[ENDED] Code Golf Contest #5

[ben_g]

It's slow and huge, but it's a start.

[JWinslow23]

It's slow and huge, but it's a start.

I believe I had something like that, except 100 bytes smaller.

[Adriweb]

down to 500 bytes with no true-randomness as well as no check for spawn location

With both, 613 bytes >.<

Anyway, submitted.

GL HF


Edit : 596 bytes;

[JWinslow23]

Anyway, submitted.

...then where's the PM?

[Adriweb]

It was the pastebin on the IRC PM

But anyway, I forum-PM'd you ^^

[JWinslow23]

It was the pastebin on the IRC PM

But anyway, I forum-PM'd you ^^

Oh, that's why you sent it to me there. Well, I mean forum PM from now on. Just like last contest.

Also, check that your board is square.

[Adriweb]

it is. 9x9.

Got the PM, btw ?

[JWinslow23]

it is. 9x9.

Got the PM, btw ?

Should've responded to you.

Oh, and I have 2 entries of my own. They are board size 21*21 and 165*165, respectively. They are the largest square boards for their platforms that fit the rules.

[ben_g]

...
You must make a game of Snake (or Nibbles, if you know it as that). It must follow all of these guidelines:

• It must be played on an square "grid" (each space being the width of one snake segment) as large as possible
• The graphics for the food and the snake segments must each be different
• The border must be clearly defined, and have different graphics from the food or the snake

   [li]The food must spawn randomly, Adriweb [/li]
   [li]The snake is moved with interactive input (such as a getKey-like command) if possible; if not supported, you may enter a direction each frame[/li]
   [li]Your snake must wrap around the sides of the board[/li]
   [li]At game's end, the program must display however many pieces of food were eaten in some way[/li]
   [li]Your game, above all, must be playable [/li]
[/list]
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It's not clearly mentioned in the rules, but shouldn't the food always spawn in an empty space as well (not on the snake)?

[Adriweb]

Yes indeed, it must.

(it's what takes me ~90 bytes )

[JWinslow23]

...
You must make a game of Snake (or Nibbles, if you know it as that). It must follow all of these guidelines:

• It must be played on an square "grid" (each space being the width of one snake segment) as large as possible
• The graphics for the food and the snake segments must each be different
• The border must be clearly defined, and have different graphics from the food or the snake
• The food must spawn on a random EMPTY square, Adriweb
• The snake is moved with interactive input (such as a getKey-like command) if possible; if not supported, you may enter a direction each frame
• Your snake must wrap around the sides of the board
• At game's end, the program must display however many pieces of food were eaten in some way
• Your game, above all, must be playable

...

It's not clearly mentioned in the rules, but shouldn't the food always spawn in an empty space as well (not on the snake)?

What unclear rule?

Also, this:

[ben_g]

Also:

...
You must make a game of Snake (or Nibbles, if you know it as that). It must follow all of these guidelines:

• It must be played on an square "grid" (each space being the width of one snake segment) as large as possible
• ...

...

Large enough for you? 
(it automatically adjusts to the screen size, and that at only 1580 bytes)

[Adriweb]

Hum, as large as possible now.... mkay

I'm down to 551 bytes btw in Lua, not with this new rule though

Edit : nevermind, 555 bytes for a well defined grid (which is now 23x23)

[JWinslow23]

I would have a 63*63 board for TI-83+ BASIC, but that would break the rule of "border, food, and snake graphics must be different". And I have a ~280 byte one in TI-83+ BASIC, but it breaks the rule of "largest possible board". Oh, the things I do to myself...

[Adriweb]

That's also true for the Nspire, can't really see anything with a 1px thing (especially on clickpads) so I've made the biggest square that's enjoyable to play with I guess (not confusing at least)
making it bigger wouldn't take more bytes for me though, I believe, so it's not really the point ^^