As a project for my final year of school, I have been working on a word game similar to Scrabble for the CG50 calculator.
For the most part, it follows the Scrabble rules and setup, however, in the spirit of fun play, the game allows you to pick and choose some of the rules and features.
It is fully multiplayer, supporting up to 4 calculators in the game, and you can pause and resume games by saving them as files on the calculator's filesystem.
There is also a singleplayer mode
As it is a school project, and it will be assessed, I won't be publishing the source code until after it has been graded.
However, I am publishing the compiled g3a file, and even created a web based installer for it, on my website (which is itself a bit of a work in progress)
https://j4sp3r.com/mystuff/cg50tiles
Controls
The application includes help menus if you need more specific help, but in general, the app is navigated by the function keys, which are given labels. In game: Use EXE to toggle selected direction, and use the arrow keys to navigate. When you have selected the first square of your word, and the direction, press ALPHA. You can then press the corresponding key to play the corresponding tile. Blanks are automatically played if no other matching tile is found in your rack. When ALPHA is disabled, you can use the number keys 1 - 8 to re-arrange the tiles in the rack.
Notes
Setting the USB connection to screen Receiver, will not work. The app does not automatically power off your calculator, so if you leave the app running, it will run until the battery is dead. Make sure to turn off the calculator manually. The app uses more battery power than other apps, due to the requirements to network. It is possible to have up to 4 players, but you will need to daisy chain the send and receive pins between the four devices.
For the most part, it follows the Scrabble rules and setup, however, in the spirit of fun play, the game allows you to pick and choose some of the rules and features.
It is fully multiplayer, supporting up to 4 calculators in the game, and you can pause and resume games by saving them as files on the calculator's filesystem.
There is also a singleplayer mode
As it is a school project, and it will be assessed, I won't be publishing the source code until after it has been graded.
However, I am publishing the compiled g3a file, and even created a web based installer for it, on my website (which is itself a bit of a work in progress)
https://j4sp3r.com/mystuff/cg50tiles
Controls
The application includes help menus if you need more specific help, but in general, the app is navigated by the function keys, which are given labels. In game: Use EXE to toggle selected direction, and use the arrow keys to navigate. When you have selected the first square of your word, and the direction, press ALPHA. You can then press the corresponding key to play the corresponding tile. Blanks are automatically played if no other matching tile is found in your rack. When ALPHA is disabled, you can use the number keys 1 - 8 to re-arrange the tiles in the rack.
Notes
Setting the USB connection to screen Receiver, will not work. The app does not automatically power off your calculator, so if you leave the app running, it will run until the battery is dead. Make sure to turn off the calculator manually. The app uses more battery power than other apps, due to the requirements to network. It is possible to have up to 4 players, but you will need to daisy chain the send and receive pins between the four devices.