#155 - The Really Hard Challenge

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Socoder -> Wednesday Workshop -> #155 - The Really Hard Challenge
Tue, 10 Jun 2008, 15:39
Jayenkai	#155 - The Really Hard Challenge Afro found a really hard game.. See if you can do any better! The Challenge Create a really hard game! The game should be playable, it should also be beatable, but it should definitely be really really hard to beat! The Time Wed 11th June -> 18th June, 2008 You have until this timer hits zero to complete your entry. For the record, that's Tue/Wed, midnight GMT. The Rules You're free to reuse functions here and there, if it helps speed up your dev-time. Old art and audio, are pretty much expected, since we don't all have time to create fully working masterpieces within the space of a week! Other than that, the main coding for each week's task should be pretty much created within the time allocated. If you use other people's art/sound/functions, give credit where credit's due. To enter, post your game below. If you can't find anywhere decent to host it, send it to Jayenkai@Gmail.com Additional rules are available here. Last Week Last week, there were 4 entries. Go and watch them all! (I'm too full of flu, right now, to bother uploading them properly! Maybe tomorrow!!) -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 10 Jun 2008, 16:57
Mog	<emo> sigh I have a hard game to submit. I call it LIFE, and it is unbeatable </emo> Sorry, had to do it :F -=-=- I am Busy Mongoose - My Website Dev PC: AMD 8150-FX, 16gb Ram, GeForce GTX 680 2gb Current Project: Pyroxene
Mon, 16 Jun 2008, 18:05
Jayenkai	MasterWord Like Mastermind, but with words instead of colors.. Woot! You might want to start off with a Hard word, before moving up to the harder ones \|edit\| Note : It uses Official Scrabble Words 06, no complaining if you've never heard of the words!! \|edit\| -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Mon, 16 Jun 2008, 19:36
Stealth	Thought it was suppose to be hard Jay! -=-=- Quit posting and try Google.
Mon, 16 Jun 2008, 19:47
Jayenkai	Yeah, surprisingly having a 6x26 combination turned out to be a heck of a lot easier than I'd have imagined it to be! Bah, humbug! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Tue, 17 Jun 2008, 16:06
Forklift_Fred	I was late starting but I'm quite happy with what I knocked up over a couple of days. It's quite tricky as it is by default but the fun starts (and coding got complicated) now that it is customisable. Steady Hand It's one of those follow-the-wire-without-touching games. Move the loop with the mouse and turn it with the scroll wheel. I was going to add keyboard controls for the turning but I forgot. Everyone has wheelie mice now anyway right... Other controls: E - Edit mode O - Open a wire S - Save current wire N - New wire Esc - as usual should take you back to where you were You may need to touch the wire again if you have drained all your allowance and it stays 'buzzing' and rather than just a flash. This seems to be intermittent and quite random now. The editor is basic but works well enough, Left-Mouse to draw Right-Mouse to erase. For some reason it goes very slowly when you are editing an existing wire rather than making a new one...? You can of course use any graphics editor, just make sure the background is black! Then save as either BMP or PNG into the "frames" folder -=-=- Come rain or shine...
Fri, 20 Jun 2008, 05:02
Afr0	Finally, my late entry! Yes it's late, but it's approved by Jay. And I started working on it even before this compo began. And I finished it before it began. Invaders Overload Please try to ignore the fact that there's no sound. I tried adding it, but I'm having some backwards compatibility issues with the XNA Sound Creator. And also, since Microsoft requires that all sound be converted to wavs, it ended up taking.. 80++ megs. -=-=- Afr0 Games Project Dollhouse on Github - Please fork!
