So... I have been working on porting Driller kNight to the pc. It is going pretty well so far. I even have a screen shot of it running.
The graphics are not final. They will probably change a bunch.

Hey!

I am working on a game and in my general worry-about-the-details-later programming style I ignored the fact that I was going to need to make a pathfinding algorithm. I have a couple ideas, but was wondering if there was any better ways of doing it. I am using a grid based world. It is never more than 50x50 tiles.

I could just brute force the best path, but I don't have a good way to check if the found path is the best one. Also storing the path once found could get large.

I may add waypoints so that the object can just move in a line form one to the next. This would be much smaller to store if the path has few turns but gets large if it winds.
I may add global waypoints to the map to help with navigation, especially with tricky areas.

Any thoughts?

Ok. I decided to do a 2 hour game creation challenge.
The goal is to win a popular vote. The only prize is bragging rights. 
Post your results here.
Vote for the best after all submissions are in.
Don't vote for yourself. 

EDIT (Feb 6 2024) by Dream of Omnimaga:
CLICK HERE IF YOUR 84+CE IS HARDWARE REVISION AA FROM 2022 AND GOT STUCK IN A OS VALIDATION LOOP RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX WHILE IT'S PLUGGED IN.


After a crash I decided to reinstall my 84's OS since it wouldn't get past the ram cleared screen.
Now it will install the OS but fail the validation after 3 seconds and ask for it to be reinstalled again.
I've tried 5 times...
I have unsigned installed, and can't get past the "Waiting... Please install operating system now."
Any suggestions?