I give you http://www.crossdown.com/howtomake.htm
It occurs to me that this cannot be entirely done by code. You would need a large library of words and their associated clues. The clues are quite arbitrary in nature, and so cannot be developed programmatically. Using a thesaurus could get you a long ways towards that end, but good crossword puzzles use well thought out clues that often have no relation to the word itself. Often they are "pun-ny". If it's just the creation of the grid you need however, I think the above link is ideal for defining the "rules" for a crossword puzzle. Bob On Dec 8, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Chris Sheffield wrote: > Has anybody ever created a crossword puzzle application in LC? I'm having to > make one, and I'm kind of at a loss. Not really sure how to proceed. If > anyone has some pointers or sample code they'd be willing to share, I'd be > most grateful. > > My idea right now is to have some kind of a grid that would get created at > run-time. Not sure yet whether to use square graphics or just use actual > fields. So the application would be fed the max number of spaces across and > then the max number of spaces down. So say the longest word across has 10 > letters, and the longest word down has 6 letters. So a grid that is 10 by 6 > would be created. Then I would somehow determine where the letters for the > words will be placed in the grid (still kind of fuzzy on this part), and then > once that's done, I would hide the unused spaces, leaving behind a crossword > layout. Tapping/clicking in a space would then allow the user to enter a > letter for that space (or something of that nature). > > Does that even sound doable? Anyone have a better suggestion? > > Thanks, > Chris > > > -- > Chris Sheffield > Read Naturally, Inc. > www.readnaturally.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
