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Article #202New versions of PacMan, PillBottle, and Columns
From: Don Yacktman
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:22
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:22
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I have recently placed updated versions of my games in the submissions directories of nova.cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Here's a brief description of the changes to all three (PacMan, Columns, and PillBottle). ----------------------------------------------------------- PacMan: Bug fixes, mostly. The Makefile is fixed, the console messages should be gone, the return char. in the subject field of the suggestions mailer is gone, and so on. I think I've nabbed all the reported _bugs_, but haven't had time to get around to much in the new feature category. There are two new features, however. (1) You can now set the background picture by drag and drop of a .tiff or .eps image from the WorkSpace. (2) The stats and fruit basket panels move around with the PacMan window. ----------------------------------------------------------- Columns: The only real change is the addition of drap and drop backgrounds as in PacMan. However, if you are a registered user, you may now request source code from me and I will e-mail it to you. ----------------------------------------------------------- PillBottle: This is an interim release. I'm hard at work revamping things, but felt that I'd like to share some of what I've accomplished now...most of the improvements are in the underlying code, and not so visible on the surface, but the interface is prettier and the images (finally) ought to look good on both color _and_ monochrome machines. If you thought the graphics were ugly before, try it out again; I think it looks a bit better now. I still need to speed up drawing and finish the implementation of several features, but it's getting there. If you registered for PillBottle, you may now request source for that as well. It's not what I'd call a finished state, but you can have a peek at it just the same. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------- The file names are, specifically: Columns2.0.app.tar.Z PacMan1.1.tar.Z PillBottle0.8b.app.tar.Z and they are located in /pub/next/submissions on both nova( or sonata).cc.purdue.edu and cs.orst.edu. Well, try out the new versions and let me know what you think of them. I've you've already requested a feature, and it hasn't shown up yet, don't panic! I'm working as fast as I can of these, but there's only so much spare time in the day! Later, -Don Yacktman yackd@wombat.ee.byu.edu
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Nntp-Posting-Host: oregon.et.byu.edu Lines: 73 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gatech!news.byu.edu!news Message-ID: <#u@byu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 14:22:48 MDT From: yackd@oregon.et.byu.edu (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Distribution: world Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo UT USA Subject: New versions of PacMan, PillBottle, and Columns Keywords: PacMan, PillBottle, ColumnsHello to all of you who like to play games on the NeXT!