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Jayenkai
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Cross Words... |
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When I first played Sudoku, in Brain Training for the DS, I imagined how amazing a Crossword game would be. Since then, there's been a fair few crossword games out, and each one's played in a slightly different way. The general task. Grab the DS, use the pen to tap the keyboard, whilst listening to Gamey Beeps, and rubbish background music, all the while. If there's "handwriting" character recognition available, it more than likely sucks ass.. For example. The recent "The Times Crosswords" release is absolutely abysmal. "Clunkity Clunk" being the default sound for pulling up the keyboard, "CRUNCH" being the default "Keyboard tapping" sound, "ZZZAAAPPPP" being the default Stylus drawing sound, and "Blunk" being the default sound for moving around the board. It's a mess. And the User Interface is no better at all. And, I really really really want a nice playable crossword game. But what's a guy to do? Oh yeah, that's right, I can make games!!!   So, I hacked the questions out of the Times Crossword game. Yeah, I know.. That's a little unlike me, but this has really been ticking me off for ages. And, when I say "Hacked", I mean, Read via the method of "ReadString" because, in the grand scheme of things, that's pretty much how hard it was, and how well the encrypted the data.... Go, Go, Lazy coders... *sigh* I started work on the game engine yesterday, and am trying to keep things as neat, as I can.. Hey, it's a crossword. You don't need beeps, bops, flashing lights, and crazy switching menus. You need it to look like a newspaper.. And that's it! Just a f'ing crossword game, ffs.. So far so good, although nothing's actually input-based yet. That'll come soon enough, though. yeay! |
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| Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 09:32 | |
Phoenix
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Meh, that's not a real crossword. This is! Much more fun when you can rely on knowing other words to find the difficult ones.
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| Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 15:30 | |
spinal
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PALib has character recognition... you gunna add it?
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| Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 15:59 | |
Jayenkai
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Yep, but I'll probably have to redo all the default chr's, since it's working sideways..
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