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Well, you can start from zero for arrays (like a normal programming language), but you have to jump through an additional hoop to do so. OPTION BASE 0 ' sets all arrays in this program to have an implicit 0 starting point instead of 1 OR DIM head(0 TO 19, 0 TO 19) ' explicity define a lower bound on...

Swapping over variables from a sub routine? You mean parameter passing? Just DIMension some SHARED variables. If ever function is just flingin' around the same data, why not? Making a TYPE for the wrestlers (the t* and o* parameters) might also help. Less strings would always help. You can always en...

I'm a rasslin' fan here, and I gotta say, I didn't like a lot of choices you made with your game. It seemed more like a WWE sim than a wrestling sim, and there's a big difference between the two. I know you put a lot of work into it with all the options and situations you coded, but the actual fight...

To erase the tail, simply redraw the background over it before you pop off the end/replace the furthest segment with the new head position. It really depends on how you are going to code the snake, but no matter what, you'll always store the snake segments in an array (or arrays), and erasing will a...

The only way that I can think to have a maximum length would be to create an array of every location occupied by the snake. As it gets longer, the array would shift. Empty elements would be replaced by active ones, and when the maximum length was reached, the location would simply disappear. This me...