Chapter 10 PAGE 1 STARTREK THE COMPUTER PROGRAM


                                   CHAPTER 10 

        10.1 The Remaining Systems

        Each  of the remaining systems and operations can be coded  based 
        on  the  structure and rules of the game outlined in  Chapter  3.  
        The  techniques  used are very similar as an examination  of  the 
        code in the file STARTREK.BAS will show.  

        10.2 You Are On Your Own

        Having understood the flow of the program and the coding, you may 
        now feel like modifying the program to customize it, for  example 
        with colors.  You may also try to code the program in Pascal or C 
        as  learning  exercise in that language.  In  any  event,  define 
        objectives or stages in the implementation of your project.

        Monitoring  progress is not easy.  People can sit at  a  terminal 
        for  hours and hack away and get nowhere fast.  Others will  take 
        pencil  to  paper  at a desk for several days, then  sit  at  the 
        computer for a few hours and complete the job while the hacker is 
        still  sitting  at  the terminal.  The best way  to  monitor  the 
        progress  of  the assignment is to see that  the  milestones  are 
        being  met  in  a  timely manner.  The best  way  to  meet  those 
        milestones  is to think ahead before coding.  Be a thinker not  a 
        hacker.

        10.3 The Dynamic or Real-Time Version

        LASTLY,  if  you would like to implement a dynamic or  real  time 
        version,  look at the contents of the file REALTIME.BAS. It  uses 
        much of same modules as in the static game. 

























        Copyright (c) Joe Kasser 1989