The engine solves sudokus by applying complex logical rules a few times,
instead of applying simpler rules (like guessing and backtracking) many
times. These complex logical rules are exactly the same ones that people
use with paper and pen.
Smash Battle is a cross platform, 8-bit style game where two,
three or four player face off against each other.
The game was inspired by the mario battle minigame from mario 3
when we started developing, but changed a lot over time.
Super Mario Bros. Python is a clone of the original Super Mario Bros 1985 NES.
Puff and Blow each have a Methane Gas Gun which fires a cloud of
immobilising gas. If this comes into contact with a bad guy he will be
absorbed into the gas and then float around the screen for a limited
time. Bad guys are harmless in this state. Puff and Blow must suck the
floating gas clouds into their guns and blast them out against a
vertical surface. Bad guys then turn into bonuses which can be
collected. Be warned! - the gas cloud dissolves with time after which
baddies become active again and extremely annoyed.
Avoision is a straightforward, yet captivating distillation of vintage arcade
entertainment requiring strategy, precision, and perseverance with a singular
objective: capture the red square while evading innumerable cruel,
spiteful white squares.
This is a game concerning the imaginary conflict between two or more
powerful wizards in a duel of sorcery. The opponents perform magical
gestures with their hands to create their supernatural weapons --
spells. Some are so potent as to be able to blind a man, call forth
terrifying creatures, or even kill the unfortunate victim instantly.
Consequently each wizard must rely on his own cunning to be able to
time enough defensive spells to avoid the brunt of his adversary's
attack, yet force in sufficient offensive spells of his own to crack
the magical armour of his opponent, and kill the wizard outright. The
inventor wishes to state that he has never been involved in a magical
duel but would be interested to discover how realistic the game is for
those who have...
speyes is a WindowMaker dock app that features the
SouthPark characters ala xeyes.
Syobon Action (also known as Cat Mario or Neko Mario) is a platform game
with a similar gameplay experience as Super Mario Bros,
except it s more difficult and was written by some psychopath.
TADS is a set of programming tools specially designed for writing
adventure games. TADS consists of:
* A programming language, which resembles C and Java.
* A compiler, which reads a set of source files written in the
TADS programming language and produces a portable binary game
file.
* A library, which provides a set of generic adventure game
definitions.
* An interactive debugger, which lets you examine
your program's execution in order to find and fix programming
errors.
* An interpreter, which a player uses to run your game.
See http://www.plover.net/~textfire/raiffaq/ifaq/ for more
information about obtaining game files.
Spider is a challenging double decked solitaire game. Unlike most
soilitaire games, skill is just as important as luck.
The X11 version of spider is based on the NeWS version by Don Woods,
and uses the same save file format and card images.