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WORM - another word-game
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This is a word-game for two players, where they take turns to build a word, by adding a letter either on the ends or anywhere in the body of the "worm". 
The group of letters must always be part of a legit word, but must not complete the word. A player may "Claim" a completed word, "Challenge" a group of letters and earns points based on the length of the worm.The worm can also be "flipped" (reversed) before adding a letter. A dictionary which checks all submitted words ( up to length 15 letters) is included.
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Common Shared Name$(), Score(), MinSize, WinScore, Plr, OK$, Bad$, Alert$, CPL, LN$, DumWrd$, Found, DictWord$, Srch$
Common Shared Wrd$, CsrH, WdPos, Picked, Flipped, L$, Words$(), TLimit, WordVal, TryVal, Try$, A$

SW = 1020: SH = 720
Screen _NewImage(SW, SH, 32)
SetFont: F& = _LoadFont("C:\WINDOWS\fonts\courbd.ttf", 20, "monospace"): _Font F& '       choose monospace font
SMode = 32
CPL = Int(SW / _PrintWidth("X")) '                                                        find chars per line for this window width
CTR = Int((CPL + 1) / 2) '                                                                find horiz screen centre
_ScreenMove (_DesktopWidth - SW) / 2, 90 '                                                place window there

CheckDictionary: '                                                                        need random-access word list
If Not (_FileExists("R_ALL15")) Then
    Centre "This game requires the random-access file R_ALL15 to be present", 12
    Sleep: System
End If

Randomize Timer

MinSize = 3 '                                                                             minimum word size
Dim Name$(2), Score(2), Words$(2)
OK$ = "o4l32ce": Bad$ = "o3l32ec": Alert$ = "o4l32msep32ep32ep32ep32e" '                                                       sound for good and bad actions
Name$(1) = "PLAYER 1": Name$(2) = "PLAYER 2" '                                            default names

instructions

Names:
_KeyClear: k$ = ""
Centre "Name of first player (enter for default PLAYER 1)    ", 15
Locate 15, 62
Input k$
If k$ > Chr$(13) Then
    Name$(1) = UCase$(k$)
Else Name$(1) = "PLAYER 1"
End If
Play OK$
Centre Name$(1), 17: Sleep 1: Cls
k$ = ""
Centre "Name of second player (enter for default PLAYER 2)", 15
Locate 15, 64
Input k$
If k$ > Chr$(13) Then
    Name$(2) = UCase$(k$)
Else Name$(2) = "PLAYER 2"
End If
Play OK$
Centre Name$(2), 17: Sleep 1: Cls

WinningScore:
Centre "Winning score  level (1=100 to 9=900, default 100) ?", 15
SetWinScore:
k$ = InKey$
If k$ = "" Then GoTo SetWinScore
If k$ < "1" Or k$ > "9" Then
    WinScore = 100 '                                                                      default winning score
Else
    WinScore = Val(k$) * 100
End If
Play OK$
Centre LTrim$(Str$(WinScore)), 17: Sleep 1: Cls

SetTimeLimit:
Centre "Time limit for new letter (1=30, 2=60, 3=90, 4=120 seconds, default=30) ?", 15
TimeLimit:
k$ = InKey$
If k$ = "" Then GoTo SetTimeLimit
If k$ < "1" Or k$ > "4" Then
    TLimit = 30 '                                                                         default time limit fo letter selection
Else
    TLimit = Val(k$) * 30
End If
Play OK$
txt$ = LTrim$(Str$(TLimit)) + " seconds"
Centre txt$, 17: Sleep 1: Cls

SetUpGame:
Plr = 2
Csr$ = " / "

NewWord:
If Score(1) >= WinScore Or Score(2) >= WinScore Then Winner
Flipped = 0
Wrd$ = Chr$(Int(Rnd * 26) + 65)

PlayerUp:
Cls
If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1
CsrH = CTR - 1: WdPos = CTR - Int((Len(Wrd$) + 1) / 2) + 1 '                                centre the word and centre cursor for start
wipe "17": Locate 17, WdPos: Print Wrd$
txt$ = Name$(1) + ":" + Str$(Score(1)) + Space$(15) + "Winning score:" + Str$(WinScore) + Space$(15) + Name$(2) + ":" + Str$(Score(2))
Centre txt$, 2
IP = Int((Len(Wrd$) + 1) / 2) + 1
wipe "19" '                                                                                 clear player input line
Locate 19, CsrH + 1: Print "?"
yellow

