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  How to Play

Basic Gameplay
Get three or more rocks together to make the rocks crumble. Exit the level while saving miners before the cave collapses.

Pushing Rocks – Walk into a rock to push the rock in that direction.

Kicking Rocks – Press the kick button while next to a rock to send the rock flying in that direction.

Rockthrower – Large machine that shoots rocks to help crumble rocks. Enter/Exit the machine pressing the USE button. Press the KICK button to shoot the rocks.

Items

Dynamite – Explosives that can be picked up in the level. Walk over the dynamite placement icon to set the explosive. After setting it, get away from the blast!

Save – Walk over this item to save your progress in the game.

1Up – Walk over this item to get an extra chance.

Miner – Touch the miners to rescue them and earn big points.

Survival Mode Items

Dynamite Stick - Explosive that can be placed using the USE Button. You can only carry three at a time. Dynamite can destroy collapsed rocks.

Sonic Boom - When touched creates a sonic boom. The sonic boom knocks rocks away from the blast epicenter.

Beaker - When touched changes the color of the rocks to 1 of 3 random colors. Sometimes it will change the rocks to all the same color.

Stopwatch - Rocks stop dropping for a short period of time giving you time to move rocks.

 

   PC Version Information

PC Recommended System Specifications

Microsoft Windows XP
2.5 Ghz Processor
512 MB RAM
Shader 2.0 Video Card 256 MB VRAM
Keyboard or Xbox360 Controller
16-bit sound card

Installation for the PC

1.Install .NET Framework 2.0
Run the executable dotnetfx.exe
2.Install DirectX 9.0c Runtime
Run the executable dxwebsetup.exe
3.Install XNA Framework
Run the installer xnafx_redist.msi
4.Install CaveIn
Run the game installer CaveIn.exe

Xbox360 Controller Controls
On a PC Build of the game an Xbox360 controller can be plugged into the PC via a USB port.

 

   Default PC Keyboard Mapping


The game (PC Build only) can be played using a keyboard. The following is how the input is mapped by default. These settings can be changed in the options screen.

DPad WASD Keys
X Button F Key
Y Button T Key
A Button V Key
B Button G Key
START Button Left Control Key

   Default Controller Mapping

Please note that if the controller is plugged into the PC before the game launches, the sound may cut out as each controller installs its own sound device to play and capture sounds via the headphone port on the bottom of the controller. To resolve this unplug and plug in the controller while the game is running or go to Sound Devices in the Control Panel and select your sound card as the default device.

 

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