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(10-04-2022, 06:28 PM)bplus Wrote: (10-04-2022, 03:05 AM)TerryRitchie Wrote: (10-04-2022, 12:42 AM)bplus Wrote: I think Terry wants games inspired by his manual.
But I am making a collection now to put in my corner here.
All games are welcome whether inspired by the site or not. The more game code for others to learn from the better. I would be honored to have any code you would like to share.
@TerryRitchie
I would be honored as well if you use anything of mine you feel helpful to the cause. I will gladly make edits if you need things to fit better with your lessons.
All I need in the source code, any asset files (sounds, images, etc..), and quick explanation of the game and usage. A ZIP file would be perfect. You can either post it here in the forum or send the ZIP to my email: quickbasic64@gmail.com
Thank you for contributing 
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11-29-2022, 11:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2022, 12:04 AM by mnrvovrfc.)
I'm sorry for bringing up this topic almost two months after the last post LOL but it's fair for me to warn that I'm having trouble running this game on Spiral Linux. It might be today that I upgraded to Linux v6 kernel -- a first for Debian-based distro. Before that (with Linux v5.19.0 kernel) this program executed without problems. I tried to get fancy to get it to use a font other than the "system" one but it didn't work. I had been compiling and running the program as it was originally presented here.
Erm, an interruption to say... I really liked this game! More challenging because the alien missile "eats" the tank's, makes it harder when a few invaders remain. It's addictive because the user could press only one key. But that scheme falls apart because I want two-letter, not three-letter name on high scores list. But that's a childish request...
Anyway this might have to do with the kernel and other things. I should check this on the Arch-based distro installs that I have which have even newer point-point releases, the latest at this moment should be v6.0.10.
This is the error message I've been getting ("altonly" is what I named this program LOL):
Code: (Select All) [xcb] Unknown request in queue while dequeuing
[xcb] Most likely this is a multi-threaded client and XInitThreads has not been called
[xcb] Aborting, sorry about that.
altonly: ../../src/xcb_out.c:479: _xcb_out_flush_to: Assertion `XCB_SEQUENCE_COMPARE(request, <=, c->out.request)' failed.
Aborted
Sometimes the lines beginning with "[xcb]" aren't displayed. A window appears briefly, a mix of the desktop and any other window (usually the terminal) that might have been in its way, and then bumps back down to the terminal displaying the error.
c. 10 minutes later:
Switched to EndeavourOS. The program executed without problems without any change in the source code. However, something happened to the game after I killed all the aliens in the first round, and it stayed this way:
![[Image: ascii-invaders-empty.png]](https://i.ibb.co/qd7v4Nh/ascii-invaders-empty.png)
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11-30-2022, 12:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-30-2022, 12:35 AM by Pete.)
Hmm, not sure why it froze up. Those remaining bat wings might be a clue as to some infrequent bug.
As for the wanting to just include 2 initials, just replace the existing displayhighscores sub with this slightly modified one. I set a new inmax variable to "2" for two initials. See it near the top of the displayhighscores sub. You can also change the value from "2" to 1 or 3 for one or three initials.
Code: (Select All) SUB displayhighscores
inmax = 2 ' Change to 1, 2 or 3 determine how many initils you want to enter for high score.
