Eric's quote program

This program pulls a piece of text out of a file and draws it onto a bitmap which can be used as a desktop background. The program can be run from a startup script, so every time you boot up, you will be a different quote with different colours on your desktop. The zip here includes:

  • A DOS exe file, which should work in most versions of Windows
  • The source code, so you can make the executable if you have a C++ compiler and the Allegro and AllegroFont libraries.
  • A quote file of the book of Proverbs (ESV)
  • Another quote file I compiled from a few sources

    • This program won't be of any use if you can't set your desktop background or if your display only has 8-bit colour or if you are not familiar enough with your computer to follow the moderately difficult setup instructions.

    DOWNLOAD (358kB)
    Last updated Sat 8 Nov 03

    Traitorball

    Traitorball is a crazy game with lots of players and lots of balls and it requires a computer program to act as the scoreboard. This package includes:

  • The Windows exe file and everything else required to run
  • The source code, so you can make the executable if you have a C++ compiler and the Allegro library
  • An explanation of the game itself as well as of this program

    • DOWNLOAD (447kB)
    Last updated Fri 21 May 04. Link fixed Wed 1 Dec 04, so I guess nobody ever tries out this stuff :(.

    Word dispenser

    The word dispenser program used for Sculptionary. Includes:

  • The Windows exe file
  • A list of 100 words good for scuplting
  • The source code, as per my other programs.
    • I haven't included the Allegro DLL, hence the small size of the file. You need this to run in Windows, and it's included in both the other packages on this page.
    DOWNLOAD (50kB)
    Last updated Wed 1 Dec 04.

    Back to main page