ShowChoices:
txt$ = Name$(Plr) + " playing"
Centre txt$, 4
Centre "Press A-Z to select a letter to add", 22
If Len(Wrd$) > 1 And Flipped = 0 Then '                                                     show only if more than 1 letter and word is not flipped
    Centre "or", 24
    Centre "1 to Claim a word    2 to Challenge a group    3 to Concede this round", 26 '
End If
Centre "Down-arrow to flip the word", 27 '                                                   can flip multiple times
Centre "Esc to close the game", 28
_KeyClear

GetChoice:
t1 = Timer
Action = 0
While Action < 1
    _Limit 30
    Action = _KeyHit
    t2 = Int(TLimit + 1 - Timer + t1)
    wipe "05": Centre LTrim$(Str$(t2)), 5
    If t2 < 1 Then
        Centre "Too late!", 5
        Sleep 2
        wipe "05"
        Play Bad$
        GoTo PlayerUp
    End If
Wend
wipe "05"
Select Case Action
    Case Is = 27 '                                                                          exit game
        System
    Case Is = 49 '                                                                          claim a completed word
        If Flipped = 0 Then
            Claim
        Else GoTo GetChoice '                                                               if flipped, ignore
        End If
        GoTo NewWord
    Case Is = 50 '                                                                          challenge a group
        If Flipped = 0 Then
            Challenge
        Else GoTo GetChoice '                                                               if flipped, ignore
        End If
        GoTo NewWord
    Case Is = 51 '                                                                         concede this group is unwinnable
        Concede '                                                                           can still concede after flipping
        GoTo NewWord
    Case Is = 20480 '                                                                       down-arrow to flip worm
        Flip
        GoTo PlayerUp
    Case 65 To 90 '                                                                         CAPITAL letter
        L$ = Chr$(Action)
        Locate 19, CsrH + 1: Print L$
        Locate 18, CsrH: Print Csr$
        Picked = 1
    Case 97 To 122 '                                                                        lower-case letter
        L$ = Chr$(Action - 32)
        Locate 19, CsrH + 1: Print L$
        Locate 18, CsrH: Print Csr$
        Picked = 1
    Case Else
        GoTo GetChoice
End Select
Play OK$

Move: '                                                                                     after letter selected, only left-, right- or up-arrow
Centre "Use Left/Right arrows to change its position, then up-arrow to place it", 22
Action = 0
While Action < 1
    Action = _KeyHit
Wend '
Select Case Action
    Case Is = 19200, 52 '                                                                   move left
        If IP > 1 Then
            CsrH = CsrH - 1: IP = IP - 1
            Locate 18, CsrH: Print Csr$
            Locate 19, CsrH + 1: Print L$; " "
        End If
        GoTo Move
    Case Is = 19712, 54 '                                                                   move right
        If CsrH < WdPos + Len(Wrd$) - 2 Then
            CsrH = CsrH + 1: IP = IP + 1
            Locate 18, CsrH: Print Csr$
            Locate 19, CsrH: Print " "; L$
        End If
        GoTo Move
    Case Is = 18432, 56 '                                                                   up (place letter at cursor)
        Wrd$ = Left$(Wrd$, IP - 1) + L$ + Right$(Wrd$, Len(Wrd$) - IP + 1)
        Flipped = 0: Picked = 0
        GoTo PlayerUp
    Case Else
        Play Bad$: GoTo Move
End Select
Sleep

Sub wipe (ln$) '                                                                            erase lines of text - e.g. "020308" for lines 2, 3 and 8
    For a = 1 To Len(ln$) - 1 Step 2 '                                                      ln$ is lines to erase, as string of 2 digit line numbers
        Locate Val(Mid$(ln$, a, 2))
        Print Space$(CPL)
    Next
End Sub

