Limitactics

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★24%
Only works on Windows 16-bit or whatever...

There's a glitch that you don't lose when the time runs out. Written in C. My original plan was to program a cube puzzle with Java, but I fell in a "pitfall" situation on the graphics update(). Well, it's better that I finished something than finished nothing. Your main goal is to finish each trial by giving the right answers (which are always integers).

Suggestion: Assume that you lose if the timer becomes 0.0 or lower.

LINKS EDIT: Shortened the code.

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Killswitchauthor28 Aug 2013, 03:52
Info updated. Sorry about that.
Kharza28 Aug 2013, 03:53
Ah same problem, I could try various compat modes but I run in sandboxie
Killswitchauthor28 Aug 2013, 04:07
Question: Did anyone beat the game with 0.2+ seconds remaining?
devi ever28 Aug 2013, 05:25
Yeah, couldn't get it to run.
Diptoman
Diptoman28 Aug 2013, 06:03
Didn't rate since I can't play it, the "only works in Windows 32 bit" thingy is gonna cost you a lot of players. @_@
Endurion
Endurion28 Aug 2013, 06:14
Ah, a 16-bit executable :)

On the first try I wrote marshmallows, pressed enter and it went nuts ;)
ghostonline
ghostonline28 Aug 2013, 06:31
I couldn't get even past the first try (I must be particularly dense), so I just looked them up in the source code O:). Just a simple guessing game, but I do like the spirit of not giving up even when your main game fails. Reminds me of some of my own LD attempts where I just threw in the towel instead of at least finishing something.
Morgawr
Morgawr28 Aug 2013, 23:25
For anyone who wants to play this, you can run it inside dosbox.

I have no idea what I just downloaded and run, it gets into an infinite loop when I type "Marshmallow".
10/10 for the C code though.
Killswitchauthor29 Aug 2013, 04:21
The answers are all integers, says the info. Damn, what an epic fail for me. :O
Killswitchauthor29 Aug 2013, 04:21
"Convert with the A1Z26 cipher and add all the numbers."
X-0r5 Sep 2013, 16:13
Got it to work in DosBox even on Win 7 x 64
Integer-only input is a bit tedious, especially the cipher conversion takes a lot of calculation. Might be a great educational program for highschool IT, letting them learn binary, octals and mathematical patterns :D

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