IF inmax < 1 OR inmax > 3 THEN imax = 3
COLOR 0, 3
LOCATE 25, 68: PRINT "Score "; score$;
DIM hs AS STRING * 25
REDIM highscore$(6), hsdata$(6)
DO
IF _FILEEXISTS("ascii-invaders-high-score.dat") THEN
OPEN "ascii-invaders-high-score.dat" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 25
FOR i = 1 TO 5
GET #1, i, hs
highscore$(i) = MID$(hs, 10, 6): hsdata$(i) = hs
NEXT
CLOSE #1
ELSE
FOR i = 1 TO 5
hsdata$(i) = SPACE$(25)
NEXT
END IF
IF VAL(score$) > VAL(highscore$(5)) THEN
IF VAL(score$) > VAL(highscore$(1)) THEN
msg$ = " HIGH SCORE / Enter Your Initials! "
ELSE
msg$ = " Top 5 Score. Enter Your Initials! "
END IF
GOSUB hiscore
a = 14
OUT &H3C8, 0
OUT &H3C9, 20 - a
OUT &H3C9, 20 - a
OUT &H3C9, 20 - a
OUT &H3C8, 8
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C8, 7
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C8, 3
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
OUT &H3C9, 30 - a
GOSUB hardware_overlay
_FONT 16
COLOR White, 0
t$ = msg$
PSLC 4.6, 41 - LEN(msg$) \ 2, t$
font = _LOADFONT("lucon.ttf", 20, "monospace")
IF font <= 0 THEN font = 16
_FONT font
DEF SEG = 0
delay = .4
lscr = 19
z3 = TIMER
DO
initials$ = "": i = 0: nxt = 0
COLOR , _RGB(24, 24, 24): t$ = " " ' Blank initials for redo. Okay to blank at start.
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr, t$
_DISPLAY
DO
_LIMIT 60
IF ABS(z3 - TIMER) > .3 AND kflag > -2 THEN
underline 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, 0
_DISPLAY
z3 = TIMER
END IF
SELECT CASE kflag
CASE 0
IF ABS(z1 - TIMER) > 1.5 AND i AND nxt < 3 THEN
SOUND 1500, 1
underline 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, -1: uflag = 0
_DISPLAY
initials$ = initials$ + CHR$(64 + i)
nxt = nxt + 1 ' Next initial
i = 0 ' Reset alphabet.
z1 = TIMER
IF nxt = inmax THEN
kflag = -2 ' All initials have been input.
underline 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, -1: uflag = 0
_DISPLAY
END IF
END IF
IF PEEK(1047) MOD 16 = 7 OR PEEK(1047) MOD 16 = 8 THEN
kflag = -1 ' Alt key pressed.
z1 = TIMER: z2 = TIMER
i = i + 1: IF i > 26 THEN i = 1
COLOR , _RGB(24, 24, 24): t$ = " "
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, t$
COLOR DarkOrange: t$ = CHR$(64 + i)
SOUND 1000, .1
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, t$
underline 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, 0
_DISPLAY
END IF
CASE -1
IF ABS(z2 - TIMER) > 2 THEN ' Key down long enough to indicate redo input.
IF nxt > 0 THEN ' Redo last initial input.
SOUND 300, .5
FOR nxt = 0 TO 3
underline 5 + rank * 2, lscr + nxt, -1: uflag = 0
NEXT
nxt = 0: i = 0
initials$ = ""
COLOR , _RGB(24, 24, 24): t$ = " "
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr, t$
_DISPLAY
z1 = TIMER ' Reset enter timer.
ELSE
SOUND 300, .5
i = 0
COLOR , _RGB(24, 24, 24): t$ = " "
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr, t$
_DISPLAY
z1 = TIMER ' Reset enter timer.
END IF
z2 = TIMER
END IF
IF PEEK(1047) MOD 16 <> 7 AND PEEK(1047) MOD 16 <> 8 THEN ' Alt key was released.
kflag = 0 ' Alt key up
z1 = TIMER
END IF
CASE -2 ' Finished. Initials will flash until confirmed by 2-second timer.
z1 = TIMER: z2 = TIMER
j = 0
DO
IF ABS(z1 - TIMER) > .3 THEN j = -j - 1: z1 = TIMER
IF j THEN
COLOR DarkOrange: t$ = initials$
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr, t$
_DISPLAY
ELSE
COLOR _RGB(24, 24, 24): t$ = initials$
PSL 5 + rank * 2, lscr, t$
_DISPLAY
END IF
IF ABS(z2 - TIMER) > 2.5 AND j THEN
kflag = -3
EXIT DO
END IF
IF PEEK(1047) MOD 16 = 7 OR PEEK(1047) MOD 16 = 8 THEN
BEEP
kflag = -4
EXIT DO
END IF
LOOP
CASE -3
_DELAY 1
l$ = "8"
n$ = "n24": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
n$ = "n28": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
n$ = "n28": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
l$ = "7"
n$ = "n31": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
l$ = "9"
n$ = "n28": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
l$ = "3"
n$ = "n31": PLAY "L" + l$ + n$
kflag = 1
_DELAY 1: EXIT DO
CASE -4
kflag = 0 ' Repeat enter initials
nxt = 0
i = 0
EXIT DO
END SELECT
LOOP
IF kflag > 0 THEN kflag = 0: EXIT DO ' Exit routine.
