Here’s another example for you, this is pretty much all the curses knowledge you need to write a roguelike: http://pastebin.com/f76161be3

I guess you can make it even smaller by replacing the map with a really simple random generator :)

So after looking at that miniroguelike I just had to mess with it. I added a random map maker (extremely simple and that sometimes makes mazes where the ending is unattainable) and a winning condition in getting to the far right side. And know what/ This little toy became a game. Know what else? The modified version is actually almost 200k shorter and smaller than the original, tho perhaps a little less comprehensible. better commenting would help, I’ll bet.
#include <curses.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
main() {
  char map[10][15];
  keypad(initscr(),1);
  int y=1;
  int x=1;
  int c;
  srand(time(NULL));
  for(int yy=0;yy&lt10;yy++)
  for(int xx=0;xx&lt15;xx++)
    map[yy][xx]=((yy!=0)&&(yy!=9)&&(xx!=0)&&(xx!=14)&&(rand()%4))?' ':'*';
  map[rand()%8+1][14] = ' ';
  while((x!=14) && ('q'!=(c=getch()))){
  for(int yy=0;yy&lt10;yy++)
    for(int xx=0;xx&lt15;xx++)
      mvaddch(yy,xx,map[yy][xx]);
    if(KEY_UP==c && ' '==map[y-1][x]) y--;
    if(KEY_DOWN==c && ' '==map[y+1][x]) y++;
    if(KEY_LEFT==c && ' '==map[y][x-1]) x--;
    if(KEY_RIGHT==c && ' '==map[y][x+1]) x++;
    mvaddch(y,x,'@');
  }
}


Maybe you should run it through some processor that will allow you to post lesser-than/greater-than signs and non-breaking spaces.

Hu? Oh, dang it. I keep forgetting about dang blasted HTML symbols. Man and fixing it is a pain in the patooti. But that’s alright. I need to do that with my tutorial examples too.

Hey, this is a groovy tool that automatically HTMLizes the code, save for the non-breaking spaces, but those are easy enough to add. I’ve used it to fix the source code examples in the getting started section. Better bookmark that.