Evenland

File	evenland.hqx
Size	138.1 KB
Category	Game
Developer	Joe Hammons

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Even Land is a HyperCard freeware program by Joe Hammons (hammo@softcom.net), distributed through Info-Mac as evenland.hqx. Aimed at children of all ages, it casts the computer as an opponent in a difficult take-away game and asks the player to outwit it -- a small, focused exercise in strategic thinking dressed up in HyperCard's friendly interface.GameplayThe game is a take-away contest: players and the computer alternate removing items from a pile under fixed rules, and the goal is to leave the opponent in a losing position. The author describes it as difficult, so winning consistently rewards careful planning rather than guesswork.AudienceEven Land is pitched at children of all ages and frames the contest as a way to strengthen thinking skills. The HyperCard presentation makes the rules approachable for newcomers while the underlying combinatorial game stays interesting for adults.RequirementsBecause the stack is HyperCard-based, the free HyperCard Player (or a full HyperCard installation) is required to run it. No additional system extensions or special hardware are called for.DistributionThe original submission to Info-Mac was packaged as EvenLand.sit, then re-encoded as the BinHex file evenland.hqx under info-mac/game/ for archive distribution.