Basic Games in Scheme

I use this little project to test algorithms and libraries, but it's marginally fun to play with some of these.

• Download basicss-1.1

1. Install Chez Scheme
   • Works on Mac and Linux. Might be usable in WSL on Windows?
2. ./basicss, type ? at the prompt for interactive fun.

   > ?
   Basic_Games_in_Scheme
   Version 1.1
   © 2020-2025 by Mark Damon Hughes. All Rights Reserved.
   https://mdhughes.tech/basicss
   Commands:
   acey, aceyducey     Card game of Hi/Lo.
   banner W H TEXT...  Draw a banner, each char WxH sized, max 10.
   bagel               Guess a 3-digit number with place hints.
   bofh                BOFH Excuse Generator.
   d, dice N S         Roll N number dice of S sides.
   dwarfen             Explore the Stronghold of the Dwarfen Lords.
   forest W H          Tiny forest, W H is screen width & height.
   guess               Guess a number 1-100 with hi/lo hints.
   hangman             Guess the word before you hang.
   hurkle              Catch the Hurkle.
   maze W H [STYLE PARAM]Maze generator. W H are size, 3-1024
       STYLE is one of (maze wild dungeon) (default maze)
       PARAM depends on style. For maze, it is chance of extra openings, 0-100 (default 0)
       For wild, it is terrain type: (generic plain cave desert forest hill marsh mountain water)
       'maze 38 11' fits nicely on screen.
   name TYPE [COUNT]   Name generator, ? for list of types
   roman N             Roman-Decimal converter. N may be either system.
   seabattle           Sea battle.
   slash W H           Simple slash maze generator. W H are size, 8+
           'slash 40 11' fits nicely on screen.
   stars               Guess a number 1-100 with star hints.
   starfield           Display a simple starfield.
   survival            Survival in the woods.
   wordsearch [FILENAME [ALPHABET]]Create a word search puzzle,
           words from filename or entered by hand.
   quit                Quit.
   ?, help             Show this help.
   

3. ./basicss wordsearch puzzle.txt 0123456789 for word search with words from puzzle.txt (one per line), and a new filler alphabet of just numbers.