| Fun Twist On A Classic Game! | My program, Kyrathaba's Hangman, allows you to register a user-name. If you do, the High Score on your particular installation of the application will always be sent to the online database. For the Highest Scoring DC member, as found here, I will donate up to 25 hours of programming for FREE on a small to mid-size project of your choice!! I reserve the right to determine what is within my skills, however. The top-three high-scoring DC members will receive an additional prize from the site. I reserve the right to throw out a score that has obviously been obtained through some hack: being intimately conversant with the program's level of difficulty, I have a keen idea what's humanly possible. On the last day of each month between now and the culmination of the NANY 2012 event, I will donate $5 DonationCredits to the highest scorer showing on the scoreboard, provided that the scorer is a DC member. Visitors who may be reading this: join now! The first disbursement will be on July 31st, the final one December 31st. That's an opportunity for someone to win up to $30, not to mention bragging rights! |
| Application Name | Kyrathaba's Hangman |
| Version | 1.0.4.5 (released 8/21/11) |
| Short Description | competitive Hangman with prizes for highest scorers (see blog entry) |
| Supported OSes | Windows XP forward |
| Setup File | A link to the Setup program {will check for absence of .NET Framework 4.0 and download if needed} (1.41 Mb) |
| PAD file URL | http://kyrathaba.dcmembers.com/my_programs/KyrHangmanSetups/hangman_PAD.xml |
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| Author Info | coded by kyrathaba | Profile page | Kyrathaba DC page | author of Kyrathaba's Source Code Line Counter. My past NANY entries include: Crocus Contacts, Blackjack, and NANY Excuse Manager. |
| Description | This was a project I did for the Boss Assignment of C# Programming School, Phase I. I liked it so much that I continued to develop it, eventually bringing in cranioscopical for some expert testing. I owe him a debt for the many bugs he made me aware of; and to mouser I say "thank you" for encouraging me not to give up in learning enough PHP to build the online scripts and database to implement my desired features-set. Destined to replace time wasted by people watching "Wheel Of Fortune"! -- PC Magazine. What! This program is FREE!?? A crime, that's what it is! Someone slap the developer around until he starts showing some sense and charging for this gem of genius! -- Gamasutra |
| Features | + choose between an Individual Word or a Phrase, and try to solve before you are hanged! + optional audio cues + option to register a user-name with online database, so that you can submit your High Score and compete against all other players! + option to use mouse or keyboard for input + Highest Scorer, as recorded on the online database will receive free coding of a small-to-medium sized project of his/her choice! + ToolTips and context-sensitive help for each control in the application's interface I would appreciate suggestions for future features of the program. Please consider donating. |
| Screenshots | screenshot collage |
| Online Help | http://kyrathaba.dcmembers.com/my_programs/KyrHangmanSetups/HangmanHelp.pdf |
| Installation | Simply use the installer created by Inno Setup |
| Using the application | The GUI is fairly intuitive. However, there is a textual help file under the "Help" menu, and a more in-depth PDF help file (with screenshots) available via the F1 key. |
| Uninstalling | Use the uninstall Program Files menu-item. |
| Known Issues | What? You mean like bugs? None (but please make me aware of any that you may find...) |
| Notable mentions | dotTech article |
