## Description
_Alchemyst_ is a single-player, shareware, block moving puzzle game. Alchemy
is about turning base metal into gold and that’s the theme of this puzzle
game, or rather turning blue/grey blocks to yellow ones.
The game is entirely controlled by the mouse. The game area consists of a
series of rows of blue/grey blocks all the same size. There is one row of
blocks at the top of the screen set apart from the rest and this contains some
yellow blocks, clicking on this row causes the blocks within it to move one
cell to the left with the left most cell ‘wrapping round.
The player shifts these blocks around until they are happy with the desired
pattern and the they click on one of the other rows on the screen. This
transfers the blocks from the top row to the selected row. If a yellow block
replaces a blue/grey block this is a good move, if a yellow block replaces an
existing yellow block the result is that the block reverts to a blue/grey
block. The game’s objective is to repeat this process until all the lower rows
contain nothing but yellow blocks.
The player can select different combinations of row size and height which
affects the game’s difficulty and the game records the highest score for each.
There are optional sound effects and an in-game help file.
The game is played against a photographic background. Standard registration
cost $5 but the purchaser could pay $20 to have the game customised so that it
played over a photograph they supplied with their registration fee.
Alchemyst