Hi Charles,
I once created a crossword in Flash about 2-3 years ago.
http://www.electrotank.com/playGame.electro?gId=111
Building a randomly unique board from a list of words I found to be way too
difficult. My gut feeling was that even if I found a way it would be too
slow to generate.
In my research I learned that there is a standarized format for crossword
data. You can download and/or purchase crossword generating programs. Some
of these export out to that standard format. That format contained mostly
XML data. I had to open up the data file and just copy out the XML. I wrote
a parsing routine in ActionScript that interpreted the data.
The end result was 100 XML files for 100 unique crosswords. About 50 of them
I purchased from a professional crossword guy that does them for the
Baltimore Sun. About 20 of them my Grandma made by hand :) And the rest I
generated with one of those programs I described.
All-in-all the game works well, but its probably the least popular game on
our site!
Jobe Makar
http://www.electrotank.com
http://www.electro-server.com
phone: 252-627-8026
mobile: 919-609-0408
fax: 919-341-8104
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