kastian/dictator

Remake of old BASIC game

Dictator

Remake of old BASIC game 'Dictator' for Spectrum, devised and written by Don PRIESTLEY (DkTRONICS, 1983), rewritten in C by #kstn (2015).

There are no BASIC's surreallistic colours, but in other respects game is quite identical. So if you like to tousle you nostalgia it is written for you. ATM code is not very nice but works quite well.

Any feedback, ideas, fixes, bug reports are welcomed.

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##INSTALLATION:

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/kastian/dictator.git

Make

$ make

For successful making you need "ncurses.h" so may be you'll need install it.

And run

./dictator

Or install it

$ sudo make install

Game consists only of one executable file so if you'll want to uninstall it you can use

$ sudo make uninstall

or just remove file

$ sudo rm $(which dictator)

dictator's Issues

Being captured by guerillas doesn't set alive=0

If you try to escape on foot to Leftoto (revolution.c), the code checks if the guerillas were able to capture you:

void escape_to_leftoto()
{
  mvprintw(10,24,"   You have to get through the  ");
  mvprintw(12,24,"      MOUNTAINS to LEFTOTO      ");
  key();
  erase();
  mvprintw(11,24,"%s",
	   ( rand()%((GUERILLAS->strength / 3) + 2) ) ? /* Chanses 1/2..5 */
	   " The GUERILLAS are CELEBRATING  " :
	   " The GUERILLAS didn't catch you ");
  key();
}

But unless I am missing something, the code just prints the appropriate text depending on if your escape attempt succeeds, and doesn't have any other consequences. If you are captured by guerillas, it should set alive = 0 - game over.

License file is missing

Hi. Please add license file, if it is possible.