Snake 3D
Micro Focus COBOL Code Contest
Snake is a video game which originated during the late 1970s in arcades and has maintained popularity since then, becoming a classic.
The player controls a long, thin creature, resembling a snake, which roams around on a bordered plane, picking up food trying to avoid hitting its own tail or the "walls" that surround the playing area. Each time the snake eats a piece of food it gooes faster and its tail grows longer, making the game increasingly difficult. The user controls the direction of the snake's head, and the snake's body follows. The player cannot stop the snake from moving while the game is in progress.
A modernized Visual COBOL version ofSnake, by Marco Cavanna (Italy)
This modernized Visual COBOL version of Snake, by Marco Cavanna, took the contest by storm and by unanimous decision is our runaway competition winner. Marco was able to take a classic gaming experience to the next level by going 3 dimensional! Marco created what is probably the world’s first 3-d graphics gaming engine in COBOL.
Staying true to the original game, Marco even incorporated effects in this modern revival. Just as addictive now as it was then, a fantastic twist on a retro gaming classic – we loved it!
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SUCCESS STORIES
The support we had from GoodWorks staff was great. They helped us to convert our application for Carriers from RM Cobol using CobolWOW graphics to Micro Focus Visual Cobol using XAML graphics. Moreover they handled the migration of RM proprietary data into relational DB tables while retaining COBOL standard data access instructions and without changes into the program. We trust GoodWorks as a really experienced partner for the modernization of software applications and we look forward to continue to share success with them.
Elena & Paolo Caporello,
Drag & Drop snc