Add 2015/mills1/try.sh + format/typo checks

The try.sh script runs the make command in the judges' remarks to make
it easier.

A warning is that if you have good eye-hand coordination and you're good
at games and you have too much time you might end up falling asleep
playing it as you'll probably never die. I only died because I was
trying to mark a reminder complete on the other side of the screen at
the same time as playing .. and I almost survived that .. and 'Cody's
also blind' as the joke goes in the family. That's probably why I ended
up dying. At that point I already had over 90 points.

Still the purpose is to make it easier to play if the default settings
are too frustrating. I contemplated playing with other settings but I
decided not to. An example where it might be improved is to let the user
pass in the environmental variables to override should they wish to but
it is not even clear to me how the variables should be sanitised so
that's an argument against it.

2015/mills1/Makefile

@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ DA=100		# Acceleration due to gravity (scaled by 256).
 		# Smaller values make you glide slower.
 
 DI=-200		# Impulse velocity of a flap (scaled by 256).
-		# Make larger if you want an less intense tapping experience!
+		# Make larger if you want a less intense tapping experience!
 
 DB='"<o^="'	# Sprite for player when gliding.
-		# HINT: Try using various emoji.
+		# HINT: Try using various emojis.
 		# NOTE: The string MUST be enclosed inside double quotes.
 
 DF='"<ov="'	# Sprite for player when flapping.
-		# HINT: Try using various emoji.
+		# HINT: Try using various emojis.
 		# NOTE: The string MUST be enclosed inside double quotes.
 
 DG='"Tap to Flap!"'	# Instruction text.

2015/mills1/README.md

@@ -24,13 +24,21 @@ Press the up arrow and the down arrow at the right time.
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
 Did you find that mobile application game a bit frustrating?
-Well you can adjust the makefile parameters to make life a
+Well you can adjust the Makefile parameters to make life a
 bit easier for you:
 
 ```sh
-make clobber all DW=199999 DW=22 DH=16 DA=50 DI=-150
+./try.sh
 ```
 
+which runs:
+
+```sh
+make clobber all DW=199999 DW=22 DH=16 DA=50 DI=-150
+./prog
+```
+
+
 From the Makefile:
 
 ```
@@ -53,14 +61,14 @@ DA=100          # Acceleration due to gravity (scaled by 256).
 		# Smaller values make you glide slower.
 
 DI=-200         # Impulse velocity of a flap (scaled by 256).
-		# Make larger if you want an less intense tapping experience!
+		# Make larger if you want a less intense tapping experience!
 
 DB='"<o^="'     # Sprite for player when gliding.
-		# HINT: Try using various emoji.
+		# HINT: Try using various emojis.
 		# NOTE: The string MUST be enclosed inside double quotes.
 
 DF='"<ov="'     # Sprite for player when flapping.
-		# HINT: Try using various emoji.
+		# HINT: Try using various emojis.
 		# NOTE: The string MUST be enclosed inside double quotes.
 
 DG='"Tap to Flap!"'     # Instruction text.
@@ -68,6 +76,12 @@ DG='"Tap to Flap!"'     # Instruction text.
 		# NOTE: The string MUST be enclosed inside double quotes.
 ```
 
+WARNING: if you have good eye-hand coordination and too much time on your hands
+you might fall asleep while playing as you probably will never die in this mode.
+We only stopped when a reminder came through and we tried to mark it complete at
+the same time as playing and we almost managed to survive that. At that point we
+already scored over 90.
+
 Enjoy!
 
     TAP!! TAP!! TAP!!
@@ -92,6 +106,7 @@ You can even make the game more challenging -- resize the terminal window to
 make the world taller or shorter.  You'll never be able to get through the
 pipes when they are four times as tall!
 
+
 ### Instructions
 
 The instructions are printed at the start of the game:  Tap to Flap!
@@ -99,6 +114,7 @@ The instructions are printed at the start of the game:  Tap to Flap!
 Hit any key to make your bird fly.  Navigate her between the gaps in the pipes.
 Your score is shown in the upper left, along with your current high-score.
 
+
 ### Customization options
 
 To customize the gameplay, change any of the following options on the compile
@@ -115,18 +131,18 @@ command line:
  * `-DI`: Impulse velocity of a flap (scaled by 256).  Make this smaller
    if you want an intense tapping experience!
  * `-DB`: Sprite for player when gliding.
- * `-DF`: Sprite for player when flapping.\
+ * `-DF`: Sprite for player when flapping.
  * `-DG`: Instruction text.  Change to your native tongue.
 
 Feel free to try out physics or play field options to make the game more
 interesting.  Try setting the player sprites to change the game completely --
 maybe you can be a fish, or a pig -- the options are limitless!  Try using
-emoji -- you can be a flying beer mug!
+emojis -- you can be a flying beer mug!
 
 Note that since the `curses` library on POSIX doesn't natively support wide
-characters (needed for UTF-8 support, which is needed for emoji), you may need
-to make some changes to the `Makefile` to get emoji to work on your system.
-To help you get started, I've included some example substitutions for emoji
+characters (needed for UTF-8 support, which is needed for emojis), you may need
+to make some changes to the `Makefile` to get emojis to work on your system.
+To help you get started, I've included some example substitutions for emojis
 sprites and instruction text; for example, type
 
 ```sh
@@ -139,19 +155,20 @@ or
 make EMOJI=globe
 ```
 
-for some examples (the full list of options is in the `Makefile`).  Don't
-forget to `make clobber` first.  If the output doesn't look right, you may need
-to link with the "wide" version of `ncurses`.  On MacOSX 10.11, it should work
-with the current `-lcurses`; on Linux, you might need `-lncursesw`.
+for some examples (the full list of options is in the `Makefile`).  Don't forget
+to `make clobber` first (or use `make -B`).  If the output doesn't look right,
+you may need to link with the "wide" version of `ncurses`.  On MacOSX 10.11, it
+should work with the current `-lcurses`; on Linux, you might need `-lncursesw`.
 See the `Makefile` to make this change if you need to.  Or buy a Mac.
 
 You will also need a UTF-8 compatible terminal and an emoji font installed,
 and you will need to have your `LANG` environment variable set to use UTF-8.
 Again, if this is too complicated, maybe just go and get that Mac.
 
+
 ### Future additions
 
-Future versions of the game will include monitization via the freemium model
+Future versions of the game will include monetization via the freemium model
 with micropayments for customization options, play-to-win and of course
 live-streamed targeted video advertising.
 

2015/mills1/try.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2015/mills1 - make it much easier
+#
+
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
+
+make CC="${CC}" clobber all DW=199999 DW=22 DH=16 DA=50 DI=-150 || exit 1
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to play (send EOF to quit game): "
+./prog
+exit 0

thanks-for-fixes.md

@@ -3803,6 +3803,16 @@ simply typing `make back_to` or `make mullender`.
 (Linux doesn't seem to but macOS does).
 
 
+## [2015/mills1](2015/mills1/prog.c) ([README.md](2015/mills1/README.md))
+
+[Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](2015/mills1/try.sh) script which changes the
+parameters to what we had in the judges' remarks to make it easier (he only died
+when he tried to mark a reminder complete on the other side of the screen at the
+same time and he almost survived that, scoring at that point over 90 - but this
+also involves good eye-hand coordination and playing games like this in the
+past).
+
+
 ## [2015/muth](2015/muth/prog.c) ([README.md](2015/muth/README.md))
 
 [Cody](#cody) added the [try.sh](2015/muth/try.sh) script.