Sub Centre (Txt$, LineNum) '                                                                centres text on selected line
    ctr = Int(CPL / 2 - Len(Txt$) / 2) + 1 '                                                centre is half of Chars Per Line minus half Txt$ length
    Locate LineNum, ctr
    Print Txt$
End Sub

Sub red
    Color _RGB(255, 0, 0)
End Sub

Sub yellow
    Color _RGB(255, 255, 0)
End Sub

Sub white
    Color _RGB(255, 255, 255)
End Sub

Sub Grey
    Color _RGB(128, 128, 128)
End Sub

Sub Claim
    wipe "2224262728"
    Play Alert$ '                                                        clear prompts
    txt$ = Name$(Plr) + " claims that this is a word"
    yellow: Centre txt$, 10
    WordVal = 0:
    For a = 1 To Len(Wrd$): WordVal = WordVal + a: Next
    txt$ = "(Points Value is" + Str$(WordVal) + ")" '                                       calc word value (summation of length)
    Centre txt$, 12
    Centre "Stand by, checking...", 11: Sleep 1
    wipe "04"
    Try$ = Wrd$
    WRdSearch
    claimResult:
    txt$ = "This word is "
    If Found = 0 Then '                                                                    if Found is still 0 (search failed to find this word),
        red: txt$ = txt$ + "not accepted"
        Play Bad$
        If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                              swap players and assign points to opponent
        Score(Plr) = Score(Plr) + WordVal
        If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                              and swap players back to normal flow
    Else '                                                                                  but if the word is valid,
        yellow: txt$ = txt$ + "acccepted"
        Play OK$
        Words$(Plr) = Words$(Plr) + "  " + Wrd$
        Score(Plr) = Score(Plr) + WordVal '                                                 assign points to player
    End If
    Centre txt$, 4: yellow
    Sleep 2
End Sub

Sub Challenge
    WordVal = 0: Found = 0 '                                                                flag word as not found
    wipe "2224262728": Play Alert$ '                                                        clear prompts
    txt$ = Name$(Plr) + " claims that this group is not part of a word"
    yellow: Centre txt$, 9
    If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                                  change Plr ito the CHALLENGED player
    txt$ = Name$(Plr) + " Please type a word containing this group"
    Centre txt$, 11
    _KeyClear
    wipe "13"
    Locate 13, 36
    Input Try$ '                                                                            get the challenged player's claim
    Try$ = UCase$(Try$)
    If Len(Try$) < Len(Wrd$) Or InStr(Try$, Wrd$) < 1 Then '                                if it's shorter than, or doesn't contain the group, fail it,
        For a = 1 To Len(Wrd$): WordVal = WordVal + a: Next: GoTo ChalResult '              and use the original Wrd$ for value (summation of length)
    End If
    wipe "13"
    Centre Try$, 13
    For a = 1 To Len(Try$): WordVal = WordVal + a: Next '                                   otherwise use the length of their try for value
    txt$ = "(Points Value is" + Str$(WordVal)
    Centre txt$, 15
    Centre "Stand by, checking...", 17 '                                                    search word-list for their try
    wipe "04"
    WRdSearch
    ChalResult: '                                                                           now analyze Found
    If Found = 0 Then '                                                                     if their try word is not found
        Play Bad$
        txt$ = Try$ + " is not accepted"
        red
        If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                              swap players back to normal and assign points to challenger,
        Score(Plr) = Score(Plr) + WordVal
        If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1
    Else '                                                                                  but if their word is found,
        Play OK$
        white: txt$ = Try$ + " is accepted"
        Score(Plr) = Score(Plr) + WordVal '                                                 assign points to challenged player
        Words$(Plr) = Words$(Plr) + "  " + Try$ '                                           add the word to their successful words list
    End If
    Centre txt$, 19: _Delay 2: wipe "19"
    yellow
    If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                                  swap players
End Sub

Sub Concede
    WordVal = 0
    Play Bad$
    For a = 1 To Len(Wrd$): WordVal = WordVal + a: Next '                                   calculate word value
    txt$ = Name$(Plr) + " concedes this group as unwinnable"
    yellow: Centre txt$, 9
    If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                                  swap players,
    Score(Plr) = Score(Plr) + WordVal '                                                     allocate points to other player,
    If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                                  and swap back to normal flow
    _Delay 3
End Sub


