The standard by which most computer languages are measured by the simplest of functions, “Hello World”.

In the 1960’s a mathematician name John Horton Conway devised a computer simulation to mimic the essence of Life.  Three simple rules control the health or demise of each ‘cell’.

As the power and capabilities of modern computers grew, this became another staple of software comparison.

DXStudio provides incredible tools to create any 3D world.  This version of Life takes the simple rules and extends them  into the 3rd dimension.

Life takes place on a grid.  Each cell is evaluated to live or die by these three simple rules:

• If a cell has one or no living neighbours, it will die of loneliness
• If it has too many neighbours – four or more – it will die from overcrowding
• New cells are “born” whenever an empty square has exactly three living neighbors

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The people of Ancient Egypt have a reputation for devising very complex puzzles to keep would-be robbers out of their elaborate tombs.  Afterall, the Pharoh must be kept safe until his meeting with the gods!

I created Aman ‘Rah  in that vein.  You are faced with a complex array of heiroglyphs.  The key to unlocking the secret (a high score) lies in how cleverly you combine matching glyphs.

Aman ‘Rah is a game of matching. You must match two tiles that share either a Glyph or Color (or both) by clicking on one and then the other with the mouse. The amount of score you receive is related to what type of match you make:

• Match Color and Glyph – Maximum
• Match only Glyph or only Color

The four tiles across the bottom are called the tray.  Using a tile from the tray for a match incurs a penalty to your score.

The other tiles are the board. Notice they are arranged in a pyramid. You cannot access a tile unless it is completely uncovered. It requires skill and careful planning to successfully match all the tiles on the board. There is a bonus awarded for clearing the board.

Can you achieve a high score and protect the King?

Play Aman ‘Rah now.

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