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Re: Prepare your stones....here it is a game written inCobol...PowerCOB

From Moose@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Wed Apr 26 18:27:34 2017

From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

Hi Emerson,

I applaud your work and have long thought about implementing old games, board games, etc in COBOL - and here you are doing it. Well done !

People whinging about the 43 MB file size - a mere pittance of a file these days. A "Hello World" Unity demo is 13+ MB last I created one - and that's without ANY graphics or sound.

People also making snide comments about the PayPal donate button - just so people can support your work if they want to. You are giving away the game *AND* the source code for free.

Plenty of web sites virus scan larger files. e.g. here's the VirusTotal virus scan I did of this back on 26-Aug-2016 (56 virus checkers): https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a6260fb1c8cae181e0b5f8642d0513884e586b9095e1de7f6cbabe0861d31483/analysis/1472208712/

Anyway, some people just love to whinge and complain. Ignore the haters Emerson. Do not let them take the wind out of your sails.

How are you going with Dig Dug ?
Any more updates for Lunar Lander ?

Keep up the excellent and pioneering work !

Moose
Software developer for 35+ years

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From Moose@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Wed Apr 26 19:05:05 2017

From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

Just been playing Emerson's Lunar Lander the game again (1st time since last Aug, and I only gave it a quick try back then). It's actually really fun and has lots of new ideas / elements that elevate this game well beyond a Lunar Lander clone.
I've landed on Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon, and Mars, but not Jupiter yet ... that was one evil place ....
For anyone who may be interested in trying out this game:
* Each level is different - different gravity, different background graphics, and Venus has clouds, Mars has strong winds, the Moon has the oribiter to dodge, and Jupiter .... holy mackerel !!!
* And there are Easter Eggs. Spoiler alert. Example: I was not sure what would happen when I tried to go beyond the edge of the screen - bounce back ? wrap around to the other side ? None of these happened - but what happens is surprising and it made me burst out laughing. Hint: there's something "out there" that does *not* like being disturbed.
Anyway, sure is a fun game, and obviously Emerson has poured a lot of time and love into it.
And it is written in COBOL - which I thought would have been celebrated here in
a COBOL forum - instead of the rotten reaction the game got. WTF ?????
Anyway, I'm now off to try and land on Jupiter and then Saturn and ....
Moose

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From abdiqanipd@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Tue May 16 01:47:41 2017

From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

please can give me the code

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From Moose@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Tue May 23 17:56:47 2017

From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:47:43 PM UTC+10, abdiq...@gmail.com wrote:

please can give me the code

Scroll UP - it's ALL in the thread.

Lander Game https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4TTAKMQekDFMG1EdUpYNUE2TTQ/view?usp=sharing

COBOL Source Code: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4TTAKMQekDFMFRQZ09XS0hnVXM

VirusTotal virus scan (26-Aug-2016, 56 virus checkers): https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a6260fb1c8cae181e0b5f8642d0513884e586b9095e1de7f6cbabe0861d31483/analysis/1472208712/

COBOL Lander Game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4TTAKMQekDFMG1EdUpYNUE2TTQ/view?usp=sharing

COBOL Lander Source Code: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4TTAKMQekDFMFRQZ09XS0hnVXM

VirusTotal virus scan (26-Aug-2016, 56 virus checkers): https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a6260fb1c8cae181e0b5f8642d0513884e586b9095e1de7f6cbabe0861d31483/analysis/1472208712/

If your News Host does not keep older posts, there are *plenty* of FREE ones that do. Here's a link to this thread in Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/comp.lang.cobol/_57m1KVbv08

Moose

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From Moose@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Tue May 23 17:59:39 2017

From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at 6:47:43 PM UTC+10, abdiq...@gmail.com wrote:

please can give me the code

Scroll UP - it's ALL in the thread.

COBOL Lander Game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4TTAKMQekDFMG1EdUpYNUE2TTQ/view?usp=sharing

COBOL Lander Source Code: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4TTAKMQekDFMFRQZ09XS0hnVXM

VirusTotal virus scan (26-Aug-2016, 56 virus checkers): https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/a6260fb1c8cae181e0b5f8642d0513884e586b9095e1de7f6cbabe0861d31483/analysis/1472208712/

If your News Host does not keep older posts, there are *plenty* of FREE ones that do. Here's a link to this thread in Google Groups: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/comp.lang.cobol/_57m1KVbv08

Moose

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