One is able to direcly Start a Game, change the options, view the high scores or view the help file. The help of these forms can be found below.
In the options menu, you're able to change the settings of the game. You can adjust the size of the playing field by selecting the width and height, as shown below:
You can start a game direcly in the main menu by pressing "Start Game". If you never set the options, the initial settings are loaded. The playing field is set to 7x7, the difficulty level is set to Very Easy and the default player is "John Doe". In the playing field window, a move can be made by clicking on a column. The aim of the game is to place four stones in a horizontally, vertically or diagonally line.
One can start a game against the computer by changing the number of players to one in the options menu, as described before.
One can start a game against another player by changing the number of players to two in the options menu. You have to select player 1 and player 2 in the options menu
If you have selected the keyboard contols, you can play the game with the arrow keys left and right and you can drop a disc with the arrow down key. If you play with two players, player two uses the 'a'-key to select the column to the left and the 'd'-key to select the column to the right. Player two can drop a disc by pressing 's'.
If you selected the mouse controls, you can drop a disc by clicking on a particular column.
The objective of the game is to create as soon as possible four in a row in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal way. You must drop one disc into the playing field in a turn. The disc drops to the lowest position in that particular column.
You can view the high scores by clicking high scores in the menu.