The Official VT GAME!

[Mirage]

I am making a (fairly) simple batch game about VT. It is not very far in the making, and improvements will be plenty. Here is the outline of how the game works.

Overview
The game revolves around you, the player. The object of the game is to collect reputation points. You answer questions pertaining to the history of this site, and answering the questions right earns you 1 reputation point. Answering questions wrong subtracts a reputation point. If your point level hits zero, then you lose.

How YOU Can Help!
You can help by posting questions to be added to the game. This is a COMMUNITY project! That means you can be a part of this game! There will be a hidden credits menu implemented and you will be in it if you contribute a question.

Submission Criteria
There are some basic rules to submitting a question.
1.) No 1337speek, or replacing letters with numbers.
2.) No time sensitive questions, such as "What was the last post made called"
3.) Be creative! Run of the mill or ridiculously easy questions WILL NOT BE CHOSEN.
4.) Leave the name you want in the credits, if it is different than your forum name. If you do not specify, your forum name will be used.

Here is what has been developed so far; note the questions are simply placeholders and will be changed when submissions are recieved.

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Alright guys and gals, lets get these questions in!

[TheMatrix]

Looks cool(in concept), but you do realise that anyone would be able to just look at the source and cheat, right?
Plus, your choice of DOS Batch has me...amused :P

[Darkness.]

I would like to point out that Jess doesn't have the most posts, Whisper does.

[Jupiter]

i'm really confused...

[Infidelitas]

Errrgh. It just seems pointless, but good on you for doing it!

[Donkey]

what have you made for Macintosh users?

[Mirage]

what have you made for Macintosh users?

Great question. The answer is nothing, I do not own a Mac and also know ZERO Mac languages. Sorry :/

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I would like to point out that Jess doesn't have the most posts, Whisper does.

The questions that are in right now are simply placeholders. They mean nothing and will be changed as soon as submissions are received.

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Looks cool(in concept), but you do realise that anyone would be able to just look at the source and cheat, right?
Plus, your choice of DOS Batch has me...amused :P

The final product would be compiled in to an EXE to prevent cheaters. Also, my choice of DOS Batch is due to the fact that it is very easy.

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Get those questions in! I am open by PM/VM to any suggestions or questions.

[TheMatrix]

Great question. The answer is nothing, I do not own a Mac and also know ZERO Mac languages. Sorry :/
Do you know Perl? MacOS has always shipped with it, ever since version 9 I believe. I can write a little script that also includes hashing, if you want.

The final product would be compiled in to an EXE to prevent cheaters. Also, my choice of DOS Batch is due to the fact that it is very easy.
I don't trust unsigned Windows executables without a source, just as a security measure. Plus, you can't compile batch into an EXE without breaking several clauses in the Microsoft EULA.

[Mirage]

Do you know Perl? MacOS has always shipped with it, ever since version 9 I believe. I can write a little script that also includes hashing, if you want.


I don't trust unsigned Windows executables without a source, just as a security measure. Plus, you can't compile batch into an EXE without breaking several clauses in the Microsoft EULA.

I did not know half of the things you mentioned there. :)

Could you direct me to some good learning resources for Perl? Because my understanding is that Perl could also be used on windows. It may help me to compile this in Perl then. However nobody has taken it upon themselves to submit questions :S

[TheMatrix]

I did not know half of the things you mentioned there. :)
Did you search for them? ;)

Could you direct me to some good learning resources for Perl?
How about their website? (http://learn.perl.org/) ;)

Because my understanding is that Perl could also be used on windows.
'tis so.

It may help me to compile this in Perl then.
Perl is a scripting language. Compilation happens when you execute it -- the source will be available before.

However nobody has taken it upon themselves to submit questions :S
Why not make some of your own, first? Post them here, so people have a general idea of what you're looking for.