10x10 Puzzle Game (Woody clone)

[jack]

@Dav
it works great :)

[pforpond]

This is very addictive, though just like Tetris I'm awful it it! It seems very crash happy on Ubuntu but works smooth in Windows 10.

[Dav]

Thanks for the report @pforpond. Not sure why it would crash...maybe it's the copyimage? I don't have a linux box anymore, so I can test that.

In the code, I'm doing like back&=_COPYIMAGE(_DISPLAY), but I never free that - I just call it over.  Could that be the reason? Do calls like that need freed first?

- Dav

[FellippeHeitor]

Do calls like that need freed first?

Gotta watch for those copies in memory indeed.

[Dav]

I was assuming since i reassign the variable, that the previous would be cancelled out, but that is not so?  I wasnt sure...

So If I do ..

FOR g = 1 to 10: back& = _COPYIMAGE(_DISPLAY): NEXT

It would keep 10 back& in memory, and not 1?

- Dav

[FellippeHeitor]

Yeah, there are 10 copies in memory after that line - which is worse, they are now no longer accessible, since you didn't store their handles.

You can confirm new ones are being generated by adding a PRINT back& before NEXT.

[Dav]

OK. Thanks for that info. I probably knew that at one time, but forgot.  I better fix the code again.

- Dav

[SMcNeill]

I was assuming since i reassign the variable, that the previous would be cancelled out, but that is not so?  I wasnt sure...

So If I do ..

FOR g = 1 to 10: back& = _COPYIMAGE(_DISPLAY): NEXT

It would keep 10 back& in memory, and not 1?

- Dav

It would, but you’d only keep the handle to access the last one.

PRINT back& and watch how the handle increments each time.  Then add a _FREEIMAGE and see the difference.

[Dav]

I fixed the code just now - added _FREEIMAGE the back& and undo& memory after using those. 

Thanks ya'll....

- Dav

[jack]

Hi Dav
you need to set score to 0 just before GOTO Restart, otherwise the score just keeps accumulating

[Dav]

Thanks, @jack!  I fixed it.  I took the fix opportunity to update scoring to more like the real puzzle game.  Now points are given for each piece put on the board, according to its size.  Also, a High Score is now kept and shown in TITLE bar (all forgotten when the program ends however, no external files created still).

New version 1.3 in first post.

- Dav

[STxAxTIC]

I was sad to not get 1000...

[Dav]

Wow, you did pretty good tho!   Ain't easy getting up that high.  Looks like you're running the earlier version, I've fixed a couple of things since then.  Just posted v1.3.

- Dav

[STxAxTIC]

Oops, updated my local copy:

 

[jack]

thanks Dave
my new hi score 3333