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[*] posted on 15-3-2016 at 05:26 PM
Challenge #1 - Falling Rock


Make a falling rock game in the fewest bytes of code:

requires:

- player spaceship (controlled via mouse OR keys) which is destroyed when rocks hit it.
- bullets fired from player
- rocks / enemies falling from top of screen - destroyed when hit by player bullets


whitespace (spaces, carriage returns) and comments do not count, so no need to minify your code)

you can use any graphics you like, but if you made them in the div editor, thats best ;)

Smallest code wins.. I'll submit my entry in a few days :)
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[*] posted on 15-3-2016 at 06:16 PM


When is closing? I mean when should i finished my minigame?
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[*] posted on 15-3-2016 at 06:19 PM


Let's leave this open for a while, maybe a week or so?
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[*] posted on 15-3-2016 at 07:32 PM


>> Smallest code wins.. I'll submit my entry in a few days :)

Should all the entries be revealed at the same time?

And considering code minimification; aren't variable names going to matter? :autism:
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[*] posted on 15-3-2016 at 07:34 PM


The variable names will matter yes! :)

I don't think it's too bad to show entries as they are created...

If this format doesn't work, we'll change it to an "upload" method.
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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 02:57 PM


uh, only a week? i haven't many time -.-
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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 03:08 PM


ok well i'll leave it open until we have a few entries :)
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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 06:16 PM


sounds better :) thx
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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 09:03 PM


I don't want to sound stupid but... where do I upload my entry ? :O



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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 09:07 PM


you could attach a zip of it here and paste the code in [ code ] blocks
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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 09:19 PM
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Ok. I may even inspire others with my code. It's not very enjoyable to play but it seems to work :P

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program a; begin load_fpg("a.fpg"); p(1,1,1,180); loop p(9,3,rand(0,320),0); frame; end end process p(t,graph,x,y) begin repeat if (t==1) x=mouse.x; if (mouse.left) p(-5,2,x,y-9); end else y+=t; end frame; until((collision(type p) and (t==1 or t==9)) or y>220 or y<-9) end


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[*] posted on 16-3-2016 at 09:24 PM


Nicely done dennis. i should have added that rocks should stop once player is dead though.

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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 05:12 AM


Does it have to be both a falling rock game, and also good/engaging? If so then this is a game design challenge, if not it's a programming one :p





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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 06:38 AM


Quote: Originally posted by BreadCaster  
Does it have to be both a falling rock game, and also good/engaging? If so then this is a game design challenge, if not it's a programming one :p

The definition for good/engaging in this case is fewest bytes of code. :smilegrin:

Then again, it might be nice to be able to say "whatever, it's still much better to play than that thing Dennis did. Dennis' thing is just small." :ninja:
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 08:59 AM


Quote: Originally posted by BreadCaster  
Does it have to be both a falling rock game, and also good/engaging? If so then this is a game design challenge, if not it's a programming one :p



No I already did the design

Anyway Dennis is winning :P
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 10:39 AM
Score: 204 (Confirmed by Mike)


I thought I'll give it a go and whoa! It compiled! ...apart from parameters for signal() and I may have checked mouse stuff from the manual before compiling. BUT it was 320 chars and on top of that less optimized performance wise than Dennis'. :') I hate your genius Dennis.

So, I optimized Dennis' code somewhat further and it's now at 203.
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program a; begin load_fpg("f.fpg"); p(1,1,1,200); end process p(t,graph,x,y) begin repeat if (t==1) x=mouse.x; if (mouse.left) p(-5,2,x,y-9); end p(9,3,rand(0,320),0); else y+=t; end frame; until(collision(type p) | y>240 | y<0) end

Maybe someone can skim it even further? If you were to go evil and take the off screen optimization out, which is not needed per rules, the score would be at 194.
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 02:04 PM


Quote: Originally posted by iWizard  
If you were to go evil and take the off screen optimization out, which is not needed per rules, the score would be at 194.


