KC
A little project by yours truely.
What is KC?
KC is a computerized version of a board game I own called King's Court,
which Golden (Western Publishing Company) touts as
"the Original game of SuperCheckers". It is a lot of fun, so I decided
to test my programming skills by writing a version in C (well,
actually, I used a bit of C++ syntax). This was took longer than I
thought it would, as working and sleeping (the two necessities of
a ping life) kept me busy.
What tools did you use?
I use the Allegro game library, which requires DJGPP. DJGPP is (basically)
a 32-bit DOS port of the GNU C Compiler, better know as gcc. The best thing about
these tools is the cost... there is none. (Although there is a liscence
agreement, it's very liberal).
What do I need to run it?
A DPMI server (MS-DOS' GUI loads one, and there's also a publicly available
one called cwsdpmi. See the DJGPP page for more info.), and
VGA graphics (well, 640x480 at 8-bit color).
Can I have the source code?
Sure, but not yet. It's a mess.
Where did you learn how to program?
I'm self taught. Growing up with a Commodore 64 helped, although I'm now
extremely biased towards C now because I like directly accessing hardware
( unlike, say, Java programming, where everything's an Object...).
But, after nine or so years of thinking in procedures, it's nice to have
a shift in philosophy.
Where do you work?
You'll never guess. Here's a hint:
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While I may occasionally use Moxilla 's editor, I still clean up by hand...