virus

okay, it's not actually a virus clone, but it's similar. you control this space craft (called a 'lump of lem') to a safe landing, then get graded on how well you did. it uses a physics api called math engine and is written in c++

about half way through university, my attitude changed to one of wanting to just get a decent grade by completing the tasks in hand well (instead of faffing about adding things that i liked to projects, but got me nowhere). it was an important step towards the style of working you need to do to survive the private sector. this program sticks in my mind as one of the first projects post that point. that's why the graphics are so poor. the only thing i did extra to requirement, was add the grading system - which was quick to do, made the game more fun, and probably got me some extra credit.

i haven't got the game any more, so you'll have to settle for these pictures.

these pictures were all bmps when i uploaded them - it took ages. i'm hoping blogger will convert them all to jpegs or pngs so they'll be a little smaller on the way down.

the lem still someway from landing, as seen through one of the bird cameras. you must try and land in the middle of the landing pad, at a slow rate and in a reasonable time to get the best grade

this is the best grade you can get. all of the tests are within the parameters. x and z are ground position, dy is impact velocity, and t is time taken