Horses - Revision history

Stevenlawrance: /* Download */

2007-10-14T22:54:53Z

Download

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	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/horses.zip Download Horses for Windows]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/horses.zip Download Horses for Windows]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe Download Horses for Windows, Prom Edition]''', which is a variant that I wrote for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom prom] while in high school		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe Download Horses for Windows, Prom Edition]''', which is a variant that I wrote for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom prom] while in high school
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	==Screen Shots==		==Screen Shots==

Stevenlawrance at 05:11, 14 October 2007

2007-10-14T05:11:31Z

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	==Download==		==Download==
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/horses.zip Download Horses for Windows]'''		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/horses.zip Download Horses for Windows]'''
	*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe Download Horses for Windows, Prom Edition]''', which is a variant that I wrote for the prom while in high school		*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe Download Horses for Windows, Prom Edition]''', which is a variant that I wrote for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom prom] while in high school

	==Screen Shots==		==Screen Shots==

Stevenlawrance: /* Prom Edition */

2007-10-14T05:09:03Z

Prom Edition

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	==Prom Edition==		==Prom Edition==
	In 1997, I [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe adapted] Horses for Windows to have a prom theme, which primarily affects the shared store. Instead of feed, horses, and stables, the store sells roses, tickets, and hotel rooms.		In 1997, I [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe adapted] Horses for Windows to have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom prom] theme, which primarily affects the shared store. Instead of feed, horses, and stables, the store sells roses, tickets, and hotel rooms.

	[[Image:HorsesPromMain.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The main screen in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]		[[Image:HorsesPromMain.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The main screen in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]

	[[Image:HorsesPromRacing.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The race in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]		[[Image:HorsesPromRacing.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The race in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]

Stevenlawrance at 03:28, 14 October 2007

2007-10-14T03:28:20Z

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	==Prom Edition==		==Prom Edition==
	In 1997, I adapted Horses for Windows to have a prom theme, which primarily affects the shared store. Instead of feed, horses, and stables, the store sells roses, tickets, and hotel rooms. The ~~horse happiness algorithm was renamed to the players' dancing abilities~~. ~~Everything had a prom theme except~~ for ~~the racing itself, which continued to use horse images~~.		In 1997, I [https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe adapted] Horses for Windows to have a prom theme, which primarily affects the shared store. Instead of feed, horses, and stables, the store sells roses, tickets, and hotel rooms.

			[[Image:HorsesPromMain.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The main screen in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]

			[[Image:HorsesPromRacing.png\|thumb\|400px\|none\|The race in Horses for Windows Prom Edition using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_%28software%29 Wine] on [http://www.opensuse.org/ Novell openSUSE 10.2]]]

Stevenlawrance: New page: Horses for Windows running in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95] [[Image:HorsesDifficulty.png|thumb|right|400p...

2007-10-14T03:10:46Z

New page

[[Image:Program-horsesforwindows1 0.png|thumb|right|400px|Horses for Windows running in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Windows 95]]] [[Image:HorsesDifficulty.png|thumb|right|400px|Horses for Windows running in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1 Windows 3.1]. Four different difficulty levels exist in this game: Easy, Medium, Hard, and CATastrophe]] Horses for Windows is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_racing horse racing] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategy_game strategy game] written for {{Tech:Win16}}. Depending on the health and happiness of the player's and computer's horses, one horse wins a race while the other loses, though ties are possible. Between races, the player and the computer buy horse supplies from a shared store, giving priority to the player and leaving the computer with the leftovers. The objective of the game is thus to earn enough money through race betting to buy most or all supplies in the store on every round, leaving the computer's horse unhealthy and unhappy.

Horses was inspired by a horse racing program that Robert "Bobby" Zoller, a friend in high school, wrote on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-81 TI-81 graphing calculator]. That game used dots to represent the horses as they moved across the screen. Horses for Windows applied that same concept with graphics and added the shared store to make it a strategy game.

==Download==
*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/horses.zip Download Horses for Windows]'''
*'''[https://www.moonlightdesign.org/steve/programs/ghsprom.exe Download Horses for Windows, Prom Edition]''', which is a variant that I wrote for the prom while in high school

==Screen Shots==
{|
|[[Image:HorsesPlay.png|thumb|300px|none|The main game play screen, which lets the player place a bet for the race. A bet of zero dollars is permitted, but a negative bet is not allowed]]
|[[Image:HorsesShop.png|thumb|350px|none|The shop. Although you can buy more than one horse, only one is used in the race, and at least one is required to race]]
|-
|[[Image:HorsesProgman.png|thumb|300px|none|The icons added by the installer in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Manager Windows Program Manager]]]
|[[Image:HorsesAbout.png|thumb|350px|none|The program's "about" screen]]
|}

==Cheating==
To facilitate easy cheating, I wrote a saved game editor that enables users to adjust the attributes of their horse as well as the computer's horse, the supply levels at the shared shop, and the odds of winning the next race.

[[Image:HorseEdit.png|thumb|300px|none|The Horses for Windows saved game editor]]

==Prom Edition==
In 1997, I adapted Horses for Windows to have a prom theme, which primarily affects the shared store. Instead of feed, horses, and stables, the store sells roses, tickets, and hotel rooms. The horse happiness algorithm was renamed to the players' dancing abilities. Everything had a prom theme except for the racing itself, which continued to use horse images.