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Shut the Box is a simple diversion written in C and GTK+. The object is simple: Roll the dice and click the tiles that sum up to that dice roll until there are no more tiles to click.
Updated! Version 0.4
- Version 0.4 (2005-07-04)
- Added end-of-game functionality, so the game will tell you when no more tiles may be shut.
- Version 0.3 (2004-05-09)
- Now uses GTK+ 2.x.
- Minor code fixes and cleanup.
- Version 0.2 (2004-04-01)
- Added scoring.
- Minor clean-up.
Shut The Box is based off of those little wooden puzzles with dice and tiles. My first exposure was playing this as a BBS Door on a BBS my friend ran. The concept was simple enough so I tried writing it for my own Atari BBS (with the help of another more experienced SysOp). After I took the BBS offline, the game concept grew from an idea into a sort of “Hello World” application I’d write in order to become more familiar with a language. Hence, this is my “Hello World” for GTK+, although I have several other applications brewing in GTK+.
This is my first GTK+ application, so there are a few “Learning Curves” embedded in the code. Also it is not feature complete. Unfortunately it’s as far as I’m willing to take it for now.
Patches and suggestions are always welcome. Please send both to craig@decafbad.net.
Shut the Box is listed at Happy Penguin. If you like this game, please comment there (and send me a copy as well. :) )
Other Version of Shut The Box I’ve written:
- Java command-line Shut the Box (2/2005). Wrote this to become more familiar with Java and Object Oriented Programming. (If you decide to use this in your projects, please let me know! :) )
Thanks!
