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		<title>How often is the depot updated w/ new stuff?</title>
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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>I posted a game on the depot in june. It still hasn&#39;t been approved or disapproved.<br />its not that great of a game but if you play it, it can be addictive. It&#39;s called the SUPER_DUPER_LINE_GAME. If you want to check it out, download it from <a href="http://members.allegro.cc/yoitsdave92/hey.html">http://members.allegro.cc/yoitsdave92/hey.html</a>.:)
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (yoitsdave92)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>After seeing your website I&#39;m surprised about the high quality of your game.</p><p>Still, one thing is bothering me:
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DO NOT take your fingers off the arrow keys untill you finish a level
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Is this because you wanted it that way or an unwanted side effect?</p><p>.. the depot is updated on an irregular basis. Just wait, it usually takes from 2 weeks to 5 months to get your game there.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Simon Parzer)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 02:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (CursedTyrant)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Paul whoknows)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
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After seeing your website I&#39;m surprised about the high quality of your game.
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<img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/grin.gif" alt=";D" />
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (ReyBrujo)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>The game froze after I died a lot on level 5.</p><p>Also, you should change the ball physics. It seems as though (and it probably does) the ball follows the same path every time for every level.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Jeff Bernard)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Interesting concept.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Mark Oates)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><div class="quote_container"><div class="title">Quote:</div><div class="quote"><p>
Interesting concept.
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The interesting thing is that the ball is so hard to dodge, even if it&#39;s 100% predictable (only 45 degree bounces, always the same start position).<br />I needed several tries to reach the second level.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Simon Parzer)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><div class="quote_container"><div class="title">yoitsdave92 said:</div><div class="quote"><p>
I posted a game on the depot in june. It still hasn&#39;t been approved or disapproved.
</p></div></div><p>Me too. I&#39;ve received the approval mail this morning, four week after. Patience <img src="http://www.allegro.cc/forums/smileys/wink.gif" alt=";)" />.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Niunio)</author>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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The interesting thing is that the ball is so hard to dodge, even if it&#39;s 100% predictable (only 45 degree bounces, always the same start position).<br />I needed several tries to reach the second level.
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I found that the first four levels can easily be beaten by using the same exact same strategy (go to the outside and then travel around the edge until you win). But I haven&#39;t beaten the fifth level yet.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Jeff Bernard)</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 05:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>Thanks for your support of my game!!! I don&#39;t know why it crashes when you press escape I&#39;ll show my source code, see if you can figure it out.:)</p><p>The ball just bounces around, and it starts in the same position each time, thats why the pattern is the same. My code is probably not the greatest. Please forgive me this is the first real game I&#39;ve written.;)</p><p>You will see how simple the game code is, but it took me a while to write.</p><p>At first the arrow key thing was unwanted but then instead of fixing it I realized it to add an extra challenge.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (yoitsdave92)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>I just wanted to point out:
</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"></div><div class="inner"><table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="number">1</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">2</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L1.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">3</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">4</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L2.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">5</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">2</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">6</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">2</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L3.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">7</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">3</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">8</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">3</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L4.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">9</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">4</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">10</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">4</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L5.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">11</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">12</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L6.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">13</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">6</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">14</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">6</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L7.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">15</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">7</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">16</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">7</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L8.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">17</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">8</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">18</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">8</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L9.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">19</td><td><span class="k1">if</span> <span class="k2">(</span>level <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">9</span><span class="k2">)</span></td></tr><tr><td class="number">20</td><td>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">9</span><span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"L10.bmp"</span>, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p>

Can easily be written as:
</p><div class="source-code snippet"><div class="inner"><pre><span class="k1">char</span> filename<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">10</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_737.html" target="_blank">sprintf</a><span class="k2">(</span>filename, <span class="s">"L%d.bmp"</span>, level <span class="k3">+</span> <span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
L<span class="k2">[</span>level<span class="k2">]</span> <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/load_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">load_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>filename, NULL<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
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And likewise:
</p><div class="source-code snippet"><div class="inner"><pre><a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">1</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">2</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">3</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">4</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">5</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">6</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">7</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">8</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k2">[</span><span class="n">9</span><span class="k2">]</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
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can be:
</p><div class="source-code snippet"><div class="inner"><pre><span class="k1">for</span> <span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">int</span> i <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="n">0</span><span class="k2">;</span> i<span class="k3">&lt;</span><span class="n">10</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k3">+</span><span class="k3">+</span>i<span class="k2">)</span>
  <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/destroy_bitmap" target="_blank"><span class="a">destroy_bitmap</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>L<span class="k3">&lt;</span>i&gt;<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
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Edit: Now that you&#39;ve attached the file and I see you&#39;re using C++, the string manipulation is even easier. (Read up on std::string.)
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Kikaru)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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OH DEAR MERCIFUL LORD, MY EYES!!!
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I thought you were exaggerating until I looked.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Michael Jensen)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Looked at his site, and-</p><p>OH DEAR MERCIFUL LORD, MY EYES!!!
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I feel sympathy. I also had a site like that when I was 13. Ok, maybe not THAT bad. But I had a blue (#0000ff) background and links in all rainbow colors.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Simon Parzer)</author>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (Neil Black)</author>
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