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As a programmer, I spent 35 playing the game, but I didn't quite understand what is going. Your video shows that the camera should be moving with a character, but in-game it doesn't, so the second level is getting solved blind.

I solved 3rd level with:

def _A():

gx = -100

gy = -100

found = False

d = 20

for xx in range(5, d):

say(xx)

for yy in range(-d, d):

if is_goal(get_pos_x()+xx, get_pos_y()+yy):

gx = get_pos_x() + xx

gy = get_pos_y() + yy

found = True

break

if found:

break

print(gx, gy)

dx = 1

if gx+0 < get_pos_x()+0:

dx = 0 - 1

dy = 1

if gy+0 < get_pos_y()+0:

dy = 0 - 1

while get_pos_x()+0 != gx+0:

print(get_pos_x(), gx)

move(dx, 0)

while get_pos_y()+0 != gy+0:

move(0, dy)

submit()

_A()

The "+0" stuff is because otherwise you get

<color=red>[ERROR]</color> <color=red>[ERROR]</color> Cannot compare values of types System.Double and System.Int32

but then you can't convert to int with int(x) either:

<color=red>[ERROR]</color> <color=red>[ERROR]</color> Unknown function 'int' at line 15

Similarly, comparison doesn't produce True without "+0".After the 3rd level I got solid blue screen. Is this intended?

P.S.I currently work on a commercial text-coding game (in esoteric programming language). If these types of games interest you as a player, feel free to join as a playtester:)

an-alch3mist124 days ago (5 edits)

Hey thanks for pointing it out, since the interpreter was hardcoded in other programming language, there is data type mismatch XD. along with that fix i’ll implement the int() functionality

new: its now browser playable, included more levels
fixed: blue screen after level 3

esoteric programming language sounds interesting, would love to check it out.

Igor Konyakhin123 days ago(+1)

How experienced are you with interprets? Have you used external parsing library?

Pro tip: C# has a built-in compiler of C#.

There doesn't seem to be messaging functionality on Itch. Message me on Discord/Telegram/Facebook: @nns2009

an-alch3mist123 days ago (5 edits) (+1)

hey, pretty new(when it comes to building an interpreter), i always wanted to make a programming puzzle kinda games(my fav genre). GMTK Theme 2025: Gave an oppertunity to research and implement one. chose python like language: cause easier for a beginner player.

as for the interpreter, i built it from scratch tokens, lexicals behaviour etc in C#(hard coded).|

cause i kinda wanted complete control over what the language can do,

for example the line highlight to know what like the program running and in game custom functions such as move(“”), say(“”) etc would have been not convinient by using compiler to gamify as coroutines. (have sent a message on discord: @user_nox)

Igor Konyakhin122 days ago(+1)

Pretty impressive you were able to achieve this much during the jam interpret-wise with little prior experience and no libraries. Message received.

an-alch3mist122 days ago (2 edits) (+1)

Fixed:

int, double are now compared no need for cast with +0
any unusual unicode character generater from copy-paste are now cleared
updated handling window system and more
for/while loopBatchTime speed up when there is just operations inside.

Igor Konyakhin122 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

I reached the next level with blocks, but "or" seems to not work. I now get "Unsupported binary operator OR at line 27".

Looking at Windows in your game made me think if I should make UI sections in my game re-arrangeable, but looks like something not worth the effort. What's the purpose for that "Other script Window"? It seems to not do anything, but occupy screen space.

def func():
    gx = -100
    gy = -100
    found = False
    d = 20
    for xx in range(5, d):
        say(xx)
        for yy in range(-d, d):
            if is_goal(get_pos_x()+xx, get_pos_y()+yy):
                gx = get_pos_x() + xx
                gy = get_pos_y() + yy
                found = True
                break
        if found:
            break
    print(gx, gy)
    dx = 1
    if gx < get_pos_x():
        dx = -1
    dy = 1
    if gy < get_pos_y():
        dy = -1
    while get_pos_x() != gx or get_pos_y() != gy:
        if is_block(get_pos_x() + dx, get_pos_y()):
            while get_pos_x() != gx:
                print(get_pos_x(), gx)
                move(dx, 0)
        else:
            while get_pos_y() != gy:
                move(0, dy)
    submit()
func()

an-alch3mist122 days ago (3 edits) (+1)

thanks for pointing out the or functionality.

the other script is for a test run, since there is no undo/redo yet: i figured would be convinient to have a seperate window by side. also wanted to learn resize/minimizable window system.

[edit]: now boolean operations not, and, or as well as bitwise operations >> << | & ~ are supported (updated to v2.0.zip for windows)

Igor Konyakhin121 days ago(+1)

I have beaten the game with the following code:

def func():
    gx = -100
    gy = -100
    found = False
    d = 20
    for xx in range(4, d):
        say(xx)
        for yy in range(-d, d):
            if is_goal(get_pos_x()+xx, get_pos_y()+yy):
                gx = get_pos_x() + xx
                gy = get_pos_y() + yy
                found = True
                break
        if found:
            break
    print(gx, gy)
    dx = 1
    if gx < get_pos_x():
        dx = -1
    dy = 1
    if gy < get_pos_y():
        dy = -1
    while get_pos_x() != gx or get_pos_y() != gy:
        if get_pos_x() != gx and not is_block(get_pos_x() + dx, get_pos_y()):
            print(get_pos_x(), gx)
            move(dx, 0)
        else:
            move(0, dy)
    submit()
func()

Speaking of minor issues, I noticed that sometimes when resizing a window (specifically, enlarging), line numbers move separately from code.

an-alch3mist121 days ago(-1)

well done :D you beat the game.

Fixed:

boolean and, or, not fixed
there is now support for bitwise << >> | & ~

yep, the line number part is kinda tricky to achive with TMP_InputField since (it does’nt come with a scroll view) should use alternate approach, will try again XD.

while True: move("right")

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