                   +  +              +     +--+  +--+
                   |  |                       |  |  |
                   +--+  +  +  +--+  +     +--+  +--+
                   |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |        |
                   +  +  +--+  +--+  +     +--+     +
                                  |
                               +--+  compo



Version 1.1
 - Your entry does not have to handle any other char besides the space,
   the 0Dh char (CR), and the digits for the seed number.  Any other char
   is considered illegal.
 - The CRLF pair at the end of each line must be in the order of CRLF and
   each line must contain that pair at the end.


Version 1.0 (original version)

BOO! Yep, Halloween is coming up, and in fact is the deadline for this compo.

This time your task is very simple. This time all you have to do is make the
world's smallest program to construct random mazes. Of course they can't be
totally random - they can only be pseudo random, and the random number
generator has already been chosen for you. Also chosen are the dimensions of
the mazes. And, in keeping with the theme of the season, you must put a little
ghost at the entrance to your mazes and a house (to haunt) at the exit.

So you don't have to look at the same maze over and over again, you get to
choose the starting seed for the random number generator. This is done by
entering it on the command line, for example: entry 29.

Your program must handle seeds in the range of 0 through 100. If no number is
entered then the seed must default to 0. You may assume that there is a single
space character separating any seed number from the name of your program
(which, as always, must be called "entry"). You may not assume that there is a
carriage return immediately following the seed number (because of the tester).

Oh yeah, one other little rule: You must use DOS routines to display the
characters in your mazes rather than BIOS routines. This way the automatic
tester can redirect your characters to an output file and use that to compare
with a file generated by the example program.

Send your entry.com file along with its source code to Sniper at:

                   ------->> fys@frontiernet.net <<-------

The deadline is the 31st of October 2009 at the stroke of midnight MST. You
may submit entries as often as you like up until the deadline. In fact you're
encouraged to do so to add excitement to the compo.

Besides these rules, you must follow the general rules that apply to all
compos. These are described in the accompanying file, general.txt.

Please note: Even if your entry passes the automatic tester, it doesn't
necessarily mean that it's completely valid. It's up to you to make sure that
it meets all the rules.

After the deadline, each entry will be released to the participants who get to
look it over to check its validity. Five bytes will be added to your score for
each violation found plus the number of bytes needed to correct it.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to post them at:
hugi-compo@yahoogroups.com

Have fun!
Boreal
