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Reliquarium

https://sourceforge.net/projects/reliquarium/
Unique 3D Slider Puzzles for kids

Reliquarium is a set of four 3D slider puzzles, all with a Crystal Skull theme.

Reckless raiders Jones & Croft have plundered a tomb and displaced an ancient relic. The objective is to return the relic to the center of its cubical box by rearranging the numbered blocks back into their proper order, which usually represents an RGB coloring...Red in the X-direction, Green in the Y-direction, Blue in the Z-direction.

Dragging the cursor rotates the cube for a better view angle. The mouse wheel zooms. Typing a number 1..8 selects a block to move, 0 selects the relic itself. Then use the keys {u,d,l,r,f,b} to move it.

Alternatively, you can select a block by clicking the cursor near your pick, prior to the move.

As indicated on screen, (h) will toggle a help screen.

These puzzles are easy enough for children and will likely help with learning 3D visualization, geometry, problem solving and computer skills.

Uses the Ada programming language and fully modern OpenGL methods with textures, shaders and uniforms. Focusing on portability and freedom, no coding effort or compromise has been made to accomodate proprietary operating systems. It relies on a thin SDL2 binding from Dan Vazquez, a thin OpenGL binding from "Lumen", a PNG reader by Stephen Sanguine, and SFML-Audio (because of its elegant audio interface).

Written in C++ style, the code neglects many safety features available to Ada, but it does serve as a working example for learning OpenGL. The Ada bindings used are thin, so the relationship to C++ methodology is transparent. Developers should note that these Ada bindings are usable as a standalone library for most any OpenGL project that uses Ada.

Thus, for the C++ programmer the code should be easy to comprehend; and for the experienced Ada programmer there are many potential improvements to be made. Suggestions or improvements from Ada developers are not only welcomed, but solicited.





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19 June 2021




Leaders and contributors

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Rufas Cube (Fastrgv)primary developer


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Changeloghttps://github.com/fastrgv/Reliquarium#revision-history
Bug Trackinghttps://github.com/fastrgv/Reliquarium/issues


Software prerequisites

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