I know by posting this I'm being lazy, and maybe kind of a jerk saying "please clean up my awful mess for me.", but this is what always happens. I think I have a good idea, but my code turns into garbage that gives me a headache and makes me abandon ship. Some of you might think "Well, if you can't get past that you aren't really a good programmer and don't deserve to complete a project." That's probably true, but it's been a dream for over 30 years, and I'm not really much closer than when I started with this, so why not ask for help? I'd definitely want to give credit for any teamwork with it, and I'm determined to finish this one - it's the perfect game for me to power through and see to the end. If I have to trim it down to almost nothing, that's what I'll do.
Since this is a screen-at-a-time game, if I can just get a clean, efficient version of the code I already have done, my chances will be better than with anything I've tried before. and I know at some point I'm going to have to get a Harmony so I can test things myself. Here's hoping I get that far this time!