Well, you could but then div would (eventually) crash and then you'd probably be disqualified.

I can see a couple ways to trim a few bytes off even this implementation so there's still room for improvement with some hacking.

You should post your 320.
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 03:00 PM


Quote: Originally posted by MikeDX  
I can see a couple ways to trim a few bytes off even this implementation so there's still room for improvement with some hacking.

Yay, so we will see yet another implementation. What could it be? Did DIV allow one line IFs, ie without an END? Maybe something with the choise of loop? Or maybe bit shifting? Nobody but asm-autists know about bit shifting! And in DIV? D:
Quote: Originally posted by MikeDX  

You should post your 320.

The mystery 320 is pretty much that with own processes for bullet and rock. And I noobisly initialised video mode. But even my fpg used the same graph codes :3 Yeah, I didn't put much thought on to the challenge itself - just happy that it ran and enjoyed how simple the code seemed.
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 04:02 PM


I've got this down to 198, using a new fpg and some dirty tricks.



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program a; begin load_fpg("f"); p(1,1,180); end process p(t,x,y) begin graph=abs(t); repeat if(t) x=mouse.x; if(mouse.left) p(-8,x,y-9); end p(6,rand(0,320),0); else y+=t; end frame; until(collision(type p)|y>240|y<0) end




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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 05:34 PM
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Nice tricks done here. Awesome start, Dennis!

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program a; begin load_fpg("f"); p(1,1,9); // 180 can be 9, makes it rather unplayable though... end process p(t,x,y) begin graph=t*t; // you need to update the fpg with the new code here repeat if(t) x=mouse.x; if(mouse.left) p(-8,x,y-9); end p(6,timer%99,0); // Don't like this, one, but as per rules, rocks don't NEED to be spread out when falling end y+=t-1; // shaved off the else frame; until(collision(type p)) // like iWizard said, the y comparisons can go as per rules. Not a big fan of it either. end


Try that. :)
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 05:52 PM


I think BreadCaster's note is soon starting to become rather relevant.

And on that bombshell it's time to conclude that the mystery 320 char code wins.
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 05:55 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Sandman  
Nice tricks done here. Awesome start, Dennis!

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program a; begin load_fpg("f"); p(1,1,9); // 180 can be 9, makes it rather unplayable though... end process p(t,x,y) begin graph=t*t; // you need to update the fpg with the new code here repeat if(t) x=mouse.x; if(mouse.left) p(-8,x,y-9); end p(6,timer%99,0); // Don't like this, one, but as per rules, rocks don't NEED to be spread out when falling end y+=t-1; // shaved off the else frame; until(collision(type p)) // like iWizard said, the y comparisons can go as per rules. Not a big fan of it either. end


Try that. :)


DIV Crashed after a while.. and you didnt supply the fpg, also unplayable. disqualified :P
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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 06:34 PM
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Unplayable games are still games, though. Also don't play it so long, you have better things to do! Here's a cut down version anyway:

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program a; begin load_fpg("f"); p(1,1,99); // 180 can be 99 end process p(t,x,y) begin graph=t*t; // smaller way of abs repeat if(t) x=mouse.x; if(mouse.left) p(-8,x,y-9); end p(6,timer%99,0); // Don't like this, one, but as per rules, rocks don't NEED to be spread out when falling end y+=t-1; // shaved off the else frame; until(collision(type p)|y>240|y<0) end



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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 07:07 PM


Quote: Originally posted by Sandman  
Unplayable games are still games, though. Also don't play it so long, you have better things to do! Here's a cut down version anyway:


I dunno, unplayable games are just animations.

Liked this version better. Some good hacks there

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[*] posted on 17-3-2016 at 09:12 PM


also uh, why have people not just made the shapes/graphics using the draw commands? :S I mean this is a totally uninteresting sort of topic to me because i'm not logically minded enough to program much, let alone program things efficiently, but is there some reason everyone is using an fpg or am i just missing something here



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