Game Shows in TNT Basic

Designed by James H. Vipond

Here are my game show projects for Mac OS X, written in TNT Basic. Barry Begus in Canada is helping me with coding. These games may be freely downloaded for noncommercial use, and I try to respect the intellectual property rights of others.

Game Title	Description
Secret “X” from The Price Is Right	This is one of the simpler pricing games. At present, the player does not have to earn the second and third X’s, and the losing horns are truncated.
Name Entry	TNT Basic has no built-in text input command, and all the workarounds previously submitted are dead links. This program allows the user to enter his or her name, displaying the characters as they are typed and assigning the result to a string variable. I intend this as one in a series of program modules, for use in several game show programs in TNT Basic. This is not only for player names, but also for answers in Chain Reaction, Classic Concentration and Match Game.
Generic Multiple-Choice Quiz (in progress)	This is just a trivia quiz in which each question has four answer choices, listed in random order. I intend this as one in a series of program modules, for use in several game show programs in TNT Basic.
Tic-Tac-Toe (in progress)	This is just the basic game, which could be expanded to either The Hollywood Squares or Tic Tac Dough. I am basing the project on this game.
More games are coming!	I also hope to create sprites of human figures in two sizes (64×64 and 128×128 pixels) for use in TNT Basic game show adaptations.

I hope to be able to do the following in TNT Basic:

Show Aqua controls like those in the Mac OS X Finder
Program an AI opponent for a single player
Display and animate sprites: host, contestants, “celebrities”
Read questions and answers from an external data file (editor mock image)
Check the status of a tic-tac-toe game (Tic Tac Dough, The Hollywood Squares)
Analyze and compare two poker hands (Super Pay Cards!)
Write to and read from a champions list: name, number of wins, total money won

Most game show programs in TNT Basic should be able to use the following modules:

Question files for knowledge quizzes, with categories and four answer choices per question
Questions formatted for panel games, such as The Hollywood Squares
Contestant sprites, like those in GameTek games
Celebrity sprites, in two sizes: 64×64 and 128×128 pixels
Anglo-American playing card deck
Standard sound effects: bells, buzzers, etc.

The following disclaimers should be obvious, but here goes:

I am developing these games on a non-profit basis. No challenge to copyrights or trademarks is intended.
These games are for private amusement only. No actual money or prizes are awarded.
The names and likenesses of hosts and celebrity guests are fictitious, intended only to maximize repeat play value. I try to respect the privacy of actual celebrities.

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