OrcaJam 2024! 

Theme is.... Go Big!

My interpretation:

I was feeling a bit worn out after recently completing the Ludum Dare Jam (I made a Hangman game in Rust) I decided to take a simple step backwards and recreate the very first game/app I was proud of. This was Grade 11 Computer Science in Meadow Lake SK. I was enjoying my time learning C++ and making Number guessing games. When I started using QuickBasic in CSC 100 I found it to be really expressive for my level of skill. During class I wrote a simple procedure in the terminal to simulate a chasing enemy, and moving player, constricted inside a square room. This app is a faithful recreation of that previous program that I remember nostalgically.

I guess for me "Go Big or Go Home" just meant sticking around and getting some work done, even if it wasn't special or important. It was a lot of fun to talk to and meet all the talented people in the room.

I am interested in functional programming languages now, so I picked up OCaml after hearing about it on Youtube. I found that the installation process was lengthy, and quirky. Later I found that compiler did not present helpful error messages. But I did enjoy my time with it's cool type system, even in this little baby application, that you can run on Windows right now.

Use the ASDW Keys to move the player

Please view my source code HERE!