Landon Curt Noll
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Prepare for the winners of **IOCCC28**. > However these are not the 2024 droids you are looking for. :-) The HTML menu (both JavaScript and non-JavaScript) has been updated. The `Status -> Rules and guidelines' have been replaced with two separate menus `Status -> IOCCC rules` and `Status -> IOCCC guidelines`. Added a new top level `social.html` page: built from a new `social.md`. Sorted rules for building specific web pages in the top level `Makefile`. Added `make social` to make the `social.html` page from `social.md`. The `bin/gen-top-html.sh` now is able to process a argument of **social** to process the new top level `social.html` page. Changed `bin/gen-top-html.sh` VERSION from "2.0.0 2025-03-13" to "2.0.1 2025-07-25". Below `About -> Home page` a new `About -> IOCCC social media` menu item as added. Because the menu change touched every HTML file, we changed the general copyright date range for HTML files from "1984-2024" to "1984-2025" due to the extensive changes made for **IOCCC28**. Those markdown files that were modified in 2025 had their copyright date range also changed from "1984-2024" to "1984-2025". Rebuilt tarballs and sitemap due to the extensive HTML rebuilding. Ran `make update` to perform the above.
To build:
make
There is an alternate version which has controls that will make much more sense to those familiar with vi. See Alternate code below.
To use:
./prog
Try:
# Make your terminal as large as possible, possibly reduce your font size
# then...
./prog
Alternate code:
This version has the difference of moving forwards, left, backwards and right,
where instead of w, a, s and d, you can use k, h, j and l.
Alternate build:
make alt
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### Alternate use:
``` <!---sh-->
# Make your terminal as large as possible, possibly reduce your font size
# then...
./prog.alt
..and maybe curse less than you might otherwise, but still probably curse (see below) :-)
Judges' remarks:
This game does not use curses, but you may end up cursing.
The code is made more difficult to read using an innovative, right justified, reverse indentation style.
Author's remarks:
Controls
- Movement:
w(forwards),a(left),s(backwards),d(right) - Fire: space
- Quit:
q - Pause:
p, then use any other key to resume
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//\\
/ \
/______\
/\/\
Compile and run
Linux
cc -std=c99 -O3 prog.c -o prog
./prog
Windows
The only way I found to make it work is to use MSYS2. When using the MSYS2 shell you can install gcc via pacman.
cc -std=c99 -O3 prog.c -o prog
./prog.exe
Warnings
-Wno-missing-prototypes-Wno-shorten-64-to-32-Wno-sign-conversion-Wno-implicit-int-float-conversion-Wno-missing-field-initializers-Wno-implicit-float-conversion-Wno-vla-Wno-float-conversion-Wno-comma-Wno-shadow-Wno-format-Wno-empty-body-Wno-misleading-indentation-Wno-maybe-uninitialized- You may experience a mild motion aftereffect when playing for too long.
High score
Score will be shown in the top left corner. My best was 156. If you beat that I'll send you the image of a very expensive chocolate.
Features
- Procedural star generation.
- Very space-efficient
forloops. - No use of
!=or==. - Smooth rendering even on slow terminals.
- Advanced ASCII art.
- Cutting edge physics engine and collision detection.
- Probably not many segfaults.
- Every letter in the English alphabet has a variable or function named after it.
- Not a virus.
- Runs on my machine.
Tips
- Adjust your terminal size for different experiences.
- Run this program in a virtual console to immerse yourself in the game.