Sub WRdSearch
    Found = 0 '                                                                             start search with Found as 0 (failed)
    Open "R_ALL15" For Random As #1 Len = 19
    FL = LOF(1) \ 19 + 1 '                                                                  FL is number of words in file
    bot = 0: top = FL '                                                                     search area between top and bottom words of file
    While Abs(top - bot) > 1
        srch = Int((top + bot) / 2)
        Get #1, srch, A$ '                                                                  get word at centre of search area
        A$ = UCase$(A$)
        Select Case A$
            Case Is = Try$ '                                                                if the word=Wrd$
                Found = 1 '                                                                 mark Found as 1, and stop searching
                Exit While
            Case Is < Try$ '                                                                if the word is less than Wrd$
                bot = srch '                                                                move bottom of search to middle of search
            Case Is > Try$ '                                                                if the word is greater than wrd$
                top = srch '                                                                move top of search to middle of search
        End Select
    Wend '                                                                                  if gap top to bottom >1, repeat search with new search area
    Close

End Sub

Sub Flip
    TmpWrd$ = String$(Len(Wrd$), ".") '                                                      create temporary word
    For a = 1 To Len(Wrd$)
        Mid$(TmpWrd$, a, 1) = Mid$(Wrd$, Len(Wrd$) - a + 1, 1) '                             write letters in reverse order into temp word
    Next
    Wrd$ = TmpWrd$ '                                                                         and change Wrd$ to TmpWrd$
    Flipped = 1 '                                                                            set Flipped flag to prevent their claiming or challenging
    If Plr = 1 Then Plr = 2 Else Plr = 1 '                                                   keep same player after flip
End Sub

Sub Winner
    Cls
    For a = 1 To 5: Play OK$: Next
    yellow
    Centre "We have a winner!", 12: white: Print
    txt$ = Name$(1) + ": " + LTrim$(Str$(Score(1))) + "     " + Name$(2) + ": " + LTrim$(Str$(Score(2)))
    Centre txt$, 14
    yellow: txt$ = "Congratulations "
    If Score(1) > Score(2) Then txt$ = txt$ + Name$(1) Else txt$ = txt$ + Name$(2)
    Centre txt$, 16
    Print: Print
    Print Name$(1); " words: ": white: Print Words$(1)
    Print
    yellow: Print Name$(2); " words: ": white: Print Words$(2)
    Print

    Sleep
    System
End Sub

Sub instructions
    Cls: yellow
    Centre "Worm - An original word-Game for two players by Phil Taylor", 3
    Centre "Instructions", 5: white
    Print
    Print " A random letter is presented, and two players take turns to add a letter to"
    Print " it, building towards a word, but avoiding completing it. The letter may be"
    Print " placed at either end, or anywhere inside the group, exending the "; Chr$(34); "Worm"; Chr$(34); ". By";
    Print " default, they have just 30 seconds in which to choose their letter, but a"
    Print " different time limit can be selected."
    Print
    Print " If a player sees that their opponent has completed a word, they can ";: yellow: Print "Claim";: white: Print " it"
    Print " to score points. If successful the challenger gains points based on the word"
    Print " length. If not,their opponent gains the points. A new word then starts."
    Print
    Print " Players may also";: yellow: Print " Flip";: white: Print " (reverse) the Worm before adding their letter (but the"
    Print " Found of the Flip can not be claimed as a word)."
    Print
    Print " If they think that the group is not part of a real word they may ";: yellow: Print "Challenge";: white: Print ","
    Print " and their opponent must then type a complete word containing the group. If"
    Print " they can"; Chr$(39); "t,  the challenger gains points, based on the size of the group, or"
    Print " the length of their attempt, whichever is greater."
    Print
    Print " If a player thinks that all the words that can be formed from the group will"
    Print " cost them points, they may ";: yellow: Print "Concede";: white: Print " the group, to limit the number of points"
    Print " they lose."
    Print
    Print " Word lengths of from two to fifteen letters allowed, and words are checked"
    Print " automatically by the computer. The game ends when a player reaches the chosen"
    Print " winning score."
    yellow: Centre "Press a key to continue.", 33
    Sleep
    Cls: Play OK$
End Sub


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