﻿TODO:

        allow recording and replay of input so that e.g. screenshots
        can be automatically updated for a new release. this might
        even make automatic regression testing possible...

        allow game state to be saved and restored.

        refactor

        for "bicolor" mazes (maze flag "~4"), use edge/gate proximity rather than width

        lvl printer numeric suffix when ambiguous and sufficient room

        v/s lists in separate files

        config dialog

        double buffering and possibly in-driver frame-skipping
            and/or redraw avoidance

        fold bitmap renderer into main code

        no transparency by default

        figure out much earlier whether the plain-text status
           line will be displayed and do not scroll the extra
           line if it is not to be displayed

        optional flip scrolling: break the screen into nonants and
           scroll in one nonant steps (or as much of a nonant as
           possible) to keep the focus in the center nonant

        black background by default, transparency optional

        refactor backend-independent code to a separate file(s)

        refactor backend implementation code to separate files, compiling conditionally

        native bitmap support

        optional bright bgcolor-by-blinking support

        ansi escapes in data files and per-character and per-tile coloring

        otto fruit -- przl pear bnna, bouncy

        eliminate the numerous memory leaks (mainly in the file parsers)

        allow run-time maze switching (or just exec'ing?) via a
           built-in "command line" editor

        a level editor, perhaps?

Bitmap Renderer Ideas:

BITMAP
BITMAP_DOUBLE
BITMAP_DOUBLEHEIGHT

BITMAP_BRAILLE
 ⊻
BITMAP_QUADRANT

double  dheight braille quad    pels/cell
n       n       n       n       1x2
n       n       -       y       2x2
n       n       y       -       2x4
n       y       n       n       1x1
n       y       -       y       2x1
n       y       y       -       2x2
y       n       n       n       ½x1
y       n       -       y       1x1
y       n       y       -       1x2
y       y       n       n       ½x½
y       y       -       y       1x½
y       y       y       -       1x1

braille pattern dots- U+2800 ... U+28FF
1 4
2 5
3 6
7 8

(no) ■ U+25A0 BLACK SQUARE
(no) ￭ U+FFED HALFWIDTH BLACK SQUARE


cp437
▀ U+2580 UPPER HALF BLOCK
▄ U+2584 LOWER HALF BLOCK
█ U+2588 FULL BLOCK
▌ U+258C LEFT HALF BLOCK
▐ U+2590 RIGHT HALF BLOCK

quadrants
▖ U+2596 QUADRANT LOWER LEFT
▗ U+2597 QUADRANT LOWER RIGHT
▘ U+2598 QUADRANT UPPER LEFT
▙ U+2599 QUADRANT UPPER LEFT AND LOWER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT
▚ U+259A QUADRANT UPPER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT
▛ U+259B QUADRANT UPPER LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT AND LOWER LEFT
▜ U+259C QUADRANT UPPER LEFT AND UPPER RIGHT AND LOWER RIGHT
▝ U+259D QUADRANT UPPER RIGHT
▞ U+259E QUADRANT UPPER RIGHT AND LOWER LEFT
▟ U+259F QUADRANT UPPER RIGHT AND LOWER LEFT AND LOWER RIGHT

Palette Allocation Ideas:

bitmap:

j in B,!^b,b
 i in F,^f,f
  ij,!ji

always:

XX -> 0X
00 -> 70

fallbacks:
XB -> !BX
XB -> !^bX
XB -> !Bx
4X -> _7X
8X -> v7X
FX -> fX
XY -> 0Y
XB -> Xb
FX -> ^fX
XY -> !Y0
XY -> Y0
X0 -> 70
70 -> .

(default)
 f0      70 10 20 30 40 50 60
 F0      F0 90 A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 80
!0b     !07!01!02!03!04!05!06
!0B     !0F!09!0A!0B!0C!0D!0E!08
 fb         71 72 73 74 75 76
        !17   !12!13!14!15!16
        !27 21   !23!24!25!26
        !37 31 32   !34!35!36
        !47 41 42 43   !45!46
        !57 51 52 53 54   !56
        !67 61 62 63 64 65
^XX     ^77^11^22^33^44^55^66
vXX     v77
 fB      7F 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 78
         1F 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 18
         2F 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 28
         3F 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 38
         4F 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 48
         5F 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 58
         6F 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 68
!Fb     !F7!97!A7!B7!C7!D7!E7!87
        !F1!91!A1!B1!C1!D1!E1!81
        !F2!92!A2!B2!C2!D2!E2!82
        !F3!93!A3!B3!C3!D3!E3!83
        !F4!94!A4!B4!C4!D4!E4!84
        !F5!95!A5!B5!C5!D5!E5!85
        !F6!96!A6!B6!C6!D6!E6!86
 FB         F9 FA FB FC FD FE F8
        !9F   !9A!9B!9C!9D!9E!98
        !AF A9   !AB!AC!AD!AE!A8
        !BF B9 BA   !BC!BD!BE!B8
        !CF C9 CA CB   !CD!CE!C8
        !DF D9 DA DB DC   !DE!D8
        !EF E9 EA EB EC ED   !E8
        !8F 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E
