tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49641403449249932692012-02-16T15:38:23.976-08:00Drain Bamagenoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4964140344924993269.post-53650234850050743182008-07-16T13:26:00.000-07:002008-07-16T01:16:40.426-07:00I've been working on a google gadget for the East Africa Google Gadget competition. My gadget is based on a puzzle that I loved when I was young. Its a version of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-puzzle">15 puzzle</a> but instead of having numbered blocks the blocks form an image of a lion. I implemented the iterative deepening A* search algorithm to a max depth of 8(any deeper and it crashes most browsers) entirely in Javascript. There are no server side scripts at all. I used Javascript because I wanted the gadget to be as interactive as possible. It's still a work in progress but I hope you all enjoy it.<br /><script src="http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://hosting.gmodules.com/ig/gadgets/file/117564701391687188686/sliding_puzzle.xml&amp;synd=open&amp;w=400&amp;h=470&amp;title=Sliding+Puzzle&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script><br />There are a few features that I want to implement mainly a timer and a hall of fame, hopefully I'll have that done by the weekend. The solve functionality also needs quite a bit of modification. Please leave a comment about what you think about the gadget. Thanks.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4964140344924993269-5365023485005074318?l=gglefanboy.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Drain Bamagenoreply@blogger.com0