15 days for Halloween code challenge

[TempodiBasic]

Hi
 beautyful and active QB64 community
what do you think about a 15 days challange to code something about Halloween recurrence?
each coder can choose among
 an animation,
an one level game (like tetris or google's Trex),
a story in game mode,
a point and shooting,
an educational in theme (math with monsters, potions in alchemy, dictate halloween words)

No allowed mods of another coder's program! In the while the same idea can be coded in a way very far from those already posted.

Good thinking

I wait for feedback.

[Petr]

Hi TempodiBasic,

Animation, you say? Well, I have a very primitive editor for black and white animation .... so when it's time .... but I'm such a so great graphic, that others end up with a onrush of laughter under the table ...

[TempodiBasic]

Hi Petr
Thank dor your feedback
I think that black and white can be a good point to start for Halloween animation, don't you?

[Pete]

Here is my SCREEN 0 ghost animation.

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1. SLEEP

I dare anyone to optimize it!

OK, Here's a bat...

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1. a$ = "^^0^^"
2. b$ = "VV0VV"
3.  
4. FOR i = 25 TO 1 STEP -1
5.     LOCATE i, 38
6.     PRINT a$;
7.     _DELAY .2
8.     LOCATE , 38: PRINT b$;
9.     _DELAY .1
10.     LOCATE , 38: PRINT SPACE$(5)
11. NEXT

Pete :D

I'm not only a QB Forum owner, I'm also a client!

[bplus]

Here's a few more bats, probably need Windows for sound.

[johnno56]

Pete,

It may not be the most efficient method, but it does the same thing, and a few bytes less...

a$ = "^^0^^"
b$ = "VV0VV"

FOR i = 25 TO 1 STEP -1
    LOCATE i, 38
    PRINT a$;
    _DELAY .2
    LOCATE , 38: PRINT b$;
    _DELAY .1
   CLS
NEXT

[johnno56]

bplus,

The flight path of those bats look oddly familiar... I cannot quite put my finger on it... Never the less, still a great effect...
I tried to convert the 'wav' to 'ogg' but still no sound... Oh well... Still 'looks' good...

J

[TempodiBasic]

Hi Guys
here the screenshot of the first two challanger

Pete

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Bplus

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Waiting other challengers I thank Pete and Bplus.

As soon as I'll post my code....
yesterday I have been in war with CONST and _RGB so I cannot finish my little idea.

[Pete]

I think we should end the contest now, while BPlus has a lock on second place!

[bplus]

OK while we are waiting for TempodiBasic and others to finish their Halloween treats here is a puzzle. Count the number of times BAT appears in this Word Search, remember 8 directions to check...

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1. ABBBBBATBTAABTABTBBB
2. TTTTAATATTTBTATABTAA
3. BBAATTTBBTTAABBAAATT
4. AATBAAAABTTBATBABAAT
5. ABATTBATBTTTATTTTBTT
6. BBTBATABTAAAAATTTTBA
7. BBBATBAABTTTTBBBBABA
8. TABABTTTABAATABTATBT
9. TABBTTBBBBTATBTTTTBT
10. TBAABTBBTAABBTTTAATT
11. BAABBTTTAAABTBATBATA
12. ATBBBABAABTBABTABTBB
13. TTTTAABAAAAATTATBBBA
14. TABTBAABABBABBAABBAA
15. TBATTABABTTTATATTTBT
16. BTBTTTTTBBBATTABAABB
17. BBBTAABTBBATTAATAABT
18. TTATBATTATBATATBBABT
19. TTTBBBBBTBTATABTTBBA
20. TBABBAATATTABTBATBBA
21.  

[bplus]

Here's what I found in my Halloween bag:

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1. KTIREKITRATECCCRTIAKIRTTTTRRAR
2. CTKRAAKCAIERIECITCRTTCTRKRITCT
3. TTCARTTACIKKIKTRERETIKCTCICRER
4. ERRTTATTTCTCTKIETAITTRKKCIECET
5. AIEATREAIRRIRITRTTTTAKTIEREKTR
6. ATTRATIECTREATTITARETRICKTIATI
7. TTTRERTRTIRTRICKCAEKRITITTKARR
8. TRRIRRETTTRICKTATEAITCCETARTIC
9. RIATTERTKARATTTIRTATRTCRCRTKRE
10. TETCATRTAETREATKTRICKKTREATRCI
11. KTRRTRTCTETRTEKAATCTCIECTRKTCT
12. TKKTTEIRAITTIEERERRITCCTTRRERR
13. CATATRICKKCTKTETIRRTERTKTRCRTA
14. TTTERCATTTKTITRKTAERTEERRTAERE
15. RCIAKERRATARKRRRRCCTCRTIRTETKK
16. TTRACRRCRCTEIRATCCREETRKTKTCRR
17. EEIRITKTCTCARCRTTTKTITTTIRRRCK
18. IIEETKETEARTTATRTRTRTRECTETEET
19. ITREIREETACETECAITKIRKTKTKARTR
20. CRRRTTIRITERTIRERRKATTCTRIRKAR
21.  

Use your Word Search code to see how many TRICKs and how many TREATs, I have.

[TempodiBasic]

Hi boys and girls
I remember to QB64's community that it lasts 13 days to the end of posting....

Good Coding

[TempodiBasic]

Hi boys and girls
I remember to QB64's community that

it lasts ten days to the end of challenge of Halloween

Post your code!

[bplus]

Hi TempodiBasic,

How is your's coming along?

[SMcNeill]

It's been a while since I got serious and decided to play around and make a game, so I thought I'd take it upon myself to give this challenge a try. 

Here's what I have so far.  Though it's nothing but the main intro screen, I think it shows a bit of the theme that I'm shooting for, for this little game.

At this point, I'm uncertain if I want to simply make it an enhanced-SCREEN 0 game, or if I want to go ahead and find a nice couple of sprite sets and plug them in to make it more of a graphical game.  I'm thinking with only about a week let to go, I'm just going to make a little screen 0 game and not worry so much about the graphics.

What I'm thinking at this moment is to make it a cross between pac-man and rogue.   Using set mazes and monsters, let the character try to find his way to the exit of the mazes, while trying to gather armor, weapons, money, and -- of course -- not get eat by the monsters.

Mazes will start out simple and steadily increase in difficultly and puzzles as we proceed through them.

Nothing too serious; I just thought I'd have a little fun with this for a bit.  Feel free to steal some/part/all of this if it's of any use in your own projects in the future. 

Game files here (7z archive): https://www.dropbox.com/s/og5ukisj6h8vv3h/Hallowmaze.7z?dl=0