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GraphicsPath Front – Vector drawing software

GraphicsPath Front is vector drawing software based upon the GraphicsPath .net class.

Download (source and binaries) — Execute \bin\debug\GraphicsPathFront.exe or compile from source.

Some of the notable features include:

• Save/load vectorized graphics, or save in numerous rasterized formats.
• Configurable and snap-to'able grid.
• Live preview of what's being drawn, including rendering in real-time.
• The ability to render as mouse input. (Need to see the videos to understand!)
  • Rendering an elaborate font as mouse input to Microsoft Paint.
  • Rendering a vectorized playing card as mouse input to Microsoft Paint.

There are several limitations in this program due to the limits of the underlying GraphicsPath class. Though the code is in place to do so, nodes can not be directly edited once created, for example. Nor can different paths be drawn using different pens.

Boggle.exe

Boggle.exe is a computerized version of the Hasbro dice game. It's intended to be played by multiple people infront of the computer using pens and paper, no internet play is supported as it's ridiculously easy to cheat. The main neat feature of Boggle.exe over it's physical counterpart is a board solver. Once the game is over, all of the valid words inside of the board are shown and can be highlighted (see picture).

Download (source and executable) — Extract to it's own directory and run \bin\debug\Boggle.exe. words.txt must be in the same directory as the executable.