Maze Game Released!

Here is the game I was talking about in my previous post:

ASCII Version (gold):

• Windows
• Linux - (Soon!)
  

Graphical Version (alpha):

• Windows
• Linux - Not Yet

IMPORTANT:
The Windows ASCII version uses special characters that may not be installed on your system, if you do not think things look like they should, let me know!

Update on May 9:
The Linux versions are not available yet because I haven't compiled the latest versions for those yet. They should be available soon. The graphical version for Linux may not be available for a little while longer as there are some serious bugs with it that cause memory problems and other weird things that I don't see on Windows. I plan on revisiting the source and rewriting it (once again) so that there aren't so many goofy things going on. The problem is that it's based on the ASCII version. Irrlicht should probably not be coded in the same way :). I may end up redoing the entire thing in 3D. I just haven't decided yet.

Phew, long time

So it's been a while since I've done any sort of update on this here fancy blog thing. Durn fangled technology!

Anyways, I have a new release that I consider to be one of the most important programs that I have ever written. It's most important because it's written in C++ and I actually understand the code that's in it! I have to say that this is a first. I've been trying to use C++ for a long time, it usually ended badly with me throwing my hands in the air and shouting "I GIVE UP ALREADY!". I guess it was just one of those things that is too difficult to teach yourself. It also uses a graphics engine to display some 'fancy' graphics. Please note that the graphics are fancy in the fact as they aren't ASCII characters and actual images. The images themselves are not that fancy.

This release is a game that I programmed for my C++ class at school. It was supposed to be a simple maze game that was played in a console window but I ended up going above and beyond and doing things graphically. I'll release two versions of the game, the ASCII console version and the graphical version. I consider the ASCII version to be stable and I will release it with a 'gold' label without any plans on further development. I will not open the code again unless there is some sort of major bug. The graphical version with be released as an 'alpha' meaning that there are some bugs but the game works anyways. I haven't decided if I'm going to do any more work on it or if I should just move to the next project. I plan to fix minor bugs if they are reported but I may never get to the major ones.

I should have the releases uploaded soon after I finish packaging them.