For my final AP Computer Science project in June 2008, I worked with Brandon Liu and Yuzhi Zheng to develop FINALE, a falling block game based on the PSP game Lumines. The object of the game is to match colored blocks into squares, which are cleared away when the “time bar” passes them. Clearing more squares in each pass of the time bar gives an exponentially larger number of points.
Here are some screenshots. (I’m happy to say our graphical presentation was spectacular, with all graphics, backgrounds, and game pieces custom designed in Inkscape.)
- Main Menu
- Instructions
- Matching squares - zooming animation
- Multiple levels and particle-based explosions
- The Final Level - How long can you survive?
- High Scores
Continue reading ‘FINALE: a falling block game’
(On Debian 5.0. May be slightly different on other distros)
Create files in /etc/skel/:
$ cd /etc/skel
$ mkdir -P etc/php5
$ cp /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini /etc/skel/etc/php5/php.ini
$ mkdir fcgi-bin
$ vi fcgi-bin/php5.fcgi
Paste the following:
#!/bin/bash
export PHPRC=$PWD/../etc/php5
umask 022
export SCRIPT_FILENAME=$PATH_TRANSLATED
exec /usr/bin/php-cgi
Then, in Virtualmin > System Settings > Server Templates > Default Settings > Apache website > Directives and settings:
ServerName ${DOM}
ServerAlias www.${DOM}
DocumentRoot ${HOME}/public_html
ErrorLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_error_log
CustomLog /var/log/virtualmin/${DOM}_access_log combined
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php index.php4 index.php5
Options -Indexes IncludesNOEXEC FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
allow from all
AllowOverride All
AddHandler fcgid-script .php
FCGIWrapper ${HOME}/fcgi-bin/php5.fcgi .php
AddHandler cgi-script cgi
Important notes:
ExecCGI is required! Otherwise, 403 Forbidden errors will occur.- The wrapper script and php files must not be group/world-writable!
- Look in
/var/log/apache2/suexec.log for hints if you’re having trouble.