Fri, 20 Jun 2008, 16:19
Jayenkai	Everyone knows and understands my hatred of installers. Because I said to Afr0 that I'd let him enter his entry late, I'll accept it, this once. But Afr0's game will be the first, and ONLY Wednesday Workshop entry to ever have a stupid sodding installer. Had I known his game would have an installer, I'd have used the "You're too late" get out clause.. But hey ho, there you go.. No installers. -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 20 Jun 2008, 18:51
Orion Pax	You never said anything to me about my installer! And I didnt know we couldnt use installers. Is it in the rules that no one ever reads? \|edit\| Nope...cant seem to find it...but I will keep it in mind next time. But the way I had my screen saver made it wouldnt have worked without being in the system folder. But I did include an uninstaller. \|edit\| \|edit\| Oh and fred...I dont have a wheel mouse. But thats my laziness. I have an ancient 3 button IBM mouse. My last mousey died I think and I just dug this thing out of the junk box to use until I feel like going to get one. My kids machine does have a wheel mouse. \|edit\|
Sat, 21 Jun 2008, 05:06
Forklift_Fred	Typical! There's always one ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; ;; ;; Steady Hand ;; ;; =========== ;; ;; ;; ;; By Forklift_Fred ;; ;; For SoCodor's Wednesday Workshop ;; ;; #155 (11/06/08 - 18/06/08) ;; ;; ;; ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; AppTitle "Steady Hand" Graphics 640,480,32,2 SetBuffer BackBuffer() Dim scancode$(255) SetScanCodes() Type frames Field name$ Field image Field thumb End Type Global frame=LoadImage("line.png") Global base=CreateImage(640,480) MakeBase() If frame=0 Then MakeFrame() Global loop1=CreateImage(50,50) Global loop=CreateImage(50,50,18) MakeLoop() Color 255,255,255 Global starttime=MilliSecs() Global deltatime=0 Global life=15 Global buzz=life Global maxlives=3 Global lives=maxlives Global timelimit=60 reset=False .options ShowPointer AppTitle "Steady Hand - Menu" While Not KeyHit(1) mx=MouseX() my=MouseY() md1=MouseHit(1) md2=MouseHit(2) ClsColor 128,128,255 Cls Color 255,255,128 Text 320,50,"Steady Hand!",1 Text 321,50,"Steady Hand!",1 Text 320,50,"____________",1 Text 320,51,"____________",1 Text 320,100,"Buzz Factor - Default 15",1 Text 320,140,"Lives - Default 3",1 Text 320,180,"Time Limit - Default 60 seconds",1 Text 320,400,"Click numbers to change values - LEFT to decrease, RIGHT to increase",1 Color 200,32,32 life=life+Click(320,118,life,mx,my,md1,md2) maxlife=maxlife+Click(320,158,maxlives,mx,my,md1,md2) timelimit=timelimit+Click(320,198,timelimit,mx,my,md1,md2) st=Abs(Click(320,270,"Start",mx,my,md1,md2)) lw=Abs(Click(320,290,"Load wire",mx,my,md1,md2)) nw=Abs(Click(320,310,"New wire",mx,my,md1,md2)) ew=Abs(Click(320,330,"Edit a wire",mx,my,md1,md2)) If st Then Goto start If lw Then OpenFrame():Goto start If nw Then MakeFrame(1):Goto start If ew Then MakeFrame():Goto start Flip Wend End .start ;[Block] Main Game AppTitle "Steady Hand - Play!" HidePointer MoveMouse 50,400 MX_old=50 MY_old=400 f#=0 starttime=MilliSecs() deltatime=0 buzz=life While Not KeyHit(1) If KeyHit(24) Then OpenFrame(): Goto start ; O Open If KeyHit(31) Then SaveFrame(): Goto start ; S Save If KeyHit(49) Then MakeFrame(1): Goto start ; N New If KeyHit(18) Then MakeFrame(): Goto start ; E Edit MZS=MouseZSpeed() MX=MouseX() MY=MouseY() If MY>380 Then If MX>40 And MX<60 Then ; Over start post starttime=MilliSecs()-deltatime buzz=buzz+1 If buzz>life Then buzz=life Else If MX>580 And MX<600 Then ; Over finish post Finish(1) Goto options Else deltatime=MilliSecs()-starttime End If Else deltatime=MilliSecs()-starttime End If If deltatime=>timelimit1000 Then Finish():Goto options If MZS>0 Then f=f-1 If MZS<0 Then f=f+1 If KeyDown(200) Then f=f-0.2 If KeyDown(208) Then f=f+0.2 If f>17 Then f=0 If f<0 Then f=17 If ImagesCollide(loop,mx,my,f,frame,0,0,0) MX=MX_old MY=MY_old f=f_old MoveMouse MX,MY If MY<355 Then