Managing Games and Players
Checkers allows you to store multiple games on your device. Manage your games from the
game list view.
Opening a Saved Game
To re-open a saved game, highlight the game you wish to open and press enter.
Deleting a Game
To delete a game, move the highlight to the game name and select the
Delete game
menu
option. A warning message is displayed requesting you confirm you wish to delete the
game.
Players
Choosing the
Players
menu option presents a list of the players that have been defined.
There is a set of computer players. Each computer player represents a different level of
difficulty. One human player is automatically created, representing you the device owner.
If you wish to play against other people either on the same device or using a different
device you need to create a player to represent your opponent.
To create a new player, select the
New player
menu option. You will be asked to provide a
short name or nickname for that player.
To remove a player, move the highlight to the player name and select the
Delete player
menu option.
SMS Play Overview
Checkers allows you to play a game against other users via SMS. To start your first SMS
game you need to take the following steps:
1. Set up a SMS opponent
To create an opponent against whom you are able to play a SMS game select the
Players
menu option followed by
New player
. Enter a name by which you would like to refer to the
player. To play against this player via SMS Checkers needs to know the phone number of the
player.
There are two ways of adding a mobile phone number for a player:
a) Link from Contacts: If the mobile phone number of the player already exists in
the Contacts application Checkers will allow you to link directly to it. Simply
select
Yes
when prompted if you wish to select the number from Contacts.
Checkers will list all your contacts that have a mobile phone number for you to
choose from.
b) Enter number manually: If you prefer to enter the phone number manually,
select
No
when prompted to link to Contacts.
2. Set up the Listen for new game preference
Before an SMS game can be established your opponent must be prepared to accept ‘new
game requests’.
To accept new game requests sent by an opponent you need to tell Checkers your preferred
Listen for
new game
options. The following options are available:
Never listen
: your device will never listen for new game requests
