NAME

Games::Crosswords - Crosswords Game

SYNOPSIS

use Games::Crosswords;
$c = Games::Crosswords->new({TABLE => blah, LEXICON => blah blah});
$c->genpuzzle();

DESCRIPTION

This module helps users create crosswords and print output to a TEX file. Users can convert the TEX ouput to a ps or pdf file.

METHODS

new({TABLE => blah, LEXICON => blah blah})

To illustrate the parameters, it is better to use an example.

TABLE => <<BLAH;
@@@@.@
@@@@.@
@@....
@@@@.@
BLAH,

@ is for a block cell, and . for a blank one.

 LEXICON =>
 {
    DOWN =>
	[
	 [ 0, 4, 'The camel language', 'Perl' ],
	 ],
    ACROSS =>
	[
	 [ 2, 2, 'The cool author', 'xern' ],
	 ]
 }

The first two indicate the y-th row and the x-th column. Both of them count from 0. Then, the hint follows. The last one is the answer which is not necessary unless users invoke gensolution.

table

Users may redefine the crosswords table.

lexicon

Users may redefine the lexicon data.

genpuzzle

Generates the puzzle. It prints the result to STDOUT unless given the file's name

gensolution

Generates the solution. It prints the result to STDOUT unless given the file's name

SEE ALSO

eg/puzzle.pl, eg/solution.pl

AUTHOR

xern <xern@cpan.org>

LICENSE

Released under The Artistic License