Create the numbers on the stack on the right (top first).
Controls:
- LEFT/RIGHT: Move Pete.
- UP: Pick up block.
- DOWN: Drop block.
- SPACE: Drop block from input stack.
- 1,2,3,4: Drop a +, -, *, /.
- SHIFT (+DOWN, SPACE, 1, 2, 3, 4): Drop and activate block.
You can play the game at https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27883775/wiki/apps/namba/namba.html (shortlink: http://bit.ly/playnamba).
- Follow directions to download elm at http://elm-lang.org/.
- To build html file, open up command prompt in the folder and type "make".
7-12-15:
- Various beautifications.
7-3-15:
- Add game over screen.
- Change input block frequencies
7-2-15 (2):
- Changed the activation rule to: block is activated if you press SHIFT when releasing. Pressing number directly releases the block, sidestepping Pete having to hold it first.
7-2-15 (1):
- Changed the game so that incoming blocks can be placed at Pete's leisure using SPACE, and the basic operation blocks +, -, *, / can be accessed using 1, 2, 3, 4. New output blocks come in every n seconds where n starts out being 10. Game ends when output blocks overflow.
- Added randomness (uses seed based on time).
- TODO: Game over screen, make it easier to activate blocks (right now it's very clunky). E.g., use Shift-# or Shift-SPACE.
7-1-15:
- Stacks receive new blocks from the bottom. Basic game works, but there is no game-over condition. No higher-order function blocks yet.
- Problem: It's very hard to use the new blocks because they come from the bottom. This means I try to shift entire stacks of blocks in a panicky way as the stacks fill up.
- I think having the stacks overflow is a distraction. Rather make the "next integers" stack be the one that keeps increasing and overflows.
- How can I keep new blocks coming in? Coming in from the bottom doesn't work. Coming in from the top covers up the work Pete has just done. How about coming in from a separate stack?
- Idea: Be able to use the basic operations anytime (have an unlimited supply of them).