Game play
Playing YaZZle
Most, but not all, of the Solitaire variations within YaZZle are played in a manner similiar to the game of Solitaire that comes with MS Windows. There are some additional features and options available though which hopefully will make your game play more enjoyable:
- You may drag and drop cards by using the left mouse button. Left click on the card you want to move, drag it where you want it to go, and then release the mouse button. With sound enabled you will be able to hear sound effects as the cards are picked up and dropped.
- You may have the application make a move to the Foundation by double clicking on the card you want it to move there.
- You may have the application make a "best guess" move for you by right clicking on the card you want it to move.
The addition or counting game types require different mousing actions in order to be played properly. Dragging and dropping of cards is not allowed. Instead, cards are selected individually by left clicking on them. The game itself will perform the moving of the selected cards to the Foundation.
There are some options available which you can turn on and which will then allow YaZZle to perform some of the more mundane aspects of Solitaire game play automatically. The Auto card flip option will have YaZZle automatically flip a face down card face up once it has been exposed. The Quick play option will have YaZZle automatically move any exposed card to the Foundation if that card is next in sequence for any of the Foundation's piles.
Game Commands
These commands are always available via the right-click context menu. They may also be available via buttons if the skin you're using supports them.
- New Game
- Starts a new game of the currently selected game type. A randomly chosen game number is begun if the "Play games in sequence" option is off. Otherwise the game number next in sequence is begun.
- Pause Game
- Stops the game timer and presents a pause dialog to let the game player know that the game has been paused.
- Replay Game
- Restarts the currently in-play game.
- Play Game #
- Pops up the Game Number Selection dialog which allows a specific game to be played of the currently selected game type.
- Play Next Game
- Starts a new game of the game number next in sequence of the currently selected game type.
- Play Previous Game
- Starts a new game of the game number previous in sequence of the currently selected game type.
- Foundation Move
- Make any legal moves to the Foundation. If any cards exposed due to any of these moves, then the process will continue until either no more moves may be made to the Foundation or the game is won.
- Highlight Next
- Highlights the cards that are next in sequence to be moved to one of the Foundation piles.
- Undo Last Move
- Reverts the game back to its state prior to the last move being taken.
- Help
- Pops up a dialog which allows the in-game help to be read.
- Toggle Music
- Toggles on and off the playing of any selected background music.
- Toggle Sound
- Toggles on and off the playing of card movement sound effects.
- Lock Window Position
- Toggles on and off the allowed movement of the playing window.
- Minimize Window
- Removes the playing window from the desktop so that any underlying windows may be seen.
- Close
- Stops YaZZle.
- About...
- Pops up the in-game help dialog with the About help in view.
- Card Deck...
- Pops up the Select Deck dialog which allows the current set of installed card decks to be previewed as well as the selection of one of those decks and one of its backs for use during game play.
- Game Type...
- Pops up the Game Type Selection dialog which allows the current set of installed game types to be previewed as well as the selection of one of those game types to be played, either in Easy or Hard mode, and with a randomly selected or specific game number.
- High Scores...
- Pops up the High Scores dialog which gives a list of the 10 highest scoring games for each game type, both Easy and Hard modes, and allows for one of those games to be replayed or for the list to be cleared.
- Options...
- Pops up the Game Options dialog which allows various settings to be turned on or off.
- Music...
- Pops up the Music Selection dialog which allows for the currently selected music directory's list of music files to be previewed and selected for playing. The current play list may also be reviewed and arranged as necessary.
- Skins...
- Pops up the Skins Selection dialog which allows the current set of installed skins to be listed as well as the selection of one of those skins for use during game play.
Game Hotkeys
New Game: | N |
Pause Game: | P or the Pause key |
Replay Game: | R |
Play Game #: | # |
Play Next Game: | + |
Play Previous Game: | - (the minus key) |
Foundation Move: | F |
Highlight Next: | H |
Undo Last Move: | U |
Help: | F1 |
Toggle Music: | M |
Toggle Sound: | S |
Close: | ESC, Q, or Alt+F4 |
Open About help dialog: | A |
Open Select Deck dialog: | D |
Open Game Options dialog: | O |
Open Game Type Selection dialog: | T |