Flyby is a terminal game meant to recreate the "fun" of opening cases in CS:GO.
It uses no engine, stock GO libraries and ANSI escape sequences, so this will only run terminals that support them. Flyby was developed and tested on a Debian server, using Nano through PuTTy.
I'm not a programmer, and this project was mainly an effort to learn the GO programming language, so expect bugs, and don't go too hard on my code okay, I'm trying :)
---FLYBY------V------------------------------------------------
GREAT DEBT AWAITS
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/ \
At the beginning of every Flyby game, you're given $100 to play into the machine. Upon betting, a random sequence of numbers ranged 0-9 will fly by the tick arrows to the left of the machine. The number that lands on the tick marks is what your input bet will be multiplied by.
---FLYBY------V------------------------------------------------
030026000030006070800000680002002077006400770620309000000002208
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/ \ 256 / 256
Cash: $700 WON! +$600
Of course, zero values are most common, and larger numbers are rarer than smaller numbers.
Despite how it may feel, the game is not rigged in any way, it's purely random, based on odds. There is no code to make you lose at critical times, or land on a zero that's right next to a nine. During testing, I was surprised by how rigged my own game felt. Technically, you can rig the game by setting either rigged or winner to true in the code, recompile, and you'll either get a nine every time, or a zero right next to a nine :)
The value of 256 below the machine represents how many frames the machine has left to tick before landing on the final number. This was originally a debug measure, but I found it added an element of suspense where players would try to predict the number as it got close to landing.
However, every bet there is a chance the machine won't complete the full 256 frames, and it will jam randomly on a random frame before 256. This does not help or hurt your odds past the first bet, because the numbers are still random either way. Jamming just adds to the fun.
Can you WIN Flyby?
Yes, the offical way to WIN is to BET ZERO or type "quit", causing the game to exit. After that, your current CASH is your score, and the game will print out your run stats. HIGHSCORE means nothing if it's not the balance you left with.
-A 64 character long random number sequence, that determines your win
-Rolling animation during bet
-Unique colors for each multiplier
-Win streak counter
-Messages for breaking certain records
-Extensively commented code
-Anti-gambling sentiment
-Weed and beer
-Dumb achievements
-JAMMING
-And more!
I will be accepting pull requests for new features, bugfixes and spelling mistakes. I'm open to anything really.
I dunno man, I picked GNU General Public License 3.0 because it sounded cool!
GO is not a bad language. I found it to be easier to navigate than C++, and I can actually understand what's going on. It's also got good speed, memory safety through garbage collection and quick compile times. I'd recommend it as a nice and versatile first programming language. The GOpher is also a hilarious mascot.