Place Platforms Randomly
In the first version of Escape, we placed the platforms ourselves, by specifying the position of each one. This meant every time someone played the game, the platforms were in the same spots. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because you can design the pit to be just as difficult as you like. In this version, try another strategy and place the platforms randomly. The three pictures that follow do not show the actual placement of platforms in the game. They help explain what you are doing in the calculations that actually place the platforms.
To place the platforms randomly, while still making the game playable each ...
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