Contrast Words

Command-line game made for the Jam for All BASIC Dialects (#7).
Developed using FreeBASIC and C.

About the game

A random word will appear, you must write at least one antonym. Try to keep your streak!

Table of contents

• Development and resources
• How to play
• Requirements
• Tested on
• Known issues ❗❗❗
• Additional notes

Development and resources

• FreeBASIC
• C
• cJSON
• Python for dataset formatting (Jupyter Notebook)
• Antonyms dataset
• Aseprite
• Image to ASCII

How to play

1. Download the game from itch.io.
2. Double-click or run the game from the command line or PowerShell.

./contrast_words

Example

The word is:  ANALYSIS
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Tries left:    3
Write an antonym: synthesis

Requirements

• Windows x64

Tested on

• Windows 10, worked on (2/2) computers.
• Windows 11, worked on (1/2) computers.
• Windows XP (32-bit) - not supported.

Works on both cmd and PowerShell.

Known issues

Some Windows 11 systems may display corrupted text such as "Choose an option: STREAK===ds!" or have issues printing ASCII images. I'm investigating it.

Additional notes

When compiling, you will need the cJSON files (see Development and resources). Also, the project structure is a bit rough, so every time you compile the C code, you will need to move any .a file into the Basic folder. The same applies to the resulting .exe and ASCII files.

C compilation:

# Move to C directory
cd src/c

# Create .o file
gcc -c antonyms_utils.c -o antonyms_utils.o
gcc -c ../../libs/cJSON.c -o ../../libs/cJSON.o

# Create .a file
ar r libantonyms_utils.a antonyms_utils.o ../../libs/cJSON.o

Basic compilation:

# Move to Basic directory
cd src/basic

# Create .exe
fbc64 contrast_words.bas