prgmMAZE is a backtracking maze generator. When there are no available spots to carve, it backtracks until there is an open space. Because of memory limitations, large mazes will start writing outside of saferam: be careful if you decide to adjust the size! (to do this, recompile with different values for L and W.) prgmMAZE2 shares a lot of code with MAZE, but when there are no free carving spots it randomly picks a spot already open to start carving. These algorithms are really fast, but the most time-consuming part of the code is drawing the screen every frame. This could be omitted for map generation and such.
Yeah, I won't be uploading until I have something intuitive. And stable. I'm fairly sure the dev build of the engine is broken right now, I might be writing outside of saferam...grr.
Also, if anyone has any ideas for a pathing system for platforms and hazards, that would be awesome. I've held off on making them because I want the data structures to support movement.
Spoiler For My activity level:
Well, over the weekend everything pretty much fell apart. I have a C or worse in every class and my dad nearly beat the shit out of me yesterday because of it (Mom got in the way and prolly saved me from quite a few bruises). They also searched my backpack and discovered my iPod, Game Boy Color, and two calc cables. Fortunately, I keep a spare elsewhere, so I'm not totally cut off.
More important are my priorities right now. I'm out of the house at 18 (I'm 15.5 and a junior), and my parents refuse to co-sign for a license, apartment, or any kind of loan. I don't qualify for most student loans anyway because my rents are in too high of an income bracket, and I can't join the military because of my bone defect. And there's no way in HELL I'm getting a scholarship. So I need to make sure I'm as presentable to potential employers as possible. With that in mind, my activity level is likely to stay where it's been recently. I can't get on during the weekends or holidays, but even during the week my activity level will be fairly low. I'm not quitting programming or Omni, because I love you guys too much, but I definitely need to take a look at my life and where it's going.
That said, I'll be doing an upload rush in a few hours. Included will be Missile Run DX, a sample maze generation program, a BASIC cipher program that uses the rand seed, and my DM utility for DnD 3.5. Basically everything cool that I've done and haven't shown you all yet.
Insane difficulty was the entire point. The opening stages could use some slight toning down, but overall the finished product will be something the average person should not expect to beat.
I worked on this for a while but recently lost the source and documentation, so I plan on restarting it from scratch if responses are positive...tell me what you think.
Project D is an intense shoot-em-up done with a similar difficulty level to Touhou and Ikaruga. I worked a few weeks on this build, so I hope you like it! Constructive criticism is welcome.
EDIT: F1 to show the meager help that I've managed to cobble together, which should hopefully include controls. (They're identical to Touhou.)
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