Net-o-Grama

Net-o-Grama is a networked anagram game, which can be played by up to 4 players, but playing alone is also supported.
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  • License:
  • GPL
  • Price:
  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Miklos Merenyi
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Net-o-Grama Description

Net-o-Grama is a networked anagram game, which can be played by up to 4 players, but playing alone is also supported. Net-o-Grama is a networked anagram puzzle game, which can be played by up to 4 players, but playing alone is also supported. Currently the server and a terminal (ncurses) based client for Linux is ready, but a graphical client (sdl) is coming soon.Requirements:· SDL· SDL_mixer· ncursesCompiling:You need to have the development files for glib-2.0, ncurses, sdl and sdl-mixer, but the precompiled (on Ubuntu 7.10) binaries can be found in the tar package if you do not want to toil.cd to the main dir of nog: $make all this will produce 3 executables: nog_srv - the servernog_ncurses - ncurses client with (sdl) soundnog_ncurses_nososund - ncurses client without soundPlaying:While still in the nog dir$./nog_srv This will start the server with the default settings. A server can accept connections from up to 4 clients at the same time.You can tpye commands (see "Server commands")In another terminal (which could be on another machine having the same program) cd to the nog dir:$./nog_ncurses or if you are on a remote machine$./nog_ncurses -s remote.server or if you do not want sound replace "nog_ncurses" with "nog_ncurses_nosound"Press enter in the client's window to become ready. The game starts, when all connected players are ready.Server commands:start - start a new game with the currently connected playerssolve - solve the puzzle, end the gamelist - list players connecteddrop s - drop player connected to socket number s time n - set gametime to n secondsquit - quitKeys during gameplay:a..z - Move the first occurance of the letter to the end of the guess1..7 - Move the letter in the nth position to the guess SPACE - Shuffle remaining lettersEnter - Check and erase guess Right arrow - Check guess, but do not erase itLeft arrow - Erase last letter from the guessBackspace - Erase the whole guess without checkingTAB - Give game upESC or CTRL-C - ExitKeys before gameplay:Enter - become ready (if every connected player is ready, a game will start automatically)ESC or CTRL-C - Exit


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