NXCraps! Version 1.0 By Mark Trombino trombino@wendy.ucsd.edu NXCraps is a craps game for NEXTSTEP, compiled for both NeXT and Intel Harware. It can be obtained from the following archive: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/submissions/NXCraps1.0.pkg or later: ftp://ftp.cs.orst.edu/software/next/binaries/games/NXCraps1.0.pkg The installed application takes up about 4MB of diskspace (about 2.7MB for black hardware only). * * * * * Just what the NEXTSTEP Community needed.... A craps game! I wrote this game in preparation for a trip to Las Vegas. I had rented some casino games for my SNES and found them difficult and cumbersome to use. I thought that I would try and do better... I have since gone a little overboard with the game. Its way more involved now than I had intended, and at the same time is missing what I really wanted to implement: animation. However, lacking any 3D software and the skills necessary to draw dice by hand, I decided to leave it for a later version... If there is one. As it stands now the game is probably easier to play and faster without the animation. Some features of NXCraps! Simple GUI with point and click betting. Almost all bets have been implemented. Table minimums and maximums can be changed at any time. Free odds allowed (up to ten times a la the Frontier). Numbers of wins and loses tracked on the table. Descriptions of a bet displayed on the table by moving the mouse over it. Up to four players allowed. Sound Effects. Extensive NEXTSTEP help for the first time craps player. An ATM so players can withdraw more money when they bet the farm and lose. Games are not saved, but player files are, retaining the amount you have in chips, and the amount you have withdrawn. This also means a player could play the game alone, then later use the same file and play with another person. Player files are independent of NXCraps, so that I could write other casino games and players could use the same files. Beautiful black and white color! Its stupid, it unnecessary, and its fun. Enjoy it! Mark Trombino Please send me any comments or suggestions!