Minesweeper
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Name: Minesweeper v3.1 Author: Timothy Foster Download: Minesweeper1.1.zip Compatibility: Parent page not set File Size: 2530 bytes |
This is minesweeper written in pure BASIC, no assembly. It takes advantage of three difficulty levels and a custom dimension setter. It also keeps track of the high score (or low score, rather) for each difficulty. With easy controls and relatively fast loading times, this program is worth trying! Since this is the first release of the program, please help me modify it by either identifying bugs or critiquing various elements. Other ideas for improvement are welcome. |
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What the community thinks:
If anyone has any tips on upgrading this game, feel free to post them.
Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
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minesweeper showcase
I'm trying not to use xLib
Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
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that saddens me.
Oh well, your choice
I don't know how to use xLib…
Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
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Here's the readme.
personally, I don't believe in using xlib, but its fine with me if you do.
Comments: This is a great game. It uses very little space for a minesweeper game and is very efficient. I have three recommendations though.
First, read through your entire code again, looking for parenthesis that are unnecessary.
Second, look at equations. If you can expand a polynomial, its usually smaller and faster (as in 4(E+V) is a byte smaller as 4E+4V). Its also better to put If not(B instead of If B=0, as it saves a byte.
Third, rearrange equations so that you can cut off more parenthesis (for example (a+b)=1 can be shortened to 1=(a+b through some optimization).
Awesome game functionally though!!!
You're right, I can optimize a few things…
Just from a quick glance, I was able to save 18 bytes, and there is a part that I plan on using lines instead of pixels. I bet that would save a lot of room.
Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
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Uploaded new version. Nothing too exciting, just optimization and a bug with the custom game was fixed.
Timothy Foster - @tfAuroratide
Auroratide.com - Go here if you're nerdy like me
If you find a way to write it outside of the graphing canvas (the screen where you would perform operation) I think you would save alot of memory. You would be limited in the dimensions but you would also have a simpler (faster) program.
It looks great and it loads relatively fast, but I'm kinda bummed on how slow loading seems to be when playing multiple games in a row. Have you thought about using the randBin command to create your fields? Run randBin(1,.25,128 to create a 128 element list of 0's and 1's with a probability of a number being a one 25%. I think you could probably speed up loading this way.
Does this game include a flood-fill algorithm? Like when you click a clear space, does it clear the area that has no bombs?