http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com Coding tutorials, example code and lessons Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:20:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Writing the Numbrix Generator and Solver has been a long road. Since is was such an involved project that I feel I grew during I want to make a post mortem to document what I've learned. This project started in July when Maryln Vos Savant introduced her numbrix puzzle. They were ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/getting-it-out-of-my-system/ If you are in the United States chances are you've got the day off (unless you're working retail or fast food in which which case you have my sympathetic condolences) in stary eye'd celebration of our pilgrim heritage. I hope your day is filled with family, food, and numbrix. Let ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/happy-thanksgiving/ If you enjoy Numbrix puzzles but aren't satisfied with a measly one a day then this is for you. Generate unique numbrix puzzles on the fly for a moment’s distraction or generate a whole book of them to take with you. If you're stuck on a puzzle in the paper ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/numbrixgenerator/ I don't plan on making a habit of this, but I've recently wanted to go back and revisit my first curses program, Go Cart Racer to update it with a few little things, like putting all the tracks in the executable, adding instructions to the game, and a few very ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/go-cart-racer-revisited/ Continuing on my previous thought of things I'd love to stress my already stressed time with: Let's Play - Cymon's Games I love watching those Let's Play videos on youtube and Viddler. And when I see that someone else's LP is about one of my games gets about 21 times the hits ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/heres-what-else-i-was-thinking/ Nibbles is another game that requires no introduction. Navigate a snake around a space eating the blue dots avoiding the walls and yourself. The more blue dots you eat the longer your tail gets making the task of avoiding yourself more and more difficult. As you get longer the game ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/nibbles/ Family road trips are one of those shared experiences. Whether it's a 2 hour sojourn to Grandmas or a several day excursion more than a few of us growing up spent time staring out the window with nothing but our imaginations to entertain us. Being stuck in the back was ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/travel-games/ Every once in a while a fit of insanity comes over me and I want to do something that will eat up even more of my time. Last time it was tutorials, thank heavens I was talked out of that one. But I am in the grips of madness right ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/heres-what-i-was-thinking/ I recently changed the fonts on my PDFs and it's caused trouble. So from here on out I'm going to go back to courier new for the PDFs and save Monaco for when I transfer to print. Sorry about the inconvience. It's good that I can make changes like that and ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/pdf-troubles/ Hangman is a game that is so old and well known that it needs no introduction. Played by the French aristocracy it originally involved the drawing of a guillotine. The modern traditional gallows stemmed from when French settlers brought the game with them during the American western movement. Actually I ... http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/hangman/