Oh shnap, i made a game

This is my first game!... actually, I've done plenty of games before... but most of them were either AS-flash or, really crappy projects that weren't succesfful


So, this game here, to me is an accomplishment.

I've created a pacman game, except, i should call it "lame" pacman.

The ghost AI is completely randomized:
it picks a way, and it keeps going that way. whenever there is an oppurtunity to turn, it uses a 2/7 random number to decide wether to turn or not.
Once it hits a wall, then it randomly picks either left or right to turn, and then just restarts it's walking.

Also, there is no Cherry, no 2nd level, no "pick this up and eat the ghosts [all though i prepared for this, but never got to coding it]"

And, the fact, that it's ASCII..



BUT, I'm still proud of this, and I just want to see what you guys say about it


P.S. oh yeah, I haven't done C++ for like, 2 years

edit: pluss, no tutorial either.. all by myself [if you cant tell yet, im proud of this]

Cool game;
Constructive critique: sometimes the "eaters" are a bit dumb and don't eat you

Awesome job :D Now if you feel you've got C++ down pat, you should move on to API's like OpenGL or Win32.

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Originally Posted by karb0noxyde

Cool game;
Constructive critique: sometimes the "eaters" are a bit dumb and don't eat you

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Because, the collision function checks if you are on the exact same place at the same time

so if you were standing under one, and he moves down at the same time you move up, then you will be teleported up one unit and he will be teleported down one unit, and there being no collision.

:(

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Awesome job Now if you feel you've got C++ down pat, you should move on to API's like OpenGL or Win32.

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I've tried that before, but that stuffs hard... lol

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Originally Posted by s3abass

Because, the collision function checks if you are on the exact same place at the same time

so if you were standing under one, and he moves down at the same time you move up, then you will be teleported up one unit and he will be teleported down one unit, and there being no collision.

:(




I've tried that before, but that stuffs hard... lol

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It's quite good anyways :cool:

An easy solution - change the collision function to check if the locations are separted by one unit.

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Originally Posted by karb0noxyde

Cool game;
Constructive critique: sometimes the "eaters" are a bit dumb and don't eat you

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as a caveat (i think that's spelled right) to what karbonoxyde is saying.. i think you could give the ghosts an 'orientation' towards pursuing pac man... instead of just random left/right on collision.. perhaps maybe a 60/40 chance on beginning levels.. and maybe like 70/30 on higher levels. Game looks good overall :)

I was thinking of something .... like..

(note: not actual variables, just a bunch of bs)

Code:

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if (ghost.x < pacman.x) {
direction = 2;//left
}
if (ghost.x == pacman.x) {
direction = 0;//none
}
if (ghost.x > pacman.x) {
direction = 1;//right
}

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but then, the thought of having to program them going AROUND the walls frightened me, so i didnt

any one of you plz send me the code of that game plz i will b very thank full 2 u plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Seeing that the user was active for 3 days in 2004, good luck.

Don't resurrect 5 year old threads!
Isn't there a way to automatically lock threads that have been inactive for a certain amount of time?

I must ask, what was this compiled with? MinGW? VC++?

I don't think s3abass will be able to answer, seeing that he hasn't been in these forums for so long :P. I'll also ask a question, hoping someone else knows the answer: How do I go about making something like this? I'm not looking for a tutorial or someone to make it for me. A simple "look up X" as a starting point will suffice.

i can understand but i m stuck in da problem how to introduce ghost in da game i know how to program pacman and walls etc but stuck in introducing ghost!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, but you falling asleep on the keyboard won't bring back the OP if he has left years ago.

In any case, this is not a "plz send me teh codez!!!!!!" site.

Since there is nothing more to add to this thread, I have closed it.

Please ask your question in a new thread.