ClsColor 250,250,255 buzz=buzz-1 If buzz<0 Then buzz=0 For ii=100 To 0 Step -1 DrawImage frame,0,0 ProgressBar(0,460,640,19,ii,100) Color 0,0,0 Text 320,400,"Resetting...",1 Text 321,400,"Resetting...",1 Flip Next lives=lives-1 If lives=0 Then Finish(0) Goto options Else Goto start End If End If End If Else If buzz>0 Then ClsColor 0,0,0 MX_old=MX MY_old=MY f_old=f End If Cls DrawImage frame,0,0 DrawImage loop,MX,MY,f Color 255,255,255 Text 0,10,deltatime/1000 Text 0,25,lives ProgressBar(0,0,640,10,buzz,life,2) Flip Wend Goto options ;[End block] Function Click(x,y,strng$,mx,my,md1,md2) Text x,y,strng,1 Text x+1,y,strng,1 w=StringWidth(strng$) h=StringHeight(strng$) If mx>x-w And mx<x+w And my>y-h And my<y+h Then Return md2-md1 End Function Function ProgressBar(x,y,width,height,current#,total#,output=0) progress#=current/total length=widthprogress Select output Case 1 ; Fraction reading$=Int(current)+"/"+Int(total) Case 2 ; Percentage reading$=progress100+" %" Case 3 ; Count reading$=Int(current) Case 4 ; Count of total reading$=Int(current)+" of "+Int(total) End Select Color 255-((255/100)progress100),(255/100)progress100,0 ; Text Colour Text x+width/2,y+height,reading$,1,0 Color 0,255,0 ; Border Colour Rect x,y,width,height,0 Color 255-((255/100)progress100),(255/100)progress100,0 ; Bar Colour Rect x+1,y+1,length-2,height-2,1 End Function Function OpenFrame() AppTitle "Steady Hand - Open a wire" ShowPointer dir$=ReadDir(CurrentDir()+"/frames") Delete Each frames If FileType(CurrentDir$()+"\frames")=2 Then Repeat file$=NextFile(dir$) If Lower(Right(file$,3))="bmp" Or Lower(Right(file$,3))="png" Then frames.frames=New frames frames\name$=Mid$(file$,1,Len(file$)-4) frames\image=LoadImage("frames/"+file$) frames\thumb=CopyImage(frames\image) ScaleImage frames\thumb,0.20,0.20 MaskImage frames\thumb,255,0,255 End If If(file$="") Then Exit Forever Else skip=True End If ClsColor 128,255,128 While Not KeyHit(1) Cls Color 64,128,64 For y=0 To 2 For x=0 To 2 Rect 78+(x176),38+(y131),128,96 Next Next Color 200,255,200 For y=0 To 2 For x=0 To 2 Rect 82+(x176),42+(y131),128,96 Next Next Color 100,200,100 For y=0 To 2 For x=0 To 2 Rect 80+(x176),40+(y131),128,96 Next Next If skip Then Color 255,0,0 Rect 150,150,340,180 Color 255,255,255 Text 321,240,"No files found",1,1 Text 320,240,"No files found",1,1 Flip Delay 1500 Exit Else frames.frames=First frames For y=0 To 2 For x=0 To 2 If RectsOverlap(MouseX(),MouseY(),1,1,80+(x176),40+(y131),128,116) Then MaskImage frames\thumb,0,0,0 Color 255,0,0 Rect 75+(x176),35+(y131),138,106,0 If MouseHit(1) Then frame=CopyImage(frames\image) load=True Color 255,0,0 Rect 75+(x176),35+(y131),138,106 End If Color 255,0,0 Text 144+(x176),141+(y131),frames\name$,1 Else MaskImage frames\thumb,255,0,255 Color 64,128,64 Text 144+(x176),141+(y131),frames\name$,1 End If DrawImage frames\thumb,80+(x176),40+(y131) frames.frames=After frames If frames.frames=Null Then Exit Next If frames.frames=Null Then Exit Next Flip If load=True Then Exit End If Wend End Function Function SaveFrame() AppTitle "Steady Hand - Save the wire" ClsColor 255,128,128 Color 255,255,255 thumb=CopyImage(frame) ScaleImage(thumb,0.20,0.20) MidHandle thumb MaskImage thumb,255,0,255 While (Not KeyDown(28)) And (Not KeyDown(156)) ; Until ENTER is pressed... Cls DrawImage thumb,320,240 time=MilliSecs() If time=>time_n Then time_n=time+300 blink=Not blink End If Text 10,40," Enter a name to save wire as: "+wire_name$ x=StringWidth(wire_name$)+1 If blink Then Rect x+264,40,8,13 ; And draw the cursor in the currect position End If If KeyHit(14) Then wire_name$=Mid$(wire_name$,1,Len(wire_name$)-1) ; Backspace deletes the last letter of the name For i=2 To 86 ; Otherwise loop through the keyboard... If KeyHit(i) Then wire_name$=wire_name$+scancode$(i) ; ... and add it on Next Flip If KeyHit(1) Then quit=True If quit Then Exit Wend If Not quit Then If FileType(CurrentDir$()+"\frames")=0 Then CreateDir(CurrentDir$()+"\frames") SaveBuffer