A little bit of fun with a chance of winning something

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I've been messing about with C for a while now and inbetween everything else that I have to fit into my busy life style have at long last written something in C that I would consider nearly complete. You may think differently once you have tried it :D

What is it you ask? Well it's a puzzle game where you have to visit every square on a chess board once and the puzzle is complete when you have visited all 64 squares.

It is for the Miggy and has been tested on a 4000D and a 1200. It may work on other systems but they are the only two I have tried it on.

Attached is a lha file that needs unarchiving on your Miggy or emulator. It includes a guide on how to install and play the program.

So how do you win the lowly prize of £10 for emulated hardware and £10 for real hardware (paypal gift from me) or equivalant?

Easy peasy - get the highest score in the lowest time. In the event of a tie in the same category the prize money will be shared.

No cheating please, no telling each other how to do it and no posting solutions anywhere.

Screen shots/grabs will be required for verification purposes.

Closing time for this little comp will be 10.00pm UK time on Sunday.

Also this should work on NTSC if any or our American friends want to try it.

Have fun, Dave G :cool:

Scores

Emulated
0:00:47 fitzsteve

Real Hardware
0:01:35 BinoX
 

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I'll see if I can get it to work on my A3000 tomorrow... It's somehow more fun to use amiga apps on the real thing :p

And congratulations on the programming :)
 
Very nice (y)

Is it possible to get 100%?

I'm stuck on 87.5% which I can do in about 1 min :coffee:

(Tested in WinUAE BTW)
 
@Fitzy

100% yes - but only if you don't retract any moves and visit all the squares.

Dave G :cool:
 
Sticking it on a floppy for transferral now (There's something wrong with the RAM in my A3000T so iBrowse doesn't want to load.. lol... I'll sort it this weekend... Maybe)

I like the noise of floppy transfers... so nostalgic
 
I won't have time for anything this weekend :mad:

I've got a ten hour wedding shoot Saturday and starting to put it together Sunday.

I can't grumble though at least I'll be earning extra pennies for my Miggys.

Dave G :cool:
 
I am happy to report that it works fine on my A3000T (030@25MHz, WB3.1, ECS, 2MBChip, 16MB Fast)

Nicely done :) It's actually a lot of fun

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I do have one small criticism (read: suggestion for improvement)

When you get a "game over" for failing, the timer keeps counting... I don't know if it does that when you win as well.. if it does it'll be harder to get a screen grab for proof :)
 
Solved!

Solved!

In 47 Seconds (y)

If you want a Photo I can take one too :)
 

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grats steve, 2nd attempt i got 95.7% :)
 
I am happy to report that it works fine on my A3000T (030@25MHz, WB3.1, ECS, 2MBChip, 16MB Fast)

Nicely done :) It's actually a lot of fun

---------- Post added at 23:33 ---------- Previous post was at 23:30 ----------

I do have one small criticism (read: suggestion for improvement)

When you get a "game over" for failing, the timer keeps counting... I don't know if it does that when you win as well.. if it does it'll be harder to get a screen grab for proof :)

The clock stops when you have visited all 64 squares - until that point you can retract a move or moves and try a different solution. So the clock keeps ticking :D

@fitzy

That's going to take some beating :D

Dave G :cool:
 
Looks really ace Dave, I love the kittys.

Maybe we can flog it for some site donations, hint hint, cmon you lot :LOL:

TC (y)
 
Looks really ace Dave, I love the kittys.

Maybe we can flog it for some site donations, hint hint, cmon you lot :LOL:

TC (y)

I thought you might like it - it's based on an old Beeb proggy :LOL: :LOL:

Dave G :cool:
 
The clock stops when you have visited all 64 squares - until that point you can retract a move or moves and try a different solution. So the clock keeps ticking :D


That makes sense... (I forgot you could retract moves, lol)

Fitzsteve's score is gunna take a lot of beating for me... I might have to switch to an emulator... With my old amiga ball mouse it takes me that long to get around half the board, lol
 
Thanks & very impressed Davyboy! (y)(y)(y)(y)

Very fun little game :cool:
 
I'm going to add a couple of updates to post one in a tic.

The little comp closing time we be 10.00pm UK time on Sunday.

And it should work on NTSC if any of our Americans etc want to try their luck.

Dave G :cool:
 
i was about to ask if it will run on a a500+ then go unpack mine if it would..
But i think fitz probably did this as fast as it can be done lol.. also my mice dont like to clicky all the time lol:picard
 
Maybe we should ban Emulators :LOL:

Or just ban me for ruining the fun :Doh:
 
also my mice dont like to clicky all the time lol:picard

My aged "pregnant" mouse is horrible for that... But it's all part of the old amiga fun, lol...

I might test it on my A500+ as well if I have a chance :)
 
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