fix Makefile and README.md for 2012/dlowe

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# Best way to lose a life
J. David Lowe
434 Tenney Drive
Rogue River, OR
97537
<j.david.lowe@gmail.com>
<http://www.pootpoot.net/>
J. David Lowe
434 Tenney Drive
Rogue River, OR
97537
<j.david.lowe@gmail.com>
<http://www.pootpoot.net/>
# To build:
## Judges' comments:
### To build:
make dlowe
```sh
make
```
### To run:
./dlowe
```sh
./dlowe
```
### Try:
./dlowe
# Watch for a while if you like, then press a key within the window
# Use up and down keys to escape death
```sh
./dlowe
```
### Selected Judges Remarks:
Watch for a while if you like, then press a key within the window.
Use up and down keys to escape death.
## Judges' comments:
The judges lose playing this game. This entry wins!
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A: Don't use -pedantic-errors in the Makefile.
## Author's comments:
# Conway's Game of DEATH
### Conway's Game of DEATH
This is a challenging, fast-paced arcade game, based on the famous Game of
Life.
## Story
### Story
In the game, you are Mr.C, a lightweight spaceship making a futile dash for
escape from the rigid rules and predictability of life in the B3/S23 universe.
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Press 'q' any time to quit.
## Features
### Features
* casual gameplay
* infinite, procedurally generated universe
* progressive difficulty
* animated splash screens
## Limitations
### Limitations
* Flicker, especially at high speeds, and in spite of "double-buffering" (X11
doesn't make it possible to lock drawing to the display refresh rate.)
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dead.d and sprites.d).
* Cannot build or run without X11 (or an X11 compatibility layer).
## Wish List
### Wish List
* Score keeping
* Color
* In-game instructions
* Sound
## Hosts Tested
### Hosts Tested
* Darwin 10.8.0 i386 (clang 1.6 and gcc 4.2.1)
* Linux 2.6.32 i686 (clang 1.1 and gcc 4.4.3)
* Linux 3.2.0 x86\_64 (clang 3.0 and gcc 4.6.3)
## Obfuscations
### Obfuscations
The code is formatted into a 14-cell shape which will evolve into a glider in
19 generations.
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Lots of magic numbers, abuse of the relationships between magic numbers, and
abuse of the arithmetic properties of magic numbers.
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