'. In the Options Dialog Box, select either Token 1 (Top Token at start of Game) or Token 2 (Bottom Token at start of Game). Then, select the Icon series and, inside the serie, select the token.'






3. Background Images

Horses 2.0 provides more than 40 background images that you can select for your board background. You can select your own pictures too ...

To do this, click on the button 'Options'. In the Options Dialog Box, click on the 'Browse' button to select a picture.'

Note that you can also have a painted background. To do this, click on 'Painted background' and select the colour that fits your taste ...

4. Move Statistics

While playing, Horses 2.0 updates the total number of moves and the time elapsed since the start of the game.

Also, the application updates the number of the different moves for both tokens.





Here is the meaning of the colors used in the progress histograms.

Colour Meaning
Move	Climbing Down Tokens	Move Evaluation	Climbing Up Tokens	Move Evaluation
0		Very bad		Very Good
1		Bad		Good
2		Good		Bad
3		Very Good		Very bad
4		Very Good		Very bad
5		Good		Bad
6		Bad		Good
7		Very bad		Very Good




5. Automatic Solving Mode

Just for the fun, Horses 2.0 can solve the boards. Look at the scores and try to beat it !!! Just click on the 'Solve' button and watch the game running ....

You can select the speed of automatic solving play.

Click on the button 'Options'. In the Options Dialog Box, select the button 'Solve'. Then, select the speed from the ComboBox labeled 'Computer Solving Speed'






6. Help Tips

To help you finding rapidly the available tokens to move, Horses 2.0 can displayed tips on valid cells. You can select the tips amongst 13 different ones. Click on the button 'Options'. In the Options Dialog Box, select the button 'Solve'. Then, select the tips from the Hozizontal ListBox in 'Tips Options'