The Archery Game

Get ready for the Olympic Games. Practice your archery skills.

Use to toggle between Practice Mode and Compete Mode.

In Practice Mode the control panel looks like this:

Drag the target with the mouse to set it at a comfortable distance for your practice session. Draw the bow back and aim using the mouse. Then let go of the mouse button to shoot.

There are 10 circular regions on the target. Hit the center orange dot and get 10 points. The second orange ring gets you 9 points, the inner red ring 8, the outer red ring 7, and so on to the outer white ring, which is worth 1 point. The SCORE window at the bottom shows the score for each shot and resets to 0 as you draw the bow again. Be careful! You may lose 5 points for hitting stuff other than the target.

Here’s what each part of the control panel shows and does:

	Your score appears in the SCORE window.
	ANGLE shows the angle at which you aim the arrow. Horizontal is 0 degrees. SPEED increases as you draw the bow back more.
	You can set the wind speed and direction with this slider. The pennant on the flagpole indicates the setting.
	Click TRAILS to see a dashed line showing the path your arrow takes as it flies through the air. Click this button again to turn TRAILS off.
	Click BOW FORCES to see arrows indicating the forces that are in effect as the bow is drawn. Click again to turn this feature off.
	View the highest scores achieved by people who have played this game. Maybe yours is one of them. (You have to be in Compete Mode to register a score.)
	Click RESET to set the score to 0 and return the target to its original position.

In Compete Mode the control panel looks like this:

Everything is the same as in Practice Mode except:

• You can’t move the target closer to you.
• You can’t control the wind speed. But do keep an eye on the pennant to see which way and how fast the wind is blowing. The wind may shift during a match.
• You get 12 shots, just like in an Olympic Final Round. The SHOTS LEFT window keeps track of how many you still have.
• The SCORE window accumulates your score for the entire round.

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