Game Description
The Great Escape is a point-and-click puzzle game. The player is given only two things: a set of tracks and a bomb. The tracks must be laid and the bomb must be rolled along them. The bomb must dodge obsticles, charge all the generators, and blow open the exit.
Programming Challenges
The major obsticle I encluntered while designing The Great Escape was MS-DOS's small 320x200 resolution. I was faced with the problem of creating a challenging puzzle game with enough screen space to allow for varying levels of complexity without sacrificing the player's interface. It was for this reason that I chose to use a small tile size for the graphics and keep the map's size no larger than the playing area (with no option of scrolling).
Features
- Over 30 levels, exch more challenging than the first
- Easy point-and-click interface
- MIDI Music (uses QMidi)
- WYSIWYG Level Editor
- Detailed in-game instructions
- High score screen
- Automatic game save feature
Screenshots
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The main menu |
Level 5 |
Level 6 |
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In-game help |
The high score screen |
Code Sample
The CheckLife function is called when the player looses a bomb. This function checks to see if he is out of bombs and, if so, checks to see if he got a high score.
SUB CheckLife
IF Chances <= 0 THEN
DrawTools
TextBox 70, 80, 180, 120
PUT (120, 98), Small(20), PSET
Text 97, 87, "Game Over!", 0, 0
Text 87, 110, "Press Any Key", 0, 0
Working = False
DO
LOOP UNTIL INKEY$ <> ""
OPEN "score.dat" FOR INPUT AS #1
FOR X = 1 TO 10
INPUT #1, A$, TempScore
IF Score >= TempScore THEN ScoreRank = X: EXIT FOR
NEXT
CLOSE #1
IF ScoreRank <> 0 THEN GetName ScoreRank
ScoreRank = 0
MainMenu
END IF
END SUB
Downloads
The Great Escape.zip - Includes The Great Escape with music, level editor, and levels 1-31.