ImageBuffer(frame),"frames/"+wire_name$+".bmp" Else ClsColor 255,0,0 Cls Text 320,240,"FILE NOT SAVED!",1,1 Text 321,240,"FILE NOT SAVED!",1,1 Flip Delay 1500 End If FlushKeys End Function Function MakeBase() SetBuffer ImageBuffer(base) g#=255 b#=0 r#=255 For x=0 To 21 Color r,0,0 Rect 580+x,380,1,81,1 Color 0,g,b Rect 40+x,380,1,81,1 g=g-4.0454545 b=b+3.6181818 r=r-5 Next r#=79 g#=53 b#=17 For y=0 To 19 Color r,g,b Rect 0,460+y,640,1,1 r=r-1.25 g=g-0.3 b=b+1.4 Next Color 255,255,255 Rect 48,375,5,5,1 Rect 588,375,5,5,1 SetBuffer BackBuffer() End Function Function MakeLoop() SetBuffer ImageBuffer(loop1) Color 0,0,255 Oval 0,0,50,50,1 Color 0,0,0 Oval 4,4,42,42,1 Rect 6,0,38,50,1 MidHandle loop1 SetBuffer BackBuffer() For f=0 To 17 RotateImage loop1,10f SetBuffer ImageBuffer(loop,f) DrawImage loop1,25,25 loop1=CreateImage(50,50) MidHandle loop1 CopyRect 0,0,50,50,0,0,ImageBuffer(loop,0),ImageBuffer(loop1) Next MidHandle loop SetBuffer BackBuffer() End Function Function Finish(win=0) Cls For ii=300 To 0 Step -1 DrawImage frame,0,0 Color 200-(win128),0+(win200),0 Rect 100,100,440,280 If Not win Then message1$="You failed!" If deltatime=>timelimit1000 Then message2$="You were out of time!" If lives=0 Then message2$="You have used all your lives!" Else message1$="Congratulations! You completed in "+(deltatime/1000)+" seconds" message2$="after "+(maxlives-lives+1)+" attempt" If maxlives-lives+1>1 Then message2$=message2$+"s" End If Color 0,0,0 Text 320,230,message1$,1,1 Text 320,250,message2$,1,1 ProgressBar(0,460,640,19,ii,100) Color 0,0,0 Text 320,400,"Please wait...",1 Text 321,400,"Please wait...",1 Flip Next lives=maxlives reset=True End Function Function MakeFrame(n=0) AppTitle "Steady Hand - Edit mode" FlushMouse If frame=0 Or n=1 Then frame=CopyImage(base) HidePointer SetBuffer BackBuffer() MX_old=MouseX() MY_old=MouseY() MD1=0 MD2=0 Delay 500 FlushMouse While Not KeyHit(1) If KeyHit(24) Then OpenFrame():AppTitle "Steady Hand - Edit mode" ; O Open If KeyHit(31) Then SaveFrame():AppTitle "Steady Hand - Edit mode" ; S Save If KeyHit(49) Then frame=CopyImage(base) ; N New ClsColor 0,128,0 Cls MD1=MouseDown(1) MD2=MouseDown(2) MX=MouseX() MY=MouseY() MZS=MouseZSpeed() If MZS>0 Then s=s+1 If MZS<0 Then s=s-1 If MD1 Or MD2 Then SetBuffer ImageBuffer(frame) Color 255MD1,255MD1,255MD1 If MX>MX_old Then MX1#=MX_old MX2#=MX Else MX1#=MX MX2#=MX_old End If If MY>MY_old Then MY1#=MY_old MY2#=MY Else MY1#=MY MY2#=MY_old End If dx#=MX2-MX1 dy#=MY2-MY1 Oval MX1+(dx/2),MY1+(dy/2),5,5,1 Oval MX_old,MY_old,5,5,1 Oval MX,MY,5,5,1 DrawImage base,0,0 SetBuffer BackBuffer() End If Color 10,100,255 DrawImage frame,0,0 Oval MX,MY,5,5,1 Flip MX_old=MX MY_old=MY Wend FlushKeys() End Function Function SetScanCodes() For i=0 To 255 scancode$(i)="" Next scancode$(02)="1" scancode$(03)="2" scancode$(04)="3" scancode$(05)="4" scancode$(06)="5" scancode$(07)="6" scancode$(08)="7" scancode$(09)="8" scancode$(10)="9" scancode$(11)="0" scancode$(12)="-" scancode$(16)="q" scancode$(17)="w" scancode$(18)="e" scancode$(19)="r" scancode$(20)="t" scancode$(21)="y" scancode$(22)="u" scancode$(23)="i" scancode$(24)="o" scancode$(25)="p" scancode$(26)="[" scancode$(27)="]" scancode$(30)="a" scancode$(31)="s" scancode$(32)="d" scancode$(33)="f" scancode$(34)="g" scancode$(35)="h" scancode$(36)="j" scancode$(37)="k" scancode$(38)="l" scancode$'=";" scancode$(40)="'" scancode$(41)="`" scancode$(43)="#" scancode$(44)="z" scancode$(45)="x" scancode$(46)="c" scancode$(47)="v" scancode$(48)="b" scancode$(49)="n" scancode$(50)="m" scancode$(51)="," scancode$(52)="." scancode$(71)="7" scancode$(72)="8" scancode$(73)="9" scancode$(74)="-" scancode$(75)="4" scancode$(76)="5" scancode$(77)="6" scancode$(78)="+" scancode$(79)="1" scancode$(80)="2" scancode$(81)="3" scancode$(82)="0" End Function --v There you go Only 2 lines added. I should have done it ages ago -=-=- Come rain or shine...

#155 - The Really Hard Challenge

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