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-- draw a samurai on the screen at _x and _y positions
-- _color holds a two element array for the palette swap
-- _head holds the head sprite of the samurai
-- _flip indicates two horizontally flip the whole thing 
-- for opponent drawing
function draw_samurai(_x, _y, _color, _stance, _head, _flip)

	-- offset for heads, because the base sprite is not symetrical.
	local headOffset = {3,1}
	if _flip then headOffset = {5,1} end

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Candidate List for my review Series: PicoShorts: https://github.com/Achie72/kofi-articles?tab=readme-ov-file#picoshorts

Golf Escape by Davbo: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=139431#p
jetpack 1.2 by strirky: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=139451#p
Rover defence by ggaughan: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=139475#p
Cave Diving Gone Bad by taxicomics: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=139584#p
Bounce Game by SaKo: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=139631#p

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-- Bresenham's line + A*
-- Made for Crumbling Crypt: https://ko-fi.com/Post/Crumbling-Crypt-1--A-minimalist-Roguelike-B0B1SPL7E

-- calc manthattan distance, which is the grid based
-- tile distance between two points
function heuristic(a, b)
	return (abs(a.x - b.x)+ abs(a.y-b.y))
end

-- Insertion Sort by @impbox

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-- Made for Crumbling Crypt: https://ko-fi.com/Post/Crumbling-Crypt-1--A-minimalist-Roguelike-B0B1SPL7E
-- Original version for my game called Kumatori Panic!: https://ko-fi.com/post/Kumatori-Panic-4--Eggs-Better-Movement-Lore-Ac-N4N0N6K7W

function build_room(corner_sprite_id, corner, _x, _y)
	--printh("building room at: ".._x.." ".._y)
	local idString = ""
    -- indicate where the given sprite starts on
    -- the sprite sheet.
    local xStart = 0
    local yStart = 0

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-- General walker for dungeon template generation
-- Made for Crumbling Crypt: https://ko-fi.com/Post/Crumbling-Crypt-1--A-minimalist-Roguelike-B0B1SPL7E

function generate_dungeon()
	-- random walker on an 8x8 grid on map
	-- set rooms to 1 if there should be something
	-- move randomly on if we are good
	local roomNumber = 4+flr(player.level/2)
	local xStart,yStart = flr(rnd(8)),flr(rnd(8))
	mset(xStart,yStart,1)

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-- we start with the scene variable in init
scene = "menu"

-- then in update
function _update()
    -- increase the tick
    t+=1
    if t > 29 then
        t = 0
        seconds += 1

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 -- color table to define which direction should have
    -- which color during the printing
    local colorTable = {
        ⬅️ = 9,
        ⬇️ = 10,
        ⬆️ = 11,
        ➡️ = 12      
    } 

    -- iterate through all elemenets in the fruitCollection

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-- function to build directional combo
-- with lenght of the parameter
-- 11 fruit types
function create_combo(_length)
    -- combo options
    local comboTable = {"⬅️","⬇️","⬆️","➡️"}
    -- combo string in build
    local combo=""
    -- create string equal to combo lenght
    for i=1,_length do

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Penguin Rush by m4ttbit - Race the iceberg to you den! Gather fish and escape the ever approaching glacier! - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133805#p 
Another Tetris by Luife - Another Tetris clone - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133813#p
Gun Potato by RageBarbaari - Score Chaser Shmup where you shoot food - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133822#p
Vacay Volley by ejreyes - Help Ollie to juggle the volleyball as long as you can - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133840#p
Star Addict by Davi_Dash - Use your time to gather stars, dash and slide - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133841#p
DriftBomb by jnjbaggott1 - Asteroid like score chaser - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=53970
Sine Surf by RoverKibb - Surf along a sine wave in this score chaser dodge'em up - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133936#p
Labyrint Runner by Witcherchan - An Impossible Game like maze runner - https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=133946#p
Pling Plong Galaxy! by EinarBrown - Circular Pong+Breakout mashup - 

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function draw_box(x, y, w, h, style)
    -- chip
    if style == 0 then
        -- the top-corner decal sprite
        spr(240, x-1, y)
        -- top
        line(x, y, x+w-4, y, 7)
        --left
        line(x, y, x, y+h, 7)
        -- bot