LOOP
DEF SEG
hsname$ = initials$
MID$(hsdata$(rank), 5, 3) = hsname$ + SPACE$(3 - LEN(hsname$))
OPEN "ascii-invaders-high-score.dat" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 25
FOR i = 1 TO 5
hs = hsdata$(i)
IF LEFT$(hs, 1) = "" THEN MID$(hs, 1, 2) = "0" + LTRIM$(STR$(i))
PUT #1, i, hs
NEXT
CLOSE #1
_DELAY 1
_DISPLAY ' Remove scoreboard.
_DELAY 1
_FREEIMAGE Overlay
_FONT 16 'select inbuilt 8x16 default font
_FREEFONT font
_DEST 0 'Reset dest back to the normal screen 0.
_AUTODISPLAY
COLOR 6, 0
msg$ = SPACE$(40)
LOCATE 4, 41 - LEN(msg$) \ 2
PRINT msg$;
PALETTE
_DELAY 1
EXIT DO
ELSE
EXIT DO ' Not in the top 5 highest scores so exit sub.
END IF
LOOP
EXIT SUB
hardware_overlay:
Overlay = _NEWIMAGE(_WIDTH * _FONTWIDTH, _HEIGHT * _FONTHEIGHT, 32)
_DEST Overlay
_DISPLAY ' Turn autodisplay off.
font = _LOADFONT("lucon.ttf", 20, "monospace")
IF font <= 0 THEN font = 16
_FONT font
bxy% = 3
bxx% = 13
COLOR DarkOrange, 0
t$ = " " + CHR$(218) + STRING$(27, CHR$(196)) + CHR$(191) + " "
PSL bxy%, bxx% - 1, t$
FOR i = 1 TO 12
t$ = " " + CHR$(179) + STRING$(27, CHR$(32)) + CHR$(179) + " "
PSL bxy% + i, bxx% - 1, t$
NEXT
t$ = " " + CHR$(192) + STRING$(27, CHR$(196)) + CHR$(217) + " "
PSL bxy% + i, bxx% - 1, t$
bxy% = 4
COLOR Black, DarkOrange
t$ = " NAME SCORE DATE "
PSL bxy% + 1, bxx% + 1, t$
COLOR DarkOrange, 0
FOR i = 1 TO 5
t$ = hsdata$(i)
PSL bxy% + 1 + i * 2, bxx% + 2, t$
NEXT
_DISPLAY
RETURN
hiscore:
FOR i = 1 TO 5
IF VAL(score$) > VAL(highscore$(i)) THEN rank = i: EXIT FOR
NEXT
hsdata$(6) = SPACE$(25)
MID$(hsdata$(6), 10, 6) = score$
MID$(hsdata$(6), 18, 8) = MID$(DATE$, 1, 6) + MID$(DATE$, 9, 2)
highscore$(6) = score$
FOR i = 1 TO 6
FOR j = 1 TO 6
IF i <> j THEN
IF VAL(highscore$(i)) > VAL(highscore$(j)) THEN
SWAP highscore$(i), highscore$(j)
SWAP hsdata$(i), hsdata$(j)
END IF
END IF
NEXT
NEXT
FOR i = 1 TO 5
MID$(hsdata$(i), 1, 2) = "0" + LTRIM$(STR$(i))
NEXT
RETURN
END SUB
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12-02-2022, 03:48 AM
Thank you for this. I went further so the program accepted "2" or "3" at the command line, to be passed to the new